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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