I would respectfully like to disagree with this statement. We need new blood, and we need to run elections, not a process of acclamation. One of the unfortunate side effects of our mutual outpouring of support for those nominated may be to discourage other candidates from running. I would like to encourage people to run for council. Even if unsuccessful this time, there is always a next time, and it gets you better known among our electorate. Please do not hesitate to come forward and participate. Kind regards, Stephanie Perrin On 2016-08-02 8:00, Cintra Sooknanan wrote: > Ed is the only candidate worth considering for this position, you have > my support! > > Kind regards > Cintra Sooknanan > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[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 > >