Thank you for this Carlos. Have the votes already been cast for all these positions? Caroline Isautier Le 13 sept. 09 à 03:09, Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza a écrit : > Hi everyone: as a last minute addition to our election, I would > like to stand as a candidate to be a representative for South > America at the NCUC Exec Committee. > > > > Here is a short bio and a small summary of my activities at the NCUC: > > > > Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza > > > > I am currently a GNSO councilor for NCUC (2007-2009), ending my > mandate prior to the Seoul meeting. Since I have been elected to > the council I have attended all ICANN meetings (LA, Delhi, Paris, > Cairo, Mexico City and Sydney) and engaged in a number of > activities such as (i) the drafting of statements for NCUC to > present at the Council (i.e on the "confusingly similar strings" > debate on IDNs), (ii) the drafting our NCSG Charter and the cover > letter to the board, (iii) the submission of comments to ICANN in > several "public comment periods", such as the recent one on the new > GNSO Charters, as well as (iv) the general attendance on GNSO and > NCUC calls. > > > > As ICANN´s travel support policy for GNSO Councilors only came to > light in the end of my mandate, I would like to mention that my > attendance of 100% of the ICANN meetings during the last two years > was possible through the generous support of a number of sponsors, > such as the Getulio Vargas Foundation, which is institution I work > for, Ford Foundation (for the LA meeting) and the Brazilian > Internet Steering Committee (for the Sydney one). ICANN has > supported my flight ticket for the Delhi and Mexico meetings. > > > > I am the vice-coordinator of the Center for Technology and Society > (CTS), a research and teaching center established at the law school > of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), in Rio de Janeiro. We are one of > the leading academic institutions in Brazil to approach a number of > issues pertaining to the interplay between law and technology, > focusing especially in intellectual property (we represent Creative > Commons in Brazil), privacy and general internet governance issues. > > > > I have graduated in law at the Catholic University of Rio de > Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and hold a master and a PhD degree in Civil Law > from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). I teach > Contract Law and Intellectual Property Law at the graduation course > of FGV Law School, as well as Contracts at PUC-Rio. I am also a > member of the Commission for the Protection of Consumers in E- > Commerce, created by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and member > of the Copyright Commission of the Brazilians´ Bar Association (Rio > de Janeiro). > > > > At the IGF I have participated in some dynamic coalitions, > especially in the former Internet Bill of Rights DC, being one of > its founding members and the organizer of a workshop on the topic > during last years´ ISummit. At this year´s regional IGF, in Rio, I > was the co-chair for the dialogue panel on "Openess". > > > > Statement of Interest (GNSO) > > http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/souza-soi-27nov07.html <http:// > gnso.icann.org/council/soi/souza-soi-27nov07.html> > > > > CTS/FGV comments on the NCSG Charter > > http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/ > msg00059.html <http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder- > charters/msg00059.html> > > > Best, > Carlos > > > Vice-coordenador > Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) > Escola de Direito da Fundação Getulio Vargas/RJ > tel. 55 21 3799-6065 > [log in to unmask] > > > > ________________________________ > > De: Non-Commercial User Constituency em nome de Robin Gross > Enviada: sáb 12/9/2009 18:33 > Para: [log in to unmask] > Assunto: Fwd: List of Candidates and Last Call for Nominations for > NCUC Annual Elections > > > Please see a few more nominations below from Ángel Sánchez Seoane. > > Please confirm the acceptance of these new nominations today. > Thank you! > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Ángel Sánchez Seoane <[log in to unmask]> > Date: September 12, 2009 2:24:19 PM PDT > To: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: List of Candidates and Last Call for Nominations for > NCUC Annual Elections > > Hi everybody! Before close, I want to nominate the following > persons: > > Chair: Jolie Macfie > > Asia: Fouad Bajwa > > South América: José Francisco Arce > > Noth América: Nathaniel James > > Africa: Hala Essalmawi > > Europe: Tapani Tarvainen > > GNSO Council: Rebecca Macckinon, Rafi Dammak and Hannah Miller > > 2009/9/12, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]>: > > > Last Call For Nominations for NCUC Annual Elections! > > Below is the current list (alphabetical) of nominees for the > different > positions available. (Please tell me (and forgive) if I've > missed anyone). > > Nominations will close at midnight tonight (Sat. night - > California time). > Please send additional nominations or changes to this list before > then. > > Several of the candidates have already posted a statement or bio > to this > list or this NCUC Election webpage: > http://ncdnhc.org/page/elections-1 > > > NCUC Executive Committee: > > Africa > Rafik Dammak > Alex Gakuru > David Kissoondoyl > Baudouin Schombe > > Asia > Horacio Cadiz > David Cake > > North America: > Brenden Kuerbis > > Europe: > Konstantinos Komaitis > Cedric Laurant > > South America > Gabriel Pineiro > Graciela Selaimen > > GNSO Council: > Konstantinos Komaitis (Europe) > Wendy Seltzer (North America) > Rudi Vansnick (Europe) > > NCUC Chair: > Robin Gross > > > NCUC Positions Up for Election This Month > > One Year Term: > NCUC Executive Committee: > (1) Chair > (1) Africa Representative > (1) Asia Representative > (1) Europe Representative > (1) North America Representative > (1) South America Representative > > Two Year Term: > NCUC Representative to GNSO Council: > (1) GNSO Council Seat From Any Geographical Region > > > NCUC Election Time-Table: > > 4 Sept: Nominations Open NOW > 12 Sept: Nominations Close at Midnight California time > 14 Sept: Voting Begins > 21 Sept: End Vote > > > > Online elections kindly handled courtesy of Brazilian .nic folks. > > > > > IP JUSTICE > Robin Gross, Executive Director > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > w: http://www.ipjustice.org <http://www.ipjustice.org/> e: > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > IP JUSTICE > Robin Gross, Executive Director > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > w: http://www.ipjustice.org <http://www.ipjustice.org/> e: > [log in to unmask] > Frenchparents.net - Bilingual online community in San Francisco http://www.frenchparents.net InternationalParents - Social network in 30 cities worldwide Le premier réseau international des familles futées The first international network for smart parents http://www.internationalparents.net/beta