+1 Sincerely, Walid ------ Walid Al-Saqaf, PhD Postdoc, Department of Media Studies Stockholm University - Sweden On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]> 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. > > My great thanks to Ed for his passion, commitment and thousands of 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