Bill,<br><br>Fair enough.<br><br>regards,<br><br>Alex<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:41 AM, William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hello </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Alex. May I suggest though that we hold off on starting nominating people until the nomination period actually opens? Aside from making it easier to keep track of everything, there's another factor that may not be obvious from the David's reference to the Charter vote. One of the key ideas that's come up in the revision drafting exercise is to enhance the responsibilities and expectations of the Executive Committee. We desperately need for the EC to play a stronger, more active role if NCUC is going to step up and meet the demands of the rapidly evolving ICANN environment. Right now, too few volunteers are carrying too much of the workload for us to be as effective as we could be; we've got to broaden the circle and share it more.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We will discuss this at Constituency Day and hopefully the drafting will wrap up soon thereafter so we can post it for member contemplation and comments. So the point is, before people start to throw their hats in the ring for EC slots, they should know what being on the new EC may entail in terms of commitment.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Oct 7, 2012, at 7:54, Alex Gakuru <<a href="mailto:gakuru@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">gakuru@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br><br>
</div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi, <br><br>Thanks David! Yes, my maximum term of office has been reached and I take this opportunity to thank the Constituency for voting for me and re-electing me for three successive terms. I would happily nominate Molefi Mafereka Ndlovu, Centre of Civil Society, University of KwaZulu Natal, if he agreed to stand for the Africa Rep slot. Happy voting.<br>
<br>Regards,<br> <br>Alex<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM, David Cake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au" target="_blank">dave@difference.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>I'd also like to bring to the attention of the membership that several of the NCUC Regional Representatives on the NCUC Exec, including myself as Asia/Pacific/Australia rep, are term limited and will not be recontesting this election. The same applies to Africa and North America. If you are interested, please speak up! </div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span><div><span><font color="#888888">David</font></span><div><div><br><div><br><div><div>On 07/10/2012, at 1:14 AM, Brenden Kuerbis wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) members,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">It has been a year and elections are upon us. We need to elect an NCUC </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Chair and an NCUC Executive Committee.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Specifically, the positions open up for elections are:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1. NCUC Chair</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">2. NCUC EC – Europe</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">3. NCUC EC - Africa</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">4. NCUC EC – Asia and the Pacific</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">5. NCUC EC – North America</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">6. NCUC EC – Latin America</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">We would like to have the elected officers take office before the new </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">year, so we suggest the following schedule:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">October 15-31: Nominations submitted to list (please confirm with the nominee in advance, self nominations are welcome)</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">November 1-14: Develop ballot w/ICANN staff, nominees present statements</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">November 15-30: Election period</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">December 1: Results announced</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you and best of luck to all the candidates.</span><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">On behalf of the NCUC Executive Committee and Chair,</font></div><div><br clear="all">---------------------------------------<br>Brenden Kuerbis<br>Internet Governance Project<br>
<a href="http://internetgovernance.org/" target="_blank">http://internetgovernance.org</a><br>
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