Hi all,
I strongly support Rafik's nomination as chair!!!
Regards,
Mamadou
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:01:42 -0400
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [Important] Nominations are Open for NCSG Annual Elections
To: [log in to unmask]
In keeping with Avri's invitation to have a discussion on list about
the election, I wanted to say a few things. First, a huge thank you
to Robin for nominating me, and for everyone else who has shown
their support. I am really honoured, especially as a relative
newcomer to ICANN, to have your support.
Secondly, I agree with all those who have pointed out we have lots
of great candidates. This is a testimony to current leadership, who
are encouraging folks to run, and keeping us all engaged and
interested. Thanks for that!
Thirdly, and if this sounds like campaigning, I dont mean it to.
For those who only know me from my role in the Experts Working Group
on WHOIS, you may think I am not consultative. This is far from the
case, I am more inclined to ask everyone questions, their opinion,
the history etc till they want me to go away. The EWG was under a
kind of Chatham House rules that forbade us discussing the document
and our private deliberations. This made it very difficult for me,
the newbie, to figure out what the proposals on the table would mean
in practice. I may have been the only chump on the group who stuck
to the rules, but I am extremely grateful to Kathy Kleiman and Tamir
Israel for fielding my vague hypothetical questions when I was
trying to figure out impacts (ever asked a lawyer for an opinion on
something without showing them the text? :-)). At any rate, I have
been ruminating quite a lot about what I consider to have been a
flawed process, that went on for a year and a half almost. Time for
behaviours to change and adapt to this way of doing business. While
I agree with the need for getting experts to give ICANN advice, it
has to be transparent, and those experts need to be clearly
accountable to the multi-stakeholder community, not the Board, nor
unduly influenced by staff. The contrast between the way we worked
on the EWG, and the way the two groups I sit on now work (Privacy
Proxy Accreditation working group, and the Policy and Implementation
Working Group) is very striking. It may not always move as fast,
but that's democracy for you.
ANyway, I just wanted to get this off my chest. Please don't
consider it a trashing of the work of the group, we did a lot of
hard work and produced some good recommendations. The experts we
had on the group were all very smart and knew their fields. I do
think the process was flawed however, and I cannot actually think of
a way that I could personally have improved it....but ideas are
welcome if you have any.
Kind regards,
Stephanie Perrin
PS more webinars are scheduled in September on the EWG report, for
those who are not sick of it yet.
On 14-08-11 12:46 AM, Robin Gross
wrote:
All,
It is my honor to nominate Stephanie Perrin for GNSO
Representative for NCSG. As you already know, Stephanie has
been working very hard to address the privacy issues in ICANN's
various policies and particularly she was the lone privacy
advocate to serve on ICANN's Expert Working Group on WHOIS, who
drafted the dissenting opinion to draw attention to the privacy
missives with ICANN's proposed plan. Stephanie was also
instrumental in holding our privacy event in London with the
European privacy commissioners and activists in June at ICANN
#50. Stephanie brings a broad range of experience to her
perspective from working as a privacy advocate to working with
industry in canada and with government officials for many years
to protect online privacy. When I was a staff attorney at EFF,
Stephanie was awarded the EFF's "Pioneer Award" for her work to
protect online privacy - a decade ago! More recently, NCSG has
been well-served by Stephanie's efforts at ICANN EWG and also at
NetMundial, representing civil society interests, and we would
be lucky to have someone with her expertise and fortitude
representing us on the GNSO Council as well.
Thank you for considering this nomination of Stephanie
Perrin to GNSO Council Representative for NCSG.
Best,
Robin
On Aug 10, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Poncelet Ileleji
wrote:
Hello All,
I concur with the nominations of chair Rafik
for second term
On 10 August 2014 21:44,
Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Hi,
Having spoken to David Cake and determined that
he is interested in
running for a second term, I would like to
nominate David Cake for the
GNSO Council.
