Nomination of Nuno Garcia-NCUC

[Alex Gakuru]

Dear all,

I support this nomination and thank Nuno for his personal efforts in
getting Portuguese speaking African countries into ICANN. Efforts begun
sometime last year after a realisation that mainly or only English and
French speaking African countries were represented.

Thank you for accepting the nomination.

Sincerely,

Alex

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Nuno Garcia <ngarcia at ngarcia.net> wrote:

> Dear Konstantinos, dear all:
>
> I am honored by this nomination, that I humbly accept.
>
> I understand that this is a service we are doing to our community, even if
> it is a virtual community rather than a physical one.
>
> I also understand that to represent a group of users with similar interest
> and problems, a different mindset is needed, where one's individual opinion
> and beliefs must be used to capture as much as possible the feeling of the
> community.
>
> As to the NCUC, I think we may need to enlarge our member basis. We cannot
> point to others faults, and then, with only a few hundred members (as good
> as these may be) claim that we represent the community in a meaningful
> manner. And we need to learn how to communicate in a inclusive manner -
> some of the messages in this list are so full of technicalities that are
> hard to understand.
>
> Doing this will allow us to access new opinions and perspectives, and this
> will increase our overall degree of colective wisdom, making our decisions
> stronger and more beatiful.
>
> Talking a bit about myself, I am Portuguese, and travelled a bit around
> the world. I hold a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering and consider
> myself a Computer Scientist, with all the good and bad connotations that
> this statement carries. Professionaly, I am an Assistant Professor and a
> Researcher.
>
> I am a strong supporter of Human Rights and I believe in decisions made on
> these grounds - Human Values should always guide our judgement.
>
> I hope my service to this community is worthy of your choice.
>
> Best,
>
> Nuno Garcia
>
> On 17 November 2011 15:15, Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>>  Dear all,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I would like to nominate Nuno Garcia as the European representative in
>> the NCUC Executive committee. I believe Nuno will be a great addition to
>> the NCUC EC with his enthusiasm and passion. I will let Nuno talk about his
>> vision for the EC and I hope he accepts the nomination.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Best****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> KK****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Senior Lecturer,****
>>
>> Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses****
>>
>> Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law****
>>
>> University of Strathclyde,****
>>
>> The Law School,****
>>
>> Graham Hills building, ****
>>
>> 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA ****
>>
>> UK****
>>
>> tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306****
>>
>>
>> http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765
>> ****
>>
>> Selected publications:
>> http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038****
>>
>> Website: www.komaitis.org****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis <
>> k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk> wrote:****
>>
>> Dear all,****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Yes! It has been a year and elections are upon us. We need to elect an
>> NCUC Chair and an NCUC Executive Committee.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> So, the positions open up for elections are:****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> 1.        NCUC Chair****
>>
>> 2.       NCUC EC – Europe ****
>>
>> 3.       NCUC EC - Africa****
>>
>> 4.      NCUC EC – Asia and the Pacific****
>>
>> 5.       NCUC EC – North America****
>>
>> 6.      NCUC EC – Latin America****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> I would like to have the elected officers take office before the new
>> year, so I suggest the following schedule:****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *November 14-26: NOMINATIONS*****
>>
>> *November 27-30: I liaise with ICANN staff and send them the names of
>> the nominees and all the information so they can proceed to the creation of
>> the ballots. ICANN sends out the ballots.*****
>>
>> *December 1 – 14: Voting takes place*****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> I have contacted ICANN and I am waiting to hear from them regarding
>> whether they can help us. Unless I hear otherwise from ICANN, in which case
>> we will need to find someone else to hold the elections, I suggest we stick
>> to this timeframe.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Thank you and best of luck to all the candidates.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> KK****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Senior Lecturer,****
>>
>> Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses****
>>
>> Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law****
>>
>> University of Strathclyde,****
>>
>> The Law School,****
>>
>> Graham Hills building, ****
>>
>> 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA ****
>>
>> UK****
>>
>> tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306****
>>
>>
>> http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765
>> ****
>>
>> Selected publications:
>> http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038****
>>
>> Website: www.komaitis.org****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>>
>>
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