[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013

Tue Nov 12 16:41:56 CET 2013

Don't know whether it is 'cool' or not to say "+1" these days, but I am all
for people who live on the peripherals getting more involved, and ensures
fresh blood to the group...

So +1 ;-)

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On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Milan, Stefania <Stefania.Milan at eui.eu>wrote:

> Dear NCUC member
>
> I would like to… ehm… nominate myself, Stefania Milan, for the Executive
> Committee - Europe.
>
> This self-nomination ad self-presentation thing is quite funny, but I do
> realize I am unknown to most of you. I am a relatively new member of NCUC,
> having joined after the Toronto meeting (where I actually attended as a GAC
> member, representing Italy). Since then, I have been mostly lurking on the
> background, trying to learn before daring to have a say. I believe it is
> now time to get into action.
>
> Briefly about me: I am an Assistant Professor of Data Journalism at
> Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and a fellow at the Citizen Lab,
> University of Toronto, Canada. I am passionate about grassroots
> participation, and would like to play a more active role in NCUC.
> My interest for internet governance dates back to the times of the WSIS.
> My research touches upon forms, and distortions, of participatory
> governance, latent policy and policy hacking, mostly concerning the
> grassroots tech community (which typically remains at the margins of policy
> processes). I like DIY tech, I am an energetic and enthusiastic organizer,
> and can operate in different European languages, including Spanish and
> Portuguese. You can read more about me here: http://stefaniamilan.net/
>
> As a self-nomination this might sound rather poor in programmatic
> statements. I am new to NCUC, so I am aware there is a lot to learn, but I
> am ready to take up the challenge.
>
> I also hope this humble self-nomination is going to inspire more
> nominations/self-nominations as otherwise elections are no fun at all ☺
>
> Stefania
> ----------------------
> Stefania Milan, PhD
> Data J Lab || Tilburg University, the Netherlands || http://datajlab.nl ||
> The Citizen Lab || Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto ||
> http://citizenlab.org ||
> European University Institute || www.protestsurvey.eu/ ||
> Center for Media and Communication Studies, Central European University ||
> www.cmcs.ceu.hu ||
> International Association for Media and Communication Research -
> International Council member and Co-Chair, Communication Policy Task Force
> || www.iamcr.org ||
> mobile: [31] 62 7875 425 (NL) || [1] 647 - 973 - 6533 (CA) || [+39] 333 -
> 2309945 (I)
> http://stefaniamilan.net/
>
> ________________________________________
> Da: ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org <
> ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org> per conto di Balleste, Roy <
> rballeste at stu.edu>
> Inviato: martedì 12 novembre 2013 15:38
> A: Adam Peake; David Cake
> Cc: William Drake; ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> Oggetto: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013
>
> +1 Strong Support!
>
> Roy Balleste
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org [mailto:
> ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] On Behalf Of Adam Peake
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 4:04 AM
> To: David Cake
> Cc: William Drake; ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013
>
> Strong support.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2013, at 5:56 PM, David Cake wrote:
>
> > I would like to nominate Bill Drake for the position of NCUC Chair.
> >
> > Bill has a wealth of experience within ICANN, and the Internet
> governance world generally. He knows how the GNSO, and GNSO Council in
> particular, works in great detail, knows a great deal about ICANN
> generally, knows how ICANN fits into the global landscape, and is a noted
> scholar on these areas as well as practical experience. He is always
> engaged, and works hard in many ways to improve NCUC and ICANN. And his
> first term as NCUC chair has seen a lot of terrific improvements in the way
> the constituency functions.
> >
> > I served as chair of NCUC before Bill, so I understand the demands of
> the job, and I think Bill is well suited to the role and has been doing a
> great job in a job that is never easy.
> >
> > NCUC will face many challenges in the next year, in terms of how it will
> fit into a changing ICANN landscape while continuing efforts to remain a
> strong, diverse, effective and open constituency.  I think Bill is an
> excellent choice to lead us in facing those challenges.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David
> >
> > On 27 Oct 2013, at 7:10 pm, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Now that NCSG has wrapped up its annual election, it is NCUC's turn.
> We will need to elect a Chair and an Executive Committee.
> >>
> >> The positions that will be open are:
> >>
> >> 1.  Chair                                            [currently held by
> William Drake]
> >> 2.  EC – Europe                              [currently held by Tapani
> Tarvainen]
> >> 3.  EC - Africa                                      [currently held by
> Wilson Abigaba]
> >> 4.  EC – Asia and the Pacific                [currently held by Peter
> Green (aka Zuan Zhang 张 钻)
> >> 5.  EC – North America                       [currently held by Edward
> Morris]
> >> 6.  EC – Latin America                       [currently held by Carlos
> Alberto Afonso]
> >>
> >> NCUC really needs committed volunteers who are really willing to donate
> a few hours a week to collaboration in order to help ensure that civil
> society's voice is heard in ICANN.  If you think that could be you, please
> consider standing for one of these positions.
> >>
> >> The timetable will be as follows:
> >>
> >> November 6 - 19 (Constituency Day in Buenos Aires): Nominations
> >> submitted to ncuc-discuss November 20 - December 3: Candidates submit
> >> statements to ncuc-discuss December 4 − 17: Election period December
> >> 18: Results announced
> >>
> >> Voter eligibility:
> >>
> >> As you know, NCSG does a labor-intensive "check-in" procedure (which
> >> is important in the SG context), and members who do not reply in time
> >> to multiple email promptings become ineligible to vote in the
> >> election cycle. In the recently concluded election, this resulted in
> >> a fairly large number of members, including NCUC members, being
> >> declared Inactive.
> >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmHFgvYjF_e4dGIycFJVenFS
> >> ak9ZWDdRdXVlNXdBV2c&usp=sharing#gid=0
> >>
> >> NCUC has never done a check-in, and has opted for simple majority votes
> instead.  For example, last year 140 votes were cast, and one position was
> decided by a single vote
> https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1212&L=NCSG-DISCUSS&F=&S=&P=14878.
>  Which suggests a) we really should try to increase the overall voter turn
> out this year, and b) every vote counts, so please participate.
> >>
> >> While we don't check-in, we do need to send to the GNSO Secretariat a
> list of eligible voters.  We must have your correct current email address
> in order for you to receive a ballot.  Tapani Tarvainen <
> ncuc at TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO> is maintaining our data base.  So please send
> him your details if you did not respond to him in the Spring when he pulled
> member addresses from the NCSG list to launch ncuc-discuss, or for that
> matter to Robin's recent NCSG check-in.  You might want to check that you
> are correctly listed at http://www.ncuc.org/participate/members/ as well.
> >>
> >> Thanks much,
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>
> >> **********************************************************
> >> William J. Drake
> >> International Fellow & Lecturer
> >>   Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
> >>   University of Zurich, Switzerland
> >> Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
> >>   ICANN, www.ncuc.org
> >> william.drake at uzh.ch (w), wjdrake at gmail.com (h),
> >>   www.williamdrake.org
> >> ***********************************************************
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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