<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Another +1 for Bill. We would be fortunate to have him leading the EC.</div><br><div><div>On Oct 16, 2012, at 6:10 PM, Andrei Barburas wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p dir="ltr">+1 from here as well. </p><p dir="ltr">Sent from my Android</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 16, 2012 5:54 PM, "Adam Peake" <<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Yes to Chairman Bill.<br>
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Adam<br>
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Tapani Tarvainen<br>
<<a href="mailto:ncuc@tapani.tarvainen.info">ncuc@tapani.tarvainen.info</a>> wrote:<br>
> +1<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:38:21AM -0400, Brenden Kuerbis (<a href="mailto:bkuerbis@INTERNETGOVERNANCE.ORG">bkuerbis@INTERNETGOVERNANCE.ORG</a>) wrote:<br>
><br>
>> yep +1<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Wendy Seltzer <<a href="mailto:wendy@seltzer.com">wendy@seltzer.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> > A hearty Nth follow-up to the nomination and seconds. Bill's expertise<br>
>> > and breadth of knowledge make him an excellent Non-Commercial leader.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > --Wendy<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On 10/16/2012 09:54 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:<br>
>> > > What he said!<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of<br>
>> > Edward Morris<br>
>> > > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:16 PM<br>
>> > > To: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
>> > > Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] NCUC election: nomination for Chair<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > I would like to second Mary's nomination of Bill.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > As one of the newer members of the Constituency I've been spending a lot<br>
>> > of time observing and trying to figure out both how things do work and how<br>
>> > they should work at the NCUC. Bill Drake, more than anyone else, extended a<br>
>> > welcoming hand when I showed up in Prague to join the group . That's<br>
>> > important because the best way to address volunteer fatigue is having more<br>
>> > volunteers. Bill knows this.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > He also knows ICANN. His writings are mandatory reading for anyone<br>
>> > attempting to understand the complexities of the ICANN process. This next<br>
>> > year is a crucial one for internet governance. Fadi Chehade is obviously<br>
>> > not a status quo type of executive. Dubai may, or may not, present<br>
>> > challenges to ICANN that are currently unanticipated. Bill's U.N. ties will<br>
>> > serve us well no matter what happens. There is no one better able to<br>
>> > marshall the NCUC through the changes that are forthcoming, and maintain<br>
>> > and promote the role of our Constituency in the IG ecosphere, than Bill<br>
>> > Drake.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > I'd encourage all NCUC members, new and old, in joining me in supporting<br>
>> > Mary's nomination of Bill Drake for chair of the Constituency. He's the<br>
>> > right person at the right time and we're lucky to have him.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:37 PM, <<a href="mailto:Mary.Wong@law.unh.edu">Mary.Wong@law.unh.edu</a><mailto:<br>
>> > <a href="mailto:Mary.Wong@law.unh.edu">Mary.Wong@law.unh.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Hi all - today is the first day of nominations for the new NCUC<br>
>> > Executive Committee. I'd like to nominate Bill Drake for Chair of the<br>
>> > constituency - besides his extensive experience and writings on Internet<br>
>> > governance and issues directly of concern to NCUC members, he has been one<br>
>> > of our elected reps to the GNSO Council for the past 4 years.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Seconding and support for Bill's candidacy would be great.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Cheers<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Mary<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Mary W S Wong<br>
>> > > Professor of Law<br>
>> > > Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP<br>
>> > > Chair, Graduate IP Programs<br>
>> > > UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW<br>
>> > > Two White Street<br>
>> > > Concord, NH 03301<br>
>> > > USA<br>
>> > > Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@law.unh.edu">mary.wong@law.unh.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:mary.wong@law.unh.edu">mary.wong@law.unh.edu</a>><br>
>> > > Phone: <a href="tel:1-603-513-5143" value="+16035135143">1-603-513-5143</a><tel:<a href="tel:1-603-513-5143" value="+16035135143">1-603-513-5143</a>><br>
>> > > Webpage: <a href="http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php</a><br>
>> > > Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network<br>
>> > (SSRN) at: <a href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a><br>
>> > ><br>
>> > ><br>
>> > ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > --<br>
>> > Wendy Seltzer -- <a href="mailto:wendy@seltzer.org">wendy@seltzer.org</a> <a href="tel:%2B1%20617.863.0613" value="+16178630613">+1 617.863.0613</a><br>
>> > Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University<br>
>> > Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project<br>
>> > <a href="http://wendy.seltzer.org/" target="_blank">http://wendy.seltzer.org/</a><br>
>> > <a href="https://www.chillingeffects.org/" target="_blank">https://www.chillingeffects.org/</a><br>
>> > <a href="https://www.torproject.org/" target="_blank">https://www.torproject.org/</a><br>
>> > <a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/" target="_blank">http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Tapani Tarvainen<br>
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