<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I gratefully accept the nomination, and thank Kim for the nomination and Bill and Alain for their endorsements.<div> <div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br><div><div>On 10/08/2012, at 5:12 AM, Kimberley Heitman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I'd like to nominate David Cake for the position of GNSO Council Representative.<br><br>Regards,<br>Kim<em><br></em>----------------------------------------------------------<br><a href="mailto:kheitman@kheitman.com">kheitman@kheitman.com</a>.....................www.kheitman.com<br>----------------------------------------------------------<br><br><div class="replyBody">On Aug 08, 2012, <strong>Robin Gross</strong> <<a href="mailto:robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG">robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="email_quote" style="border-left: 2px solid #267fdb; margin: 0 0 0 1.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>Dear All:</div><br><div>The time-table and details on the upcoming 2012 NCSG annual election are below. The candidate nomination period runs 10-20 August, and the voting takes place 4-18 September 2012 for all positions.</div><br><div>Nominations of candidates, their acceptance and the required candidacy statement should all be made to this NCSG email list by the dates below to be effective.</div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">The following 4 NCSG positions are up for election this fall:</span></div><br><div>1. <em>GNSO Council Representative</em> (currently held by William Drake, who will be "term-limited" for this position)</div><div> 2-year term</div><br><div>2. <em>GNSO Council Representative</em> (currently held by Mary Wong, who will be "term-limited" for this position)</div><div> 2-year term</div><br><div>3. <em>GNSO Council Representative</em> (currently held by Rafik Damak, who will be "term-limited" for this position)</div><div> 2-year term</div><br><div>4. <em>NCSG Chair</em> (currently held by Robin Gross, who is eligible for 1 more term)</div><div> 1-year term</div><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica" size="3;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">NCSG Election Schedule:</span></strong></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica" size="3;"> Aug. 10 : Open Nominations for Candidates</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica" size="3;"> Aug. 20 : Close Nominations for Candidates (made & accepted)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica" size="3;"> Aug. 26 : Candidates Make Public Statement (see details below)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica" size="3;"> Sept. 4 : Begin Voting</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica" size="3;"> Sept. 18 : End Voting</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica" size="3;"> Sept. 20 : Announce Election Results</span></div><br><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Nomination Process:</span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial" size="4;">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.<br> Once nominated, the nominee is responsible for public acceptance of the nomination and for making a <strong>public statement</strong> that includes:</span></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial" size="4;">Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment;</span></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial" size="4;">Any conflicts of interest;</span></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial" size="4;">Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position;</span></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial" size="4;">Qualifications for the position; and</span></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial" size="4;">Statement of availability for the time the position requires.</span></li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span style="font: 13.0px Arial" size="4;">The nominee’s statement may also include any other information that the candidate believes is relevant. </span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">** 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. The 3 continuing NCSG GNSO Councilors are from the following regions: Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe.</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">** These terms all commence on 20 October 2012 (at the conclusion of the 2012 Annual ICANN Meeting).</span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div>** You all should have received an email notice from me requesting that you "check-in" and verify your email address and that you are an active member of the SG. Only active members may vote in the NCSG annual election, so be sure to check your email folders and find that email notice from me and respond before 20 August 2012, to avoid being placed on the inactive list. If you haven't received the check-in notice yet and you've checked all your email folders and spam folders, and still can't find the check-in request, please shoot me a note off-list and we'll sort it out right away.</div><br><div>** The nominations, their acceptance and candidacy statements will all be posted to the 2012 elections wiki page:</div><div> <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections+2012" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections+2012</a></div><br><div>If you have any questions on any of this, please do not hesitate to ask me. Thank you!</div><br><div>All best,</div><div>Robin Gross</div><div>NCSG Chair</div><br></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank" class="parsedEmail">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br></span><br> </div><br></blockquote></div>
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