<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><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 24, 2015, at 4:34 PM, 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 id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 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; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Hi Bill</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">thanks for taking the time to provide us with an update of where do we stand on this. </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I am not in principle opposed to moving the calendar up (it is only one week after all), but I am wondering about the following:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">- is it to smooth your transition to NomCom? to me this is good reason to move it up, as we want to make sure that you have the chance to interact with the new chair and the new EC enough to enable their work</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Well yes I had NomCom today and the work will start soon on top of everything else on my plate, but more importantly I think it’s better for the incoming group as noted. Our late elections were a problem with the NCPH meeting last year and already is with Marrakech, Glen sent a note asking for travelers’ names in November. And we’re talking about one week here.</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 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; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">- does this conflict with approval of new members? I guess not, as we just had a last round of admissions of new members, but just want to make sure it does not. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>No relation<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 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; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">i confirm i am off the EC as of end of the year, and happy to help filling in the newcomers, together with our Chair. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Good. I actually think I should get this going now if the start date for nominations is to be Monday. I can’t imagine the grounds for objection so let’s just get it underway.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Bill</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 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; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">my two cents, stefania</div><div id="Signature" class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 980px;" 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-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a>> per conto di William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br class=""><b class="">Inviato:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>venerdì 23 ottobre 2015 10.17<br class=""><b class="">A:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Exec. Comm<br class=""><b class="">Oggetto:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NCUC-EC] Urgent: Proposed Schedule for 2015 Election Cycle</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So now we have to do our election. Normally we do the nominations etc in November and the voting and results December. Last year we did this:</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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On the one hand, we might want to give people a week to recover from Dublin and get their lives reorganized before launching the process, which would suggest a similar schedule. But on the one hand, I’d love to move it forward a week because I’m now split with NomCom work and it’d be otherwise useful to get the new team in place more quickly so they can tackle appointments and begin preparing for the NCPH meeting earlier etc. Note also that no matter what we do, some of the cycle will happen at the same time as the IGF week. Can’t be helped, hopefully people will have a scrap of bandwidth for NCUC regardless.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So in the end, I guess I would propose we move it up a week, as follows:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Oct. 26 - Nov. 8:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span>Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss </div><div class="">Nov. 9-22: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss </div><div class="">Nov. 23 - Dec. 6:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span>Election period </div><div class="">Dec. 7:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Results announced</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">The bylaws don’t require a EC vote on the election calendar, but I hope this meets with your approval. Please let me know if you agree or think there’s a problem. Absent strong objections I send out the boot up message on Monday.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have not spoken to many of you about your intentions and whether you plan to stand again or make space for new blood. What I do know is that </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*the Europe slot is vacated by Stefi moving to Council</div><div class="">*Roy indicated earlier that due to challenges on the home front he would not seek reelection to the NA slot</div><div class="">*Grace has served two terms as the AF rep and is eligible for one more if she wants </div><div class="">*Joao has served one term as the LAC rep and is eligible for two more if he wants</div><div class="">*Zuan served a half term in 2013 (replacing Norbert) and a full term in 2015. The Bylaws say "Shall each serve no more than three<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">consecutive</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>terms,” so presumably he too would be eligible for two more if he wants.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In any event, people need to think about what they want to do.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 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;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);" class="">The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>