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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Dear NCUC members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">I am writing to You as NCUC Representative to the NCSG
Executive Committee, to provide summaries of the decisions and discussion that have taken place within our meetings.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-">By the way of background, the NCSG Executive Committee is responsible for working with the NCSG Chair to make sure the NCSG functions
according to its mission and principles. The NCSG-EC is responsible for supervising and monitoring the NCSG Chair’s performance of executive functions, and the NCSG-EC may call for a new chair election. The NCSG‑EC is also responsible for establishing and
overseeing membership criteria, rules, as well as reviewing and approving applications to form new Constituencies in accordance with the Section 2.3 of the NCSG Charter and any applicable Constituency Recognition Process approved by the ICANN Board of Directors.
The NCSG-EC’s formation, functions, composition and duties within the NCSG are set out in Section 2.4 of the NCSG Charter.
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">The NCSG EC had a call on the 28<sup>th</sup> July2017,
and I am writing to update You all on what has been discussed and decided. <o:p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">The following EC members participated in the meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Joan Kerr, NPOC Rep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Robin Gross, NCUC Rep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Monika Zalnieriute, NCUC Rep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Tapani Tarvainen, NCUC (NCSG Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">As EC operates on a basis of full consensus,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">the
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">decisions made on the 28<sup>th</sup> July are pending Poncelet Ileleji (NPOC) approval/possible objection, as they he was not participating in the meeting and could not express his opinions.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">During this meeting, the EC:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Discussed and approved a number of new membership applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Agreed an election timeline for the current NCSG election:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-">July 31 nomination period begins</span><br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Aug 13 nomination period ends</span><br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Aug 17 voter roll finalized, check-in ends</span><br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Aug 18 deadline for nomination acceptance</span><br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Aug 19 deadline for candidate statements</span><br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Aug 21 voting begins</span><br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Sep 3 voting ends</span><br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Sep 4 results announced<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Discussed a number of issues about the NCSG
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">elections, </span>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">such as multiple voting, NOTA/abstentions and gender balance, that have not been resolved or at least not documented in the past. Summary
of the issues discussed: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121">Multiple voting<br>
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<span><span style="background-image: initial; background-">As already reported by the NCSG Chair on the NCSG list, currently NCSG</span></span><span style="background-image: initial; background-"> and GNSO rules allow people who</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">are both individual members as well as official representatives</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">of an organization to vote in both capacities.
</span> <span><span style="background-image: initial; background-">NCSG</span></span><span style="background-image: initial; background-"> EC discussed the multiple voting concerns and concluded that changing the voting rules should</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">not be done during the election process which is already taking place, so in</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">these elections such people can vote in both roles, if they so choose.</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">The EC expressed intent to open the issue up after current elections</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">and make an explicit rule about it.</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Some details can be found in this message in election-reform list:</span><br>
</span><a href="https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/election-reform/2017-June/000021.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-image: initial; background-">https://lists.</span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: blue; background-image: initial; background-">ncsg</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-image: initial; background-">.is/pipermail/election-reform/2017-June/000021.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">NotA / Abstentions</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">NCSG EC further agreed that</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-">there shall be no explicit NotA choice in the ballot, but abstaining,</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">that is voting for fewer candidates than there're available slots,</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">will not invalidate the ballot.
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Gender Balance rules
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">The EC has discussed and approved
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">a concrete procedure for applying the NCSG Charter Rules</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"> (§3.1) regarding
gender balance on the GNSO Council. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">These rules and a concrete procedure could be found here</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><br>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Future Election Reform Works:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">The EC decided to leave the remaining issues to be</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-">worked out after current election, and do a quick ad hoc decision if</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">some issue becomes acute.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">For reference, you can see a list of election reform issues so far identified here:</span><br>
</span><a href="https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/election-reform/2017-May/000002.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" title="https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/election-reform/2017-May/000002.html
Cmd+Click or tap to follow the link"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-image: initial; background-">https://lists.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-image: initial; background-">ncsg.is/pipermail/election-reform/2017-May/000002.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-">The list is not exhaustive, and if anybody has ideas of</span>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">other things to be addressed, they'd be most welcome (either on the NCSG mailing list, or in election-reform list).
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">It is important that the views of the NCUC are represented in this process.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Discussion about ways to modify/clarify our election procedures are taking place on the dedicated NCSG mailing list, those interested please join the mailings list.</span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">NCSG EC has accepted Ed Morris's resignation from the NCSG.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Appointed Dr. Tatiana Tropina as a temporary replacement to the GNOS Council, after Ed Morris has resigned
from his position as a NSCG Councillor to the GNSO Council. Congratulations to Tatiana, who will do a great job on the GNSO Council. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-">If You have any questions regarding any of the above mentioned issues, please feel free to contact me or another NCUC Rep, Robin Gross, and we will do our best to answer them / direct to relevant information
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