Election for ICANN Board seat now going on

[Brenden Kuerbis]

Thanks for this update Mary.

I'll echo your sentiment.  Avri has devoted countless volunteer hours to
ICANN to ensure that the non-commercial perspective is adequately
represented.  Her level of detailed knowledge about the ICANN policy making
processes is only outmatched by her devotion to making Internet governance
institutions function better.  IMO, she would be an invaluable addition to
the Board.

I hope others will join me in adding their voice in support of Avri.

Best,

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Brenden Kuerbis
Internet Governance Project
http://internetgovernance.org


On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu <
Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu> wrote:

>  Hello everyone,
>
> As you may know, the GNSO is able to send 2 members to the ICANN Board -
> one is elected by the Contracted Parties (Board seat #13), and one by the
> Non-Contracted Parties (Board seat #14). Bruce Tonkin is currently the
> representative from the Contracted Parties (i.e. Registries and Registrars)
> and Rita Rodin Johnston, who was the Non-Contracted Parties' representative
> in seat #14, is stepping down.
>
> The Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG) has nominated *Bill Graham*, former
> Canadian government official and now ISOC global engagement strategies, as
> their candidate to replace Rita. A couple of us NCSG Councilors nominated
> our Chair, *Avri Doria*. This means that Avri and Bill Graham will
> be facing off in the election next week. *To win, a candidate must secure
> 8 out of the 13 votes at stake* (from the 6 CSG Councillors, 6 NCSG
> Councilors, and 1 Nominating Committee appointee, a position currently held
> by Olga Cavalli from Argentina).
>
> Some of you may know Bill Graham, and most of you know Avri and her
> tireless efforts on behalf of NCSG to broaden its membership base (e.g. by
> supporting the creation of new Constituencies), secure participation
> opportunities for new and potential members (e.g. through her work on the
> Joint Applicant Support and countless other Working Groups), and to ensure
> that ICANN remains a multi-stakeholder, bottom-up, consensus-based
> organization.
>
> Good luck, Avri!,
>
> Cheers
> Mary
>
>
> *Mary W S Wong*
> *Professor of Law*
> *Chair, Graduate IP Programs*
> *Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP*
> UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW Two White Street Concord, NH
> 03301 USA Email: mary.wong at law.unh.edu Phone: 1-603-513-5143 Webpage:
> http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php Selected writings available on
> the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at:
> http://ssrn.com/author=437584
>
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