Yeay for Ed! :) -Raoul On 1 August 2016 at 15:13, 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 >