Hi everybody ! I really appreciate and I support the both. Cheers ! -Olevie- 2013/9/14 William Drake <[log in to unmask]> > Hello, > > In my personal capacity, I hereby nominate for the GNSO Council two > veterans of the GNSO and ICANN more generally, Wolfgang Kleinwachter and > Avri Doria. Neither needs much introduction, although they will have to > submit candidate statements doing just that. > > Wolfgang Kleinwachter is just completing his first term as a Councilor and > has contributed quite a lot to the discussions and represented NC interests > very well. More generally, he is a veteran of 43 ICANN meetings and a > recognized thought leader both in ICANN and in the Internet governance > debates of the UN and other international institutions. > > Avri served previously on the GNSO Council, including as its elected chair > (not an easy achievement). During that time she played a major role in > envisioning and guiding negotiations of the new gTLD program. She has also > been a near ubiquitous representative of NCSG in countless working groups > and other bodies, currently represents us on the ATRT II team, and like > Wolfgang is a recognized thought leader both in ICANN and in the Internet > governance debates of the UN and other international institutions. > > We have just finished Wolfgang's 13th Meeting of the ICANN-Studienkreis > here in Pisa. Fadi Chehadé, ICANN’s CEO and President, and other senior > ICANNauts were here and participated in very intensive discussions and > listened very carefully to the inputs from the nominees. I think this is > testament to the seriousness with which their views are taken in ICANN, and > to their abilities to represent NC interests effectively in the hot house > of the GNSO Council. > > Best, > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************** > William J. Drake > International Fellow & Lecturer > Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ > University of Zurich, Switzerland > Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, > ICANN, www.ncuc.org > [log in to unmask] (w), [log in to unmask] (h), > www.williamdrake.org > *********************************************************** > > > > > > -- Olévié (Olivier) A. A. KOUAMI Membre de ISoc (www.isog.org) & du FOSSFA (www.fossfa.net) DG Ets GIDA-OKTETS & CEO de INTIC4DEV (http://www.intic4dev.org) PC Vice Chair for Francophone Africa ICANN-NCSG/NPOC (http://www.npoc.org/) SG de ESTETIC (http://www.estetic.tg) Po Box : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 / (228) 928 512 41 / (228) 224 999 25 Skype : olevie1 Facebook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo