Hi, Just one note. We don't per se have a European representative on the council. What we have is a requirement to try "to the maximum extent possible" not to have more than two council members from any one geographical region. Which is not quite the same. > > The NCSG is assigned six (6) GNSO Council seats through the ICANN > Bylaws. All NCSG GNSO Council representatives will be directly voted > on by the full membership of the NCSG using weighted voting as defined > in Section 4. To the maximum extent possible, no more than two (2) > NCSG GNSO Council Representatives can be declared resident of the same > geographic region as defined by ICANN. Reasonable efforts should be > taken to recruit nominees so that all geographical regions may be > represented by the NCSG GNSO Council Representatives. Reasonable > efforts should also be taken to ensure gender balance and in no > circumstance should there be fewer than 2 members of any gender. Our incumbents are Marilia ( recently moved to Europe) , Stefania ( Europe) and Amr (having moved back to Egypt) , which at the moment might mean we already have 2 Europeans and 1 African, but no LAC, NA or AP continuing, with one NA continuing. We may not have an available European seat. We do seem, though, to have a male seat. avri On 01-Aug-16 08:13, 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus