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:
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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]> 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