Currently he not only represents NCSG interests,
but is serving as one
of the Vice-chairs of the council. It believe
it would be good to keep
him on for another term.
avri
On 10-Aug-14 08:03, Rafik Dammak wrote:
> Dear NCSG Members:
>
> */Nominations are Now Open in the NCSG
Annual Election for both NCSG
> Chair and 4 NCSG GNSO Council
Representatives/* - see details below and
> please remember to use this list for
nominations, seconds, candidate
> statements, etc.
>
> Please also reminder as per the NCSG
Charter, all NCSG members must
> "check-in" and verify their email address
to receive an email ballot in
> the annual election. So if you have not
checked-in yet , please
> contact me offlist asap to ensure you
will receive your ballot in the
> upcoming NCSG election. The preliminary
Active & Inactive membership
> list will be shared within this week and
contact me offlist if there is
> need for correction.
>
>
> NCSG 2014 Annual Election Information
Webpage:
> _https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2014_
>
> __
> The time-table and details on the
upcoming 2014 NCSG annual election are
> below. The candidate nomination period
runs 10-24 August 2014, and the
> voting takes place 1-14 September for
all positions.
>
> Nominations of candidates, their
acceptance and the required candidacy
> statement should all be made to the NCSG
mailing list by the dates below
> to be effective.
>
> * This
> webpage ( _https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2014
_)
> will keep track of candidate
nominations and will post candidate
> public statements.
> * A NCSG member will be moved from
Inactive status to the Active List
> if that member "checks-in" /*before
26 August* 2014/ by contacting
> the NCSG Chair ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
>
> *The following 4 NCSG positions are up
for election:*
> 1. */GNSO Council Representative/*
(currently held by Maria Farell, who
> is eligible for 1 more term)
> 2-year term
> 2. */GNSO Council Representative/*
(currently held by David Cake, who
> is eligible for 1 more term)
> 2-year term
> 3. */GNSO Council Representative/
*(currently held by Magaly
> Pazello, who is eligible for 1 more
term)
> 2-year term
> 4. */GNSO Council Representative/
*(currently held by Klaus Stoll, who
> is eligible for 1 more term)
> 2-year term
> 4. */NCSG Chair/* (currently held by Rafik
Dammak, who is eligible for
> 1 more term)
> 1-year term
> *
> *
> *NCSG Election Schedule:*
> Aug. 10 : Open Nominations for
Candidates
> Aug. 24 : Close Nominations for
Candidates (made & accepted)
> Aug. 26 : Candidates Make Public
Statement (see details below)
> Sep. 1 : Begin Voting
> Sep. 14 : End Voting
> Sep. 16 : Announce Election Results
> Oct. 15 : Term Begins
>
> *Nomination Process:*
>
> Any member of the NCSG may nominate any
NCSG active member either for
> the position of an NCSG GNSO Council
Representative or for NCSG Chair.
> Once nominated, the nominee is
responsible for public acceptance of the
> nomination and for making a *public
statement* that includes:
>
> * Name, declared region of residence,
gender and employment;
> * Any conflicts of interest;
> * Reasons for willingness to take on the
tasks of the particular position;
> * Qualifications for the position; and
> * Statement of availability for the time
the position requires.
> * The nominee’s statement may also
include any other information that
> the candidate believes is
relevant.
>
> ** /Also note that under the rules, no
more than two (2) NCSG GNSO
> Council Representatives can be
declared resident of the same geographic
> region as defined by ICANN. The 2 other
continuing NCSG GNSO Councilors
> (those not up for election in 2014) are
from the following regions:
> Africa, North America. This means there
could only be one additional
> person elected from each of those already
represented regions, and that
> would be determined by the top vote getter
from that region in 2014./
>
> ** These terms all commence on 17
October 2014, at the conclusion of
> the 2014 Annual ICANN Meeting in Los
Angeles.
>
> __
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rafik Dammak
>
> NCSG Chair
>
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