>
> I take back my self nomination, 1o minutes before midnight UTC and hope
> the NCSG goes into this next year with great focus, effort and works
> together in  view of all changes we face.


Rafik no doubt has the experience, but you do as well, Carlos — and there
are multiple vacant seats. If you reconsider I would be happy to second
your nomination.



- Ayden

On 15 August 2016 at 00:51, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> This is very good last minute news!!!
>
> I cant think of anybody with a better background to represent the global
> south then Rafik. You really have the experience it takes.
>
> I take back my self nomination, 1o minutes before midnight UTC and hope
> the NCSG goes into this next year with great focus, effort and works
> together in  view of all changes we face.
>
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
> +506 8837 7176
> Skype: carlos.raulg
> Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)
>
> On 14 Aug 2016, at 17:41, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
> Hi Avri,
>>
>> thanks for those kind word, I am honoured and I accept the nomination.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> 2016-08-15 7:23 GMT+09:00 avri doria <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Another late nomination, but I would like to nominate Rafik Dammak for
>>> the Council seat.  He has served the NCSG well for many years in an
>>> administrative role and has shown in a previous time on the Councl that
>>> he brings great leadership qualities to the role.
>>>
>>> I hope he accepts this nomination as he brings strong knowledge and
>>> commitment to non commercial interest and especially those that relate
>>> to developing economy participation in all of ICANN opportunities.  It
>>> would be good for the council to have his voice again.
>>>
>>> Personally I must say that I am happy to see that we have a very strong
>>> group of candidates, each of whom brings a different strength, to choose
>>> from.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Avri
>>>
>>>
>>>
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