Dear Avri, dear all,

I just would like to make a comment on something that was mentioned before.

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:05 PM, avri doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> >
> > 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.
>

Having consulted staff, I was informed that ICANN considers that someone's
region is: a) the country of your citizenship; b) the country where you pay
your taxes. For me, neither of these parameters have changed. My citzenship
is the same and I will pay my taxes in Brazil. Others with more experience
could confirm if this is correct and consistent with previous NCSG
practice. I believe that a discussion about criteria among us would be
useful and I am ok with any decision we made as a group, which should be
consistently applied.

In any case, it is important to clarify that I started in my new position
only yesterday, as annouced here:
http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/diplo’s-ig-team-welcomes-new-staff-members
and consequently, my SOI will be updated in the following days.

All the best wishes,
Marilia


>
> 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
>
>
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