Hi, > we already have 2 Europeans and 1 African, but no LAC, NA or AP > continuing, with one NA continuing. what i meant was one NA nominated ( Stephanie ), not necessarily continuing, though of course having nominated her, I hope so.. apologies for the error. avri On 02-Aug-16 17:05, avri doria wrote: > 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 > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus