Bill, Fair enough. regards, Alex On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:41 AM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello > > Thanks Alex. May I suggest though that we hold off on starting nominating > people until the nomination period actually opens? Aside from making it > easier to keep track of everything, there's another factor that may not be > obvious from the David's reference to the Charter vote. One of the key > ideas that's come up in the revision drafting exercise is to enhance the > responsibilities and expectations of the Executive Committee. We > desperately need for the EC to play a stronger, more active role if NCUC is > going to step up and meet the demands of the rapidly evolving ICANN > environment. Right now, too few volunteers are carrying too much of the > workload for us to be as effective as we could be; we've got to broaden the > circle and share it more. > > We will discuss this at Constituency Day and hopefully the drafting will > wrap up soon thereafter so we can post it for member contemplation and > comments. So the point is, before people start to throw their hats in the > ring for EC slots, they should know what being on the new EC may entail in > terms of commitment. > > Thanks > > Bill > > On Oct 7, 2012, at 7:54, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks David! Yes, my maximum term of office has been reached and I take > this opportunity to thank the Constituency for voting for me and > re-electing me for three successive terms. I would happily nominate Molefi > Mafereka Ndlovu, Centre of Civil Society, University of KwaZulu Natal, if > he agreed to stand for the Africa Rep slot. Happy voting. > > Regards, > > Alex > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM, David Cake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> I'd also like to bring to the attention of the membership that several of >> the NCUC Regional Representatives on the NCUC Exec, including myself as >> Asia/Pacific/Australia rep, are term limited and will not be recontesting >> this election. The same applies to Africa and North America. If you are >> interested, please speak up! >> >> Regards >> >> David >> >> >> On 07/10/2012, at 1:14 AM, Brenden Kuerbis wrote: >> >> Dear Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) members, >> >> It has been a year and elections are upon us. We need to elect an NCUC Chair >> and an NCUC Executive Committee. >> >> Specifically, the positions open up for elections are: >> >> 1. NCUC Chair >> 2. NCUC EC – Europe >> 3. NCUC EC - Africa >> 4. NCUC EC – Asia and the Pacific >> 5. NCUC EC – North America >> 6. NCUC EC – Latin America >> >> We would like to have the elected officers take office before the new year, >> so we suggest the following schedule: >> >> October 15-31: Nominations submitted to list (please confirm with the >> nominee in advance, self nominations are welcome) >> November 1-14: Develop ballot w/ICANN staff, nominees present statements >> November 15-30: Election period >> December 1: Results announced >> >> Thank you and best of luck to all the candidates. >> >> On behalf of the NCUC Executive Committee and Chair, >> >> --------------------------------------- >> Brenden Kuerbis >> Internet Governance Project >> http://internetgovernance.org >> >> >> >