I echo Carlo‘s congs. Very best to our policy leads dream team! Very best from warm Nairobi. Alex. --sent from a handheld-- excuse brevity and any typos-- On Feb 21, 2013 9:50 PM, "Carlos A. Afonso" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good news, indeed! > > frt rgds > > --c.a. > > ------------ > C. A. Afonso > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 21/02/2013 15:39 (GMT-03:00) > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Policy Committee Elected Chair & Alternate > Chair: Wendy / Avri > > > All, > > Good News! The Policy Committee of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group > has elected a Chair and an Alternate Chair to assist in the organization > and engagement of policy development of noncommercial users in the > GNSO-ICANN. > > I am happy to announce the NCSG-PC has elected: > *Wendy Seltzer* as *Chair* of the NCSG-PC > *Avri Doria* as *Alternate Chair* of the NCSG-PC > > Giant thanks to both Wendy and Avri for under-taking these additional > responsibilities (see below) as members of the NCSG-PC! The NCSG Charter > requires the NCSG-PC to elect a Chair on an annual basis, and both roles > were uncontested and unanimously approved by the voting committee members. > (The role had been empty before). > > We can be sure that noncommercial interests will be much better > represented in ICANN policy development with Wendy and Avri as our PC Chair > and Alternate Chair. > > Best, > Robin > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > *Duties of the Role of the Chair & Alternate Chair of the NCSG Policy > Committee:* > > *1. Comment Periods* > Keep track of ICANN public comment periods and assist with drafting and > filing of member comments in coordination with NCSG-PC members, NCSG > working group representatives and other NCSG members and constituencies. > This means encouraging both individual NCSG members to file individual > comments and also the drafting and filing of official NCSG statements. For > NCSG statements, NCSG-PC Chair will call for "rough consensus" of NCSG-PC > members regarding any particular statement and determine the reaching of > rough consensus as per NCSG Charter. > > *2. Other NCSG Statements* > Organize the drafting of other policy statements made in NCSG's name > including the specific policy issue summaries requested by CEO (aka "policy > cheat sheets"). NCSG-Chair does not have to personally "hold the drafting > pen" on every statement, but rather, the Chair will recruit the person > responsible for holding the drafting pen on any particular statement. > > *3. Working Groups* > Keep track of GNSO and other ICANN policy working groups and encourage > participation from NCSG members in those policy working groups. Endeavor > to find adequate NCSG member participation and other noncommercial > expertise in the policy working groups of concern to NCSG members. > > *4. NCSG Policy Calls* > Participate in the monthly NCSG Policy calls and send out a brief "voting > guide" after the call to NCSG-PC members to summarize discussions on how > NCSG GNSO Councilors intend to vote on motions pending before the next GNSO > Council Meeting. > > > > > > > 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 e: [log in to unmask] > > > >