NCUC annual election

[Alex Gakuru]

Bill,

Fair enough.

regards,

Alex

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:41 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Thanks Alex.  May I suggest though that we hold off on starting nominating
> people until the nomination period actually opens?  Aside from making it
> easier to keep track of everything, there's another factor that may not be
> obvious from the David's reference to the Charter vote.  One of the key
> ideas that's come up in the revision drafting exercise is to enhance the
> responsibilities and expectations of the Executive Committee.  We
> desperately need for the EC to play a stronger, more active role if NCUC is
> going to step up and meet the demands of the rapidly evolving ICANN
> environment.  Right now, too few volunteers are carrying too much of the
> workload for us to be as effective as we could be; we've got to broaden the
> circle and share it more.
>
> We will discuss this at Constituency Day and hopefully the drafting will
> wrap up soon thereafter so we can post it for member contemplation and
> comments.  So the point is, before people start to throw their hats in the
> ring for EC slots, they should know what being on the new EC may entail in
> terms of commitment.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
>
> On Oct 7, 2012, at 7:54, Alex Gakuru <gakuru at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks David! Yes, my maximum term of office has been reached and I take
> this opportunity to thank the Constituency for voting for me and
> re-electing me for three successive terms. I would happily nominate Molefi
> Mafereka Ndlovu, Centre of Civil Society, University of KwaZulu Natal, if
> he agreed to stand for the Africa Rep slot. Happy voting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM, David Cake <dave at difference.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>> I'd also like to bring to the attention of the membership that several of
>> the NCUC Regional Representatives on the NCUC Exec, including myself as
>> Asia/Pacific/Australia rep, are term limited and will not be recontesting
>> this election. The same applies to Africa and North America. If you are
>> interested, please speak up!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 07/10/2012, at 1:14 AM, Brenden Kuerbis wrote:
>>
>> Dear Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) members,
>>
>> It has been a year and elections are upon us. We need to elect an NCUC Chair
>> and an NCUC Executive Committee.
>>
>> Specifically, 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
>>
>> We would like to have the elected officers take office before the new year,
>> so we suggest the following schedule:
>>
>> October 15-31: Nominations submitted to list (please confirm with the
>> nominee in advance, self nominations are welcome)
>> November 1-14: Develop ballot w/ICANN staff, nominees present statements
>> November 15-30: Election period
>> December 1: Results announced
>>
>> Thank you and best of luck to all the candidates.
>>
>> On behalf of the NCUC Executive Committee and Chair,
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Brenden Kuerbis
>> Internet Governance Project
>> http://internetgovernance.org
>>
>>
>>
>
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