I second this nomination!!!!! Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez +506 8837 7176 Skype: carlos.raulg Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica) On 1 Aug 2016, at 6:13, 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. > > /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