Nomination of Nuno Garcia-NCUC
Nicolas Adam
nickolas.adam at GMAIL.COM
Fri Nov 18 16:35:46 CET 2011
I also support Nuno.
Nicolas
On 18/11/2011 12:16 AM, Alex Gakuru wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306>
>
> 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 <http://www.komaitis.org/>
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis
> <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk <mailto: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 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306>
>
> 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 <http://www.komaitis.org/>
>
>
>
>
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