Hi,

Just one note.

We don't per se have a European representative on the council.  What we
have is a requirement to try "to the maximum extent possible" not to
have more than two council members from any one geographical region. 
Which is not quite the same.

>
> The NCSG is assigned six (6) GNSO Council seats through the ICANN
> Bylaws. All NCSG GNSO Council representatives will be directly voted
> on by the full membership of the NCSG using weighted voting as defined
> in Section 4. To the maximum extent possible, no more than two (2)
> NCSG GNSO Council Representatives can be declared resident of the same
> geographic region as defined by ICANN. Reasonable efforts should be
> taken to recruit nominees so that all geographical regions may be
> represented by the NCSG GNSO Council Representatives. Reasonable
> efforts should also be taken to ensure gender balance and in no
> circumstance should there be fewer than 2 members of any gender.

Our incumbents are Marilia ( recently moved to Europe) , Stefania (
Europe) and Amr (having moved back to Egypt) , which at the moment might
mean we already have 2 Europeans and 1  African, but no LAC, NA or AP
continuing, with one NA continuing.  We may not have an available
European seat.  We do seem, though, to have a male seat.

avri

On 01-Aug-16 08:13, Kathy Kleiman 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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