<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="">Hello<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So after a last minute flurry of nominations, the line-up of candidates for the NCUC EC is as follows:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">1. Chair <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bill Drake<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(nominated by Avri Doria)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class="">2. EC – Europe<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Stefania Milan<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(self-nomination)</div><div class="">3. EC – North America<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Roy Balleste<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(self-nomination)</div><div class="">4. EC – Latin America/ Caribbean <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>João Carlos R. Caribé<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(self-nomination)</div></div><div class=""><div class="">5. EC – Asia/Australia/Pacific<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Walid Al-Saqaf<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(nominated by David Cake)</div></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Imran Ahmed Shah<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(self-nomination)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Peter Green (aka Zuan Zhang)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(nominated by Ed Morris)</div><div class="">6. EC - Africa<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grace Githaiga<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(self-nomination)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lorin Ekpe<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(self-nomination)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Hago Dafalla<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(self-nomination)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This echoes last year, when the nomination process resulted in a fairly similar slate of candidates </div><div class=""><a href="http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2013-November/015713.html" class="">http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2013-November/015713.html</a> But we do have two new faces so that’s a start…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So ok, the candidates now have two weeks, <b class="">until 30 December to notify as to their willingness to stand and to submit candidate statements</b> <b class="">if so</b> (it occurs to me that next year we might consider shortening this by a week to have a 5 week cycle, on the assumption people could be motivated to act within a week—to be discussed).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The candidate statements should respond to the questions that were circulated in my 29 October boot-up message and are repeated below. Obviously, people who have served on the EC before should take care to reflect on what exactly they have contributed while “in office,” as well as to indicate what they would definitely be able to contribute in the coming year. New candidates of course would do just the latter.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have already received one such statement from Imran Ahmed Shah, who can leave it as is or revise it, up to him.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><b class="">I. Candidate Statements</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Why do you want to serve on the EC?<br class=""><br class=""></div><div 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=""><br class=""></div><div 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=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4. Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?<br class=""><br class=""></div><div 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><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">II.</b> <b class="">"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 just prior to the election period. Particularly since there three candidates each for the AP and African slots I would think this could be useful...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><b class="">III. Participation</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="">Maryam Bakoshi has been sending messages to the addresses we have in our member data base confirming that they are still active and should receive a ballot on 1 December</span><b class="">. So far there are still quite a few members who have not responded. If you have not and wish to participate, </b></div><div class=""><span class=""><b class="">please</b> </span><b class="">send an email to her 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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" 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, <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> (lists),<br class=""> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org" class="">www.williamdrake.org</a><br class="">***********************************************
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