<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks much for getting us started Stefi.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As Chair I am of course neutral among candidates, but some things really need to be said: Stefi has contributed a lot of time and effort to the EC’s work, in particular by maintaining/updating our e-platforms, and provided crucial web support for our big and highly successful policy conference on the NETmundial in Singapore last year. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 3, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Milan, Stefania <<a href="mailto:Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu" class="">Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Dear NCUCers<br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">following Bill's invitation below, I break the ice self-nominating for the EC-Europe slot. <br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">After one year serving the NCUC community, mostly making sure the web infrastructure is up and running and updated, I would like to serve a second year, hopefully to contribute also at the policy level.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">I encourage people to join the EC.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The learning curve is steep, but it is worth it. </span>We can do more to facilitate the engagement of members, especially new members, and NCUC needs people with enthusiasm, fresh ideas, and willingness to spare some hours a week to help the Chair run the business. <br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">I will submit a candidate statement in due time. <br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Nominate, people, nominate (or self-nominate)!<br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Stefania<br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 1439.609375px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">Da:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a>> per conto di William Drake <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" class="">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Inviato:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>lunedì 3 novembre 2014 09.10<br class=""><b class="">A:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>NCUC-discuss<br class=""><b class="">Oggetto:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC ELECTIONS 2014: NOMINATIONS OPEN 3 - 16 November</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="">Hello everyone<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Further to the message below, today being 3 November, nominations are now open until Sunday 16 November (close of business on earth) for our election. Again, self-nominations and nominations of colleagues are equally welcome (in the latter case, a good practice is to check with the potential nominee first). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Again a reminder that</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div class=""><div class="">That said, <b class="">we must have your correct current email address in our data base in order for staff to send you a ballot. The only way we can ensure this is for you to send an email to Maryam Bakoshi <a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" class="">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a> so she can check it against the data base. Please do this as soon as possible. </b>While you’re at it, you might want to double check that you are correctly listed at <a href="http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/" class="">http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/</a> as well. </div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Happy nominating,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 29, 2014, at 3:32 PM, William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="">Hello</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now that NCSG has wrapped up its early Autumn election and ICANN’s Annual Meeting in LA is behind us, it is NCUC's turn for elections. We need to elect a Chair and an Executive Committee for 2015. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">I. Positions</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The positions to be filled are:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Chair <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[currently held by William Drake]</div><div class="">2. EC – Europe<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span>[currently held by Stefania Milan]</div><div class="">3. EC - Africa<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span>[currently held by Grace Githaiga]</div><div class="">4. EC – Asia/Australia/Pacific<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span>[currently held by Pranesh Prakash]</div><div class="">5. EC – North America<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>[currently held by Roy Balleste]</div><div class="">6. EC – Latin America/ Caribbean <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span>[currently held by Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza]</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Biographies on the current members are available from <a href="http://www.ncuc.org/governance/executive-committee/" class="">http://www.ncuc.org/governance/executive-committee/</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">NCUC really needs committed volunteers who are really willing to donate a few hours a week to collaboration in order to help ensure that civil society's voice is heard in ICANN. The EC’s responsibilities are primarily in the realm of constituency administrative management, inreach and outreach, and interfacing with ICANN’s staff and community as needed (GNSO policy work being the province of the participants in the NCSG Policy Committee, GNSO Council, and GNSO working groups). If you think that you or someone you know would be well suited to the tasks involved, then please consider nominating accordingly.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">II. Timetable</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The process begins next Monday, November 3. The timetable will be as follows:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">November 3 - 16: Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss </div><div class="">November 17 - 30: Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss </div><div class="">December 1 − 14: Election period </div><div class="">December 15: Results announced</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">During the first two-week period, any member can self-nominate or nominate any other member<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/" class="">http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(usually best to check with them first). During the second two-week period, nominees must notify colleagues via the mail list whether they accept the nomination, and if they do, submit a candidate statement (see below). At the beginning of the third two-week period, ballots will be emailed by ICANN staff, and voting will occur on a secure website. Staff will then run the tally software and announce the vote, and the new EC will be set up soon thereafter.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">III. Participation</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">As you know, in accordance with its Charter, NCSG’s chair does a labor-intensive "check-in” procedure (probably necessary in the SG context), and members who do not reply in time to multiple email promptings become ineligible to vote in the election cycle. Rafik went through this in recent NCSG election, with these results <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsJI0CB4QegidDktTGtfa2pWZlMzY1FnRHFBYkRXekE&usp=drive_web#gid=0" class="">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsJI0CB4QegidDktTGtfa2pWZlMzY1FnRHFBYkRXekE&usp=drive_web#gid=0</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In contrast, NCUC’s Bylaws don’t require a check-in, and we have never done one. Whether in the future we might want to move in this direction has been discussed in the EC before and might merit consideration again (there are pluses and minuses to it), but for now we will stick with our simplified traditional approach. Everyone who’s a member as of 30 days before the election (i.e. now) is eligible to vote, and the results in contested cases are based on simple majorities irrespective of what percentage of members “turns out” to vote. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That said,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">we must have your correct current email address in our data base in order for staff to send you a ballot. The only way we can ensure this is for you to send an email to Maryam Bakoshi <a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" class="">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a> so she can check it against the data base. Please do this as soon as possible.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>While you’re at it, you might want to double check that you are correctly listed at <a href="http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/" class="">http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/</a> as well. </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">IV. Candidate Statements</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For when we get to this stage, the standard list of questions we’ve asked people over the years is as follows:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Why do you want to serve on the EC?<br class="">2. Provide a brief biography of recent experience, associations, and affiliations relevant to serving on the Executive Committee. Describe the relevance of your personal and professional experience to serve on the NCUC Executive Committee, and identify any conflicts of interests you might have.<br class="">3. The EC performs several functional responsibilities for the Constituency. What level of time commitment can you bring to your EC role on a weekly and overall basis? Describe any concerns or limitations on your ability to attend online meetings of the Executive Committee and ICANN Meetings in person. <br class="">4. Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?<br class="">5. How do you foresee NCUC’s function, scale, or role changing in the future? What areas of ICANN policy, if any, need more attention and why? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The statements should be relatively concise, e.g. a couple paragraphs per question. Incumbent candidates should answer in a manner that is both backward and forward looking, i.e. taking note of contributions and work in the previous year.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><b class="">V. "Meet the Candidates” Virtual Meeting?</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">During last year’s election, we tried something new and scheduled an Adobe Connect session where members could ask the candidates questions etc. If there’s demand to try this again we can schedule a session during the election period.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I may be forgetting something…if there are any questions, just ask. Otherwise, please do keep this election schedule on your radar, consider whether you or someone you know might like to stand for election to one of the above posts, ensure that we have your email address, and when the time comes, vote. It’s really important.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks much,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">***********************************************<br class="">William J. Drake<br class="">International Fellow & Lecturer<br class=""> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br class=""> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br class="">Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br class=""> ICANN,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ncuc.org/" class="">www.ncuc.org</a><br class=""><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" class="">wjdrake@gmail.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(lists),<br class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.williamdrake.org/" class="">www.williamdrake.org</a><br class="">***********************************************<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">***********************************************<br class="">William J. 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