Dear Ayden, Dear listmembers
I think this is a good discussion. Yes, it looks like we are
stuck in regional definitions that simply do not reflect the real
world we are living in. I lived for more then 10 years in Ecuador,
(I am an Ecuadorian citizen, besides my other citizenships) and
India each, I spend long times in North America, I never see
myself as a German, but as a Hessian first and as a European
second. What am I? I think with regard to diversity we need to
make sure that under developed regions are well represented, but
we can not base things on pieces of paper that belong in the old
pre digital revolution world. Something to put on the list for
future charter changes.
Yours
Klaus
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 12:06 PM, Marilia Maciel [log in to unmask] wrote:
Dear Avri, dear all,
I just would like to make a comment on something that was mentioned before.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:05 PM, avri doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> The NCSG is assigned six (6) GNSO Council seats through the ICANN
> Bylaws. All NCSG GNSO Council representatives will be directly voted
> on by the full membership of the NCSG using weighted voting as defined
> in Section 4. To the maximum extent possible, no more than two (2)
> NCSG GNSO Council Representatives can be declared resident of the same
> geographic region as defined by ICANN. Reasonable efforts should be
> taken to recruit nominees so that all geographical regions may be
> represented by the NCSG GNSO Council Representatives. Reasonable
> efforts should also be taken to ensure gender balance and in no
> circumstance should there be fewer than 2 members of any gender.
Our incumbents are Marilia ( recently moved to Europe) , Stefania (
Europe) and Amr (having moved back to Egypt) , which at the moment might
mean we already have 2 Europeans and 1 African, but no LAC, NA or AP
continuing, with one NA continuing. We may not have an available
European seat. We do seem, though, to have a male seat.
Having consulted staff, I was informed that ICANN considers that someone's region is: a) the country of your citizenship; b) the country where you pay your taxes. For me, neither of these parameters have changed. My citzenship is the same and I will pay my taxes in Brazil. Others with more experience could confirm if this is correct and consistent with previous NCSG practice. I believe that a discussion about criteria among us would be useful and I am ok with any decision we made as a group, which should be consistently applied.
In any case, it is important to clarify that I started in my new position only yesterday, as annouced here: http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/diplo’s-ig-team-welcomes-new-staff-members and consequently, my SOI will be updated in the following days.
All the best wishes,
Marilia
avri
> /My great thanks to Ed for his passion, commitment and thousands of
On 01-Aug-16 08:13, Kathy Kleiman wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am honored to nominate Edward Morris as European representative for
> the NCSG on the GNSO Council.
>
> Ed currently holds this position and, as we have seen, he takes his
> job very seriously. Ed works tirelessly as an NCSG representative in
> the Council's job of overseeing the policy development process. He
> fights to ensure that Issues Report and Charters – key documents that
> kick off a new Policy Development Processes – are fair and balanced.
> He works with our NCSG Counselors and others to guide well-developed
> policies (developed by the Working Groups) to the Board for adoption
> (without the changes and circumvention some parties often seek to add).
>
> Ed is a leader in the cross-cutting work of Council where he has led
> our GNSO response to ICANN's Budget with an in-depth review and
> critique, and key recommendations for changes. He regularly serves on
> Council subgroups working on responses to the issues the GNSO faces
> within ICANN.
>
> We know Ed best in the last two years as a leader in the CCWG process
> fighting for Transparency, Accountability and Free Expression. The
> thousands of hours he spent on these issue (alongside Robin, Matt and
> so many others) were critical to the provisions and bylaws adopted.
>
> As we continue the Transition, and three major Policy Development
> Processes (Registration Directory Services, Rights Protection
> Mechanisms Review and New gTLD Subsequent Procedures) now in progress,
> this is a great time to continue our outstanding leadership. Ed is a
> tireless advocate for our NCSG interests on Council and throughout
> ICANN. He is an attorney specializing in politics & government, free
> expression, intellectual property and cybersecurity and whose advocacy
> and legal skills are needed in this important time of change and
> trasition. His passion, advocacy skills, drafting skills, and
> Multistakeholder vision are well-known.
>
> hours of work for NCSG on Council, and I hereby submit Ed Morris' name
> to you for a second term as our European representative on the GNSO
> Council. /
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kathy Kleiman
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