+1 to Ed. His performance is exemplary!
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 08:13:12 -0400
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Subject: Nomination of Edward Morris
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    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