[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013

[Tapani Tarvainen]

On Nov 13 10:50, Brenden Kuerbis (bkuerbis at internetgovernance.org) wrote:
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013
> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:50:16 -0500
> From: Brenden Kuerbis <bkuerbis at internetgovernance.org>
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> I would like to nominate Roy Balleste for Executive Committee, North
> American region.
> 
> For those who don't know Roy well, he has an interesting background and I
> think would be a valuable addition to NCUC leadership.
> 
> As far as I know, Roy is the only law librarian in the NCUC. As Law Library
> Director and Professor of Law at St. Thomas University (Miami, FL, USA), he
> has deep concern with access to information and freedom of expression.  He
> completed a doctorate degree (J.S.D.) in Intercultural Human Rights,
> analyzing internet governance, including its history, actors, institutions
> and human rights considerations.
> 
> But beyond academia, Roy continues to make contributions to the NCUC and
> our work at ICANN. He has helped grow the Constituency, translating our
> brochure to Spanish, as well as cultivating his ties with the International
> Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) on behalf of the
> NCUC (and NCSG) seeking broader and worldwide participation of librarians
> in the ICANN process. Roy also participated in the 'thick' WHOIS PDP WG, as
> a member of the data protection and privacy sub-team, and co-drafted two
> NCUC Policy Documents submitted to WG.
> 
> Personally, I've know Roy for several years and have done various project
> and committee work with him. I think he brings a level of professionalism,
> initiative, and follow-through that we will benefit from. AFAIK, Roy will
> be in Buenos Aires, so I encourage you to get to know him better there. You
> can also read more about Roy here:
> http://www.stu.edu/BallesteRoy/tabid/2383/Default.aspx
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- Brenden
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> Brenden Kuerbis
> Internet Governance Project
> http://internetgovernance.org
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:25 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Stefania
> >
> > Thanks for your nomination, great to have you in the mix.
> >
> > On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Milan, Stefania <Stefania.Milan at EUI.eu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > I also hope this humble self-nomination is going to inspire more
> > nominations/self-nominations as otherwise elections are no fun at all ☺
> >
> >
> > Absolutely, we need more nominations.  And as Glenn points out, strong
> > opinions and differences of view are part and parcel of community
> > engagement across ICANN.  It’d be surprising if an NCUC election were an
> > exception to the rule, but hopefully this don’t make us lose sight of the
> > big picture—our collective commitment to promoting civil society priorities
> > in GNSO/ICANN processes—or prevent us from having a bit of fun while we’re
> > at it.
> >
> > Perhaps I should update our running tab in light of the past few days of
> > mail.  As of 13.11.13 we’ve received the following,
> >
> >
> > Position Nominees Nominator
> >
> > 1.  Chair   Bill Drake* David Cake (12.11.13)
> >
> > 2.  EC – Europe Tapani Tarvainen* Kate Smith-Lawrence (08.11.13)
> >
> > Stefania Milan Self (12.11.13)
> >
> > 3.  EC - Africa Hago Dafalla Self (08.11.13)
> >
> > 4.  EC – Asia and the Pacific Peter Green (aka Zuan Zhang 张 钻) * Self
> > (10.11.13)
> >
> > Imran Ahmed Shah Self (09.11.13)
> >
> > 5.  EC – North America —**
> >
> > 6.  EC – Latin America Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (Jr.) Carlos
> > Afonso (Sr.) (11.11.13)
> >
> > [* = incumbent]
> >
> > [** = declined by Ed Morris 13.11.13]
> >
> >
> > Again, the timetable:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Also, please remember that in order for you to receive a ballot, we must
> > have your correct current email address for the voter list to be submitted
> > to ICANN.  We need to get this to staff before the Buenos Aires meeting
> > starts up next weekend.  Tapani has sent a list of the members who did not
> > respond to him in the Spring at the launch of ncuc-discuss or to Robin's
> > recent NCSG check-in, or who otherwise have not confirmed their addresses.
> >  If your name is on that list and you want to receive a ballot, please be
> > in touch with him at <ncuc at TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO> to confirm your address.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
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