<div dir="ltr">I would like to nominate Roy Balleste for Executive Committee, North American region.<div><br></div><div>For those who don't know Roy well, he has an interesting background and I think would be a valuable addition to NCUC leadership.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As far as I know, Roy is the only law librarian in the NCUC. As Law Library Director and Professor of Law at St. Thomas University (Miami, FL, USA), he has deep concern with access to information and freedom of expression. He completed a doctorate degree (J.S.D.) in Intercultural Human Rights, analyzing internet governance, including its history, actors, institutions and human rights considerations.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>But beyond academia, Roy continues to make contributions to the NCUC and our work at ICANN. He has helped grow the Constituency, translating our brochure to Spanish, as well as cultivating his ties with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) on behalf of the NCUC (and NCSG) seeking broader and worldwide participation of librarians in the ICANN process. Roy also participated in the 'thick' WHOIS PDP WG, as a member of the data protection and privacy sub-team, and co-drafted two NCUC Policy Documents submitted to WG.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Personally, I've know Roy for several years and have done various project and committee work with him. I think he brings a level of professionalism, initiative, and follow-through that we will benefit from. AFAIK, Roy will be in Buenos Aires, so I encourage you to get to know him better there. You can also read more about Roy here: <a href="http://www.stu.edu/BallesteRoy/tabid/2383/Default.aspx">http://www.stu.edu/BallesteRoy/tabid/2383/Default.aspx</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>-- Brenden</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>---------------------------------------<br>Brenden Kuerbis<br>
Internet Governance Project<br><a href="http://internetgovernance.org" target="_blank">http://internetgovernance.org</a></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:25 AM, William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" target="_blank">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi Stefania<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your nomination, great to have you in the mix.</div><div><div class="im"><br><div><div>On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Milan, Stefania <<a href="mailto:Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu" target="_blank">Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu</a>> wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family:Palatino-Roman;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">I also hope this humble self-nomination is going to inspire more nominations/self-nominations as otherwise elections are no fun at all ☺</span></blockquote>
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<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;word-wrap:break-word">
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;word-wrap:break-word">Absolutely, we need more nominations. And as Glenn points out, strong opinions and <span style="line-height:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;white-space:normal;font-family:Palatino;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px">differences of view are </span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">part and parcel of community engagement across ICANN. It’d be surprising if an NCUC election were an exception to the rule, but hopefully this don’t make us lose sight of the big picture—our collective commitment to promoting civil society priorities in GNSO/ICANN processes—or prevent us from having a bit of fun while we’re at it.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">Perhaps I should update our running tab in light of the past few days of mail. As </span><span style="font-family:Palatino-Roman;text-align:-webkit-auto">of 13.11.13 we’ve received the following,</span></div>
<div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">Position<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Nominees<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Nominator</div>
<div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">1. Chair <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Bill Drake*<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>David Cake (12.11.13)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br>
<br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">2. EC – Europe<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Tapani Tarvainen*<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Kate Smith-Lawrence (08.11.13)</div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">
<br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Stefania Milan<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Self <span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">(12.11.13)</span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div>
<div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><font face="Palatino-Roman">3. EC - Africa</font><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font face="Palatino-Roman">Hago Dafalla<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font>Self (08.11.13)</div>
<div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">4. EC – Asia and the Pacific<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Peter Green (aka Zuan Zhang 张 钻)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>*<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Self (10.11.13)</div>
<div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font face="Palatino-Roman">Imran Ahmed Shah<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font>Self (09.11.13)</div>
<div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">5. EC – North America<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>—**<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> </div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">
<br></div><div><font face="Palatino-Roman">6. EC – Latin America</font><span style="font-family:Palatino-Roman;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="Palatino-Roman">Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (Jr.)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Carlos Afonso (Sr.) (11.11.13)</font></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">[* = incumbent]</div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">[** = declined by Ed Morris 13.11.13]</div>
<div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">Again, the timetable:</div><div class="im"><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">
<div><br></div><div><div>November 6 - 19 (Constituency Day in Buenos Aires): Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss </div><div>November 20 - December 3: Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss </div><div>December 4 − 17: Election period </div>
<div>December 18: Results announced</div></div></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">Also, please remember that in order for you to receive a ballot, we must have your correct current email address for the voter list to be submitted to ICANN. We need to get this to staff before the Buenos Aires meeting starts up next weekend. Tapani has sent a list of the members who did not respond to him in the Spring at the launch of ncuc-discuss or to Robin's recent NCSG check-in, or who otherwise have not confirmed their addresses. If your name is on that list and you want to receive a ballot, please be in touch with him at <<a href="mailto:ncuc@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO" target="_blank">ncuc@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO</a>> to confirm your address.</div>
<div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">Thanks,</div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman"><br></div><div style="font-family:Palatino-Roman">Bill</div><div><br></div></div>
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