Dear Kathy, thank you very much for this nomination. I fully support Ed for
a second term in the GNSO council. I had the pleasure to serve with Ed in
the council for the past year and I was extremely impressed by his
substantive knowledge, his capacity to build bridges and negotiate with
other SGs and his tenacity to defend NCSG’s interests. Ed is also a
wonderful person to work with, who defends his views passionately but also
truly engages in frank dialogue with his peers, being open to change his
mind, which is an important characteristic for this position.

On his first term, Ed has been an outstanding councilor, with a unique
understanding of legal aspects related to ICANN. Together with our
colleagues Robin, Matthew, Avri, Brett and others, Ed has been key to
ensure that the work of the CCWG Accountability took into account the
positions espoused by the NCSG. He was tireless in negotiating paragraph by
paragraph of the bylaws to ensure that our SG would have the necessary
transparency instruments that would allow us to introduce adequate “checks
and balances” into the work of ICANN. He gave support to our colleagues who
were fighting hard to introduce human rights provisions into ICANN’s
bylaws.

Many of the charters that we approved in the GNSO were carefully
scrutinized by Ed, in terms of substance and procedural aspects. He fought
to ensure that NCSG would have fair and equal representation in the
composition of working groups. He also played a leading role in the
discussion of ICANN’s budget, an extremely technical topic, but a vital one
for the future work of our SG. Ed pludged into complex issues that no one
else would, he spent countless hours examining the budget and was
responsible for making several amendments that leveled the playing field
for non-commercial interests.

Ed has a vast knowledge on intellectual property one, of the key concerns
for our group. His presence as a GNSO councilor in the Rights Protection
Mechanisms WG in the next terms will be very important for our SG to
achieve and fair and balanced outcome, which also protects freedom of
expression.

Last but not least, Ed is a human being capable of deeply empathizing with
his fellows, specially those who are somehow disadvantaged or suffering.
During a time of heavy work and stress for him at the CCWG Accountability,
Ed took the lead in campaigning for policy on sexual harassement. His
passion and dedication to the topic were moving and made me admire Ed even
more on a personal level.

I hope we re-elect Ed Morris for the GNSO council. His presence would be
key for the NCSG to make progress on some of the key policy and political
issues that it will face in the next working cycle.

Thank you for considering.

 Marilia

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Raoul Plommer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yeay for Ed! :)
>
> -Raoul
>
> On 1 August 2016 at 15:13, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>> I am honored to nominate Edward Morris as European representative for the
>> NCSG on the GNSO Council.
>>
>> Ed currently holds this position and, as we have seen, he takes his job
>> very seriously. Ed works tirelessly as an NCSG representative in the
>> Council's job of overseeing the policy development process. He fights to
>> ensure that Issues Report and Charters – key documents that kick off a new
>> Policy Development Processes – are fair and balanced. He works with our
>> NCSG Counselors and others to guide well-developed policies (developed by
>> the Working Groups) to the Board for adoption (without the changes and
>> circumvention some parties often seek to add).
>>
>> Ed is a leader in the cross-cutting work of Council where he has led our
>> GNSO response to ICANN's Budget with an in-depth review and critique, and
>> key recommendations for changes. He regularly serves on Council subgroups
>> working on responses to the issues the GNSO faces within ICANN.
>>
>> We know Ed best in the last two years as a leader in the CCWG process
>> fighting for Transparency, Accountability and Free Expression. The
>> thousands of hours he spent on these issue (alongside Robin, Matt and so
>> many others) were critical to the provisions and bylaws adopted.
>>
>> As we continue the Transition, and three major Policy Development
>> Processes (Registration Directory Services, Rights Protection Mechanisms
>> Review and New gTLD Subsequent Procedures) now in progress, this is a great
>> time to continue our outstanding leadership. Ed is a tireless advocate for
>> our NCSG interests on Council and throughout ICANN. He is an attorney
>> specializing in politics & government, free expression, intellectual
>> property and cybersecurity and whose advocacy and legal skills are needed
>> in this important time of change and trasition. His passion, advocacy
>> skills, drafting skills, and Multistakeholder vision are well-known.
>>
>> *My great thanks to Ed for his passion, commitment and thousands of hours
>> of work for NCSG on Council, and I hereby submit Ed Morris' name to you for
>> a second term as our European representative on the GNSO Council. *
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Kathy Kleiman
>>
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