Hi everyone: As the nomination season begins I am glad to nominate Carlos Afonso, from NUPEF (Brazil), for a second term as the South American representative in NCUC's EC. Most of you know Carlos Afonso, but here is the small bio I have prepared for his nomination last year: Carlos is a longtime member of NCUC and councillor for the third sector in the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.BR). He is a co-founder of APC (back in 1990) and has played an important role in implementing and democratizing access to the internet in Brazil. For his contribution to the fostering of Internet in the Latin America and the Caribean region, LACNIC has granted him the Trajetoria Award in 2010. Carlos' technical expertise is only rivaled by his (sometimes awkward) sense of humor. I am confident that Carlos Afonso will continue to be a great representative for the region in our EC and able to provide expert advice in a number of key issues for NCUC in 2013 as ICANN enters in a very important period (in which we will need active and experienced folks to support the non-commercial interest). More about NUPEF: http://www.nupef.org.br/?q=node/80 More about Carlos: http://icannwiki.com/index.php?title=Carlos_Afonso&diff=prev&oldid=32577 More about the Trajetoria award: http://lacnic.net/pt/anuncios/2010_trayectoria.html A video on the CGI.br's Principles of Internet Governance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1rKnZ9-6U Best, Carlos Affonso -- Vice-Coordenador Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS/FGV) Escola de Direito da Fundação Getulio Vargas tel. +55 21 3799-5300 https://www.facebook.com/ctsfgv [log in to unmask]