+1 from here as well. Sent from my Android On Oct 16, 2012 5:54 PM, "Adam Peake" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yes to Chairman Bill. > > Adam > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Tapani Tarvainen > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > +1 > > > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:38:21AM -0400, Brenden Kuerbis ( > [log in to unmask]) wrote: > > > >> yep +1 > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Wendy Seltzer <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> > >> > A hearty Nth follow-up to the nomination and seconds. Bill's expertise > >> > and breadth of knowledge make him an excellent Non-Commercial leader. > >> > > >> > --Wendy > >> > > >> > On 10/16/2012 09:54 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > >> > > What he said! > >> > > > >> > > From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of > >> > Edward Morris > >> > > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:16 PM > >> > > To: [log in to unmask] > >> > > Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] NCUC election: nomination for Chair > >> > > > >> > > I would like to second Mary's nomination of Bill. > >> > > > >> > > As one of the newer members of the Constituency I've been spending > a lot > >> > of time observing and trying to figure out both how things do work > and how > >> > they should work at the NCUC. Bill Drake, more than anyone else, > extended a > >> > welcoming hand when I showed up in Prague to join the group . That's > >> > important because the best way to address volunteer fatigue is having > more > >> > volunteers. Bill knows this. > >> > > > >> > > He also knows ICANN. His writings are mandatory reading for anyone > >> > attempting to understand the complexities of the ICANN process. This > next > >> > year is a crucial one for internet governance. Fadi Chehade is > obviously > >> > not a status quo type of executive. Dubai may, or may not, present > >> > challenges to ICANN that are currently unanticipated. Bill's U.N. > ties will > >> > serve us well no matter what happens. There is no one better able to > >> > marshall the NCUC through the changes that are forthcoming, and > maintain > >> > and promote the role of our Constituency in the IG ecosphere, than > Bill > >> > Drake. > >> > > > >> > > I'd encourage all NCUC members, new and old, in joining me in > supporting > >> > Mary's nomination of Bill Drake for chair of the Constituency. He's > the > >> > right person at the right time and we're lucky to have him. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:37 PM, <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > >> > [log in to unmask]>> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Hi all - today is the first day of nominations for the new NCUC > >> > Executive Committee. I'd like to nominate Bill Drake for Chair of the > >> > constituency - besides his extensive experience and writings on > Internet > >> > governance and issues directly of concern to NCUC members, he has > been one > >> > of our elected reps to the GNSO Council for the past 4 years. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Seconding and support for Bill's candidacy would be great. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Cheers > >> > > > >> > > Mary > >> > > > >> > > Mary W S Wong > >> > > Professor of Law > >> > > Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP > >> > > Chair, Graduate IP Programs > >> > > UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW > >> > > Two White Street > >> > > Concord, NH 03301 > >> > > USA > >> > > Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > >> > > Phone: 1-603-513-5143<tel:1-603-513-5143> > >> > > Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php > >> > > Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network > >> > (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Wendy Seltzer -- [log in to unmask] +1 617.863.0613 > >> > Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University > >> > Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project > >> > http://wendy.seltzer.org/ > >> > https://www.chillingeffects.org/ > >> > https://www.torproject.org/ > >> > http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/ > >> > > >> > > > > > -- > > Tapani Tarvainen >