[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC ELECTIONS 2014: NOMINATIONS OPEN 3 - 16 November

Tue Nov 11 19:07:36 CET 2014

+1 to this nomination also.

Thanks

Cheers!

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 3:26 PM, David Cake <dave at difference.com.au> wrote:

> I would like to nominate Walid Al-Saqaf for the Asia/Pacific position.
> Walid is a researcher and journalist with some great expertise in fighting
> internet censorship, who I've had very interesting conversations with at
> meetings in the past, and I think he would be a real asset to the NCUC EC.
>
> David
>
> On 11 Nov 2014, at 5:11 pm, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I’ve been traveling and am behind on mail.  I'll respond separately to the
> thread that’s emerged on facilitating the engagement of new folks, but
> first want to return to the topic of this subject line for an update.
>
> So far we have the following nominations for the 2015 NCUC EC:
>
> 1.  Chair  Bill Drake (nominated by Avri Doria)
> 2.  EC – Europe Stefania Milan (self-nomination)
> 3.  EC - Africa Grace Githaiga (self-nomination)
> 4.  EC – North America   Roy Balleste (self-nomination)
> 5.  EC – Asia/Australia/Pacific [none]
> 6.  EC – Latin America/ Caribbean [none]
>
> We have just six days, until Sunday 16 November, to get more nominations.
> Obviously, we must have candidates for the two seats with no nominations,
> and additional candidates for the other slots would be highly desirable as
> well so we can have a competitive election.  So please do consider whether
> you or someone you know could be right for one of these six positions!
>
> Also, a reminder: Maryam has sent mail to all the addresses we have in our
> data base seeking confirmation that they are correct so that the ballot can
> be mailed on 1 December.  If you did not receive or reply to this message,
> please send email to her, maryam.bakoshi at icann.org.
>
> Thanks much
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Nov 3, 2014, at 9:10 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone
>
> Further to the message below, today being 3 November, nominations are now
> open until Sunday 16 November (close of business on earth) for our
> election.  Again, self-nominations and nominations of colleagues are
> equally welcome (in the latter case, a good practice is to check with the
> potential nominee first).
>
> Again a reminder that
>
> That said, *we must have your correct current email address in our data
> base in order for staff to send you a ballot.  The only way we can ensure
> this is for you to send an email to Maryam Bakoshi maryam.bakoshi at icann.org
> <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org> so she can check it against the data base.
> Please do this as soon as possible. *While you’re at it, you might want
> to double check that you are correctly listed at
> http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/  as well.
>
>
>
> Happy nominating,
>
> Best
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2014, at 3:32 PM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Now that NCSG has wrapped up its early Autumn election and ICANN’s Annual
> Meeting in LA is behind us, it is NCUC's turn for elections.  We need to
> elect a Chair and an Executive Committee for 2015.
>
> *I.  Positions*
>
> The positions to be filled are:
>
> 1.  Chair   [currently held by William Drake]
> 2.  EC – Europe [currently held by Stefania Milan]
> 3.  EC - Africa [currently held by  Grace Githaiga]
> 4.  EC – Asia/Australia/Pacific [currently held by Pranesh Prakash]
> 5.  EC – North America   [currently held by  Roy Balleste]
> 6.  EC – Latin America/ Caribbean  [currently held by Carlos Affonso
> Pereira de Souza]
>
> Biographies on the current members are available from
> http://www.ncuc.org/governance/executive-committee/
>
> 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.  The EC’s responsibilities are primarily
> in the realm of constituency administrative management, inreach and
> outreach, and interfacing with ICANN’s staff and community as needed (GNSO
> policy work being the province of the participants in the NCSG Policy
> Committee, GNSO Council, and GNSO working groups).    If you think that you
> or someone you know would be well suited to the tasks involved, then please
> consider nominating accordingly.
>
>
> *II.  Timetable*
>
> The process begins next Monday, November 3.  The timetable will be as
> follows:
>
> November 3 - 16: Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss
> November 17 - 30: Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss
> December 1 − 14: Election period
> December 15: Results announced
>
> During the first two-week period, any member can self-nominate or nominate
> any other member http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/ (usually best to
> check with them first).  During the second two-week period, nominees must
> notify colleagues via the mail list whether they accept the nomination, and
> if they do, submit a candidate statement (see below).  At the beginning of
> the third two-week period, ballots will be emailed by ICANN staff, and
> voting will occur on a secure website.  Staff will then run the tally
> software and announce the vote, and the new EC will be set up soon
> thereafter.
>
>
> *III.  Participation*
>
> As you know, in accordance with its Charter, NCSG’s chair does a
> labor-intensive "check-in” procedure (probably necessary in the SG
> context), and members who do not reply in time to multiple email promptings
> become ineligible to vote in the election cycle.  Rafik went through this
> in recent NCSG election, with these results
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsJI0CB4QegidDktTGtfa2pWZlMzY1FnRHFBYkRXekE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
>
>
> In contrast, NCUC’s Bylaws don’t require a check-in, and we have never
> done one.  Whether in the future we might want to move in this direction
> has been discussed in the EC before and might merit consideration again
> (there are pluses and minuses to it), but for now we will stick with our
> simplified traditional approach.  Everyone who’s a member as of 30 days
> before the election (i.e. now) is eligible to vote, and the results in
> contested cases are based on simple majorities irrespective of what
> percentage of members “turns out” to vote.
>
> That said, *we must have your correct current email address in our data
> base in order for staff to send you a ballot.  The only way we can ensure
> this is for you to send an email to Maryam Bakoshi maryam.bakoshi at icann.org
> <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org> so she can check it against the data base.
> Please do this as soon as possible. *While you’re at it, you might want
> to double check that you are correctly listed at
> http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/  as well.
>
>
> *IV.  Candidate Statements*
>
> For when we get to this stage, the