I don't have much to add to what have been already said here except expressing +1 to full support to Stephanie's nomination for the second term as GNSO council. Stephanie, big thanks for all the work you are tirelessly doing for us, non-commercial users, especially with regard to advocating for privacy. Best Tatiana On 1 August 2016 at 17:16, James Gannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Stephanie work across ICANN has been exemplar, and in addition to that, > she has been an amazing mentor for me over the past 2 years, she has > sacrificed many hours in the early mornings to help me on questions and > process. Stephanie represents in many ways the best of us, and to not > return her for tother term would be a waste of the resource that she has > given us all the opportunity to use. > > As I know Stephanie is not one to shout her credentials from the rooftops > and we have a lot of new members who may not know her apart from here at > ICANN, I will copy what EFF said when they gave her the EFF Pioneer award > in 2001, one of the greatest accolades for people working in security and > privacy, with other winners including Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn and Jon Postel. > > " Stephanie Perrin - internationally recognised privacy and freedom > of information expert Perrin spent 5 years engineering Canada's inspiring > new privacy law (PIPEDA), among 15 years of important privacy and > cryptography policy work, and has bridged the government, nonprofit and > commercial sectors in privacy technology, policy, standards and education. > Perrin has also been involved in privacy protection issues at the global > scale, on the OECD Security and Privacy Committee, and made significant > contributions to understanding technical privacy protection issues. > > "We, as a community of people respecting rights in technology, do > not take enough opportunity to honor our own," stated Shari Steele, > Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "Bruce, Stephanie > and Seth are shining examples of the spirit and energy that makes good > things happen. We're proud to present them with this year's Pioneer Awards.” > > Stephanie you have my full support for another term > > -James > > > > On 01/08/2016, 07:52, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Marc Rotenberg" < > [log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >+1 > > > >Marc. > > > > > >> On Aug 1, 2016, at 8:45 AM, matthew shears <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> + 1 > >> > >> > >> On 01/08/2016 15:43, avri doria wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I nominate Stephanie Perrin for another term on the GNSO Council. > >>> > >>> She is an indispensable voice on the council and in the NCSG Policy > >>> Committee (or which all council members sit) for sanity with regard to > >>> privacy. > >>> > >>> Her voice is important in other things too. We should keep her in the > >>> GNSO Council. > >>> > >>> avri > >>> > >>> > >>> On 31-Jul-16 23:54, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > >>>> Dear NCSG Members: > >>>> > >>>> Nominations are NOW OPEN in the NCSG Annual Election for both NCSG > >>>> Chair and 3 NCSG GNSO Council Representatives - see details below and > >>>> please remember to use this list for nominations, seconds, candidate > >>>> statements, etc. > >>>> > >>>> Also, remember that as per the NCSG Charter, all NCSG members must > >>>> "check-in" and verify their email address to receive an email ballot > >>>> in the annual election. So if you have not checked in yet, please > >>>> contact me offlist ([log in to unmask], to be safe also > >>>> Cc:[log in to unmask]) ASAP to ensure you will receive your > >>>> ballot in the upcoming NCSG election. The preliminary Active & > >>>> Inactive membership list will be shared at the end of this week to > >>>> allow people to check their status and request correction if need be. > >>>> > >>>> NCSG 2016 Annual Election Information Webpage: > >>>> > >>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2016 > >>>> > >>>> The time-table and details on the upcoming 2016 NCSG annual election > are > >>>> shown below. The candidate nomination period runs 1-14 August 2016, > and the > >>>> voting takes place 22 August - September 4 for all positions. > >>>> > >>>> Nominations of candidates, their acceptance and the required candidacy > >>>> statement should all be made to the NCSG mailing list by the dates > below to > >>>> be effective. > >>>> > >>>> *The following 4 NCSG positions are up for election this fall:* > >>>> > >>>> 1. *GNSO Council Representative* > >>>> (currently held by David Cake, Asia-Pacific, who is term-limited) > >>>> 2-year term; > >>>> 2. *GNSO Council Representative* > >>>> (currently held by Edward Morris, Europe, who is eligible for 1 > more term) > >>>> 2-year term; > >>>> 3. *GNSO Council Representative* > >>>> (currently held by Stephanie Perrin, North America, who is > eligible for 1 more term) > >>>> 2-year term; > >>>> 4. *NCSG Chair* > >>>> (currently held by Tapani Tarvainen, who is eligible for 1 more > term) > >>>> 1-year term. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> *Nomination Process:* > >>>> > >>>> Any member of the NCSG may nominate any NCSG active member either for > the > >>>> position of an NCSG GNSO Council Representative or for NCSG Chair > simply > >>>> by sending their nomination to this list. > >>>> > >>>> Once nominated, the nominee is responsible for public acceptance of > the > >>>> nomination and for making a *public statement* that includes: > >>>> > >>>> - Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment; > >>>> - Any conflicts of interest; > >>>> - Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular > position; > >>>> - Qualifications for the position; > >>>> - Statement of availability for the time the position requires; and > >>>> - Optionally, any other information that the candidate believes is > relevant. > >>>> > >>>> ** Also note that under the rules, no more than two (2) NCSG GNSO > Council > >>>> Representatives can be declared resident of the same geographic > region as > >>>> defined by ICANN, and there should be at least two of each gender. > >>>> The 3 continuing NCSG GNSO Councilors (those not up for election now) > >>>> are from Africa, Europe and Latin America & Caribbean regions, > >>>> one man, two women. > >>>> > >>>> ** These terms all commence on 9 November (at the conclusion of the > 2016 > >>>> Annual ICANN Meeting in Hyderabad). > >>>> > >>>> ** The nominations, their acceptance and candidacy statements will > all be > >>>> posted to the 2016 elections wiki page: > >>>> > >>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2016 > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --- > >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >> > >> -- > >> > >> -------------- > >> Matthew Shears > >> Global Internet Policy and Human Rights > >> Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) > >> + 44 771 2472987 >