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    3 thumbs up for Robin!<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/19/2012 8:24 AM, Amr Elsadr wrote:<br>
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      <div>Two thumbs up for Robin!!</div>
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      <div>Thanks.</div>
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      <div>Amr</div>
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        <div>On Aug 19, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Ermanno Pietrosemoli wrote:</div>
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            believe Robin has come a wonderful job and   endorse her
            nomination for another year.<span class="HOEnZb"><font
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                Ermanno</font></span></p>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:36 PM,
            Konstantinos Komaitis <span dir="ltr"><<a
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              <div style="word-wrap:break-word">+1 for Robin.
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                <div>KK</div>
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                              <div>Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,</div>
                              <div>Experienced in Trademarks and Domain
                                Names,</div>
                              <div>email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:konstantinos@komaitis.org"
                                  target="_blank">konstantinos@komaitis.org</a></div>
                              <div>website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="http://www.komaitis.org/"
                                  target="_blank">www.komaitis.org</a></div>
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                        <div>On 18 Aug 2012, at 15:14, Lehrstuhl Weber
                          wrote:</div>
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                        <blockquote type="cite"><font face="sans-serif">+
                            1 for Robin</font> <br>
                          <font face="sans-serif">Rolf</font> <br>
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                          <font color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif"
                            size="1">Von:        </font><font
                            face="sans-serif" size="1">William Drake
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                          <font color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif"
                            size="1">Datum:        </font><font
                            face="sans-serif" size="1">18.08.2012 06:13</font>
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                          <font color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif"
                            size="1">Betreff:        </font><font
                            face="sans-serif" size="1">Re:
                            [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Annual Election
                            Information</font> <br>
                          <font color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif"
                            size="1">Gesendet von:        </font><font
                            face="sans-serif" size="1">NCSG-Discuss <<a
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                          <font size="3">I eighth the proposal, or
                            whatever.</font> <br>
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                          <font size="3">BD</font> <br>
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                          <font size="3">On Aug 17, 2012, at 11:11 PM,
                            Clarinettet wrote:</font> <br>
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                          <font size="3">+1 for Robin Gross.</font> <br>
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                          <font size="3">Tara Taubman<br>
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                          <font size="3">IT/IP Lawyer</font> <br>
                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://flyakite.org/" target="_blank"><font
                              color="blue" size="3"><u>FlyAKite.org</u></font></a>
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                          <font size="3">Sent from my iPad</font> <br>
                          <font size="3"><br>
                            On 17 Aug 2012, at 18:55, Alex Gakuru <</font><a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:gakuru@GMAIL.COM"
                            target="_blank"><font color="blue" size="3"><u>gakuru@GMAIL.COM</u></font></a><font
                            size="3">> wrote:<br>
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                          <font size="3">Dear All,<br>
                            <br>
                            I am delighted with Robin Gross for her wise
                            stewardship of our humble Non-Commercial
                            Stakeholder Group. Therefore, nominate her
                            for the position of NCSG Chair. <br>
                            <br>
                            Sincerely,<br>
                            <br>
                            Alex<br>
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                          <font size="3">On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:29 PM,
                            Robin Gross <</font><a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org"
                            target="_blank"><font color="blue" size="3"><u>robin@ipjustice.org</u></font></a><font
                            size="3">> wrote:</font> <br>
                          <font size="3">Dear All:</font> <br>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">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.</font>
                          <br>
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                          <font size="3">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.</font> <br>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3"><u>The following 4 NCSG
                              positions are up for election this fall:</u></font>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">1.  <i>GNSO Council
                              Representative</i> (currently held by
                            William Drake, who will be "term-limited"
                            for this position)</font> <br>
                          <font size="3">     2-year term</font> <br>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">2.  <i>GNSO Council
                              Representative</i> (currently held by Mary
                            Wong, who will be "term-limited" for this
                            position)</font> <br>
                          <font size="3">     2-year term</font> <br>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">3.  <i>GNSO Council
                              Representative</i> (currently held by
                            Rafik Damak, who will be "term-limited" for
                            this position)</font> <br>
                          <font size="3">     2-year term</font> <br>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">4.  <i>NCSG Chair</i>
                            (currently held by Robin Gross, who is
                            eligible for 1 more term)</font> <br>
                          <font size="3">     1-year term</font> <br>
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                          <font size="3"><b><u>NCSG Election Schedule:</u></b></font>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">  Aug. 10 : Open Nominations
                            for Candidates</font> <br>
                          <font size="3">  Aug. 20 : Close Nominations
                            for Candidates (made & accepted)</font>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">  Aug. 26 : Candidates Make
                            Public Statement (see details below) </font>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">  Sept. 4 : Begin Voting</font>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">  Sept. 18 : End Voting</font>
                          <br>
                          <font size="3">  Sept. 20 : Announce Election
                            Results</font> <br>
                          <br>
                          <font face="Arial"><b><u>Nomination Process:</u></b></font>
                          <br>
                          <font face="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 <b>public statement</b> that
                            includes:</font>
                          <ul>
                            <li><font face="Arial" size="4">Name,
                                declared region of residence, gender and
                                employment;</font> </li>
                            <li><font face="Arial" size="4">Any
                                conflicts of interest;</font> </li>
                            <li><font face="Arial" size="4">Reasons for
                                willingness to take on the tasks of the
                                particular position;</font> </li>
                            <li><font face="Arial" size="4">Qualifications
                                for the position; and</font> </li>
                            <li><font face="Arial" size="4">Statement of
                                availability for the time the position
                                requires.</font> </li>
                            <li><font face="Arial" size="4">The
                                nominee’s statement may also include any
                                other information that the candidate
                                believes is relevant. </font></li>
                          </ul>
                          <font face="Arial">**  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.</font> <br>
                          <font face="Arial" size="3">**  These terms
                            all commence on 20 October 2012 (at the
                            conclusion of the 2012 Annual ICANN
                            Meeting).</font>
                          <p><font size="1">**  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.</font> <br>
                            <br>
                            <font size="1">**  The nominations, their
                              acceptance and candidacy statements will
                              all be posted to the 2012 elections wiki
                              page:</font> <br>
                            <font size="1">    </font><a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections+2012"
                              target="_blank"><font color="blue"
                                size="1"><u>https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections+2012</u></font></a>
                            <br>
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                            <font size="1">If you have any questions on
                              any of this, please do not hesitate to ask
                              me.  Thank you!</font> <br>
                            <br>
                            <font size="1">All best,</font> <br>
                            <font size="1">Robin Gross</font> <br>
                            <font size="1">NCSG Chair</font> <br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            <font size="1">IP JUSTICE</font> <br>
                            <font size="1">Robin Gross, Executive
                              Director</font> <br>
                            <font size="1">1192 Haight Street, San
                              Francisco, CA  94117  USA</font> <br>
                            <font size="1">p: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="tel:%2B1-415-553-6261"
                                value="+14155536261" target="_blank">+1-415-553-6261</a>
                                 f: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="tel:%2B1-415-462-6451"
                                value="+14154626451" target="_blank">+1-415-462-6451</a></font>
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                            <font size="1">w: </font><a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://www.ipjustice.org/"
                              target="_blank"><font color="blue"
                                size="1"><u>http://www.ipjustice.org</u></font></a><font
                              size="1">     e: </font><a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org"
                              target="_blank"><font color="blue"
                                size="1"><u>robin@ipjustice.org</u></font></a>
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          Ermanno Pietrosemoli<br>
          Presidente<br>
          Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (EsLaRed)<br>
          <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.EsLaRed.org.ve/"
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