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 > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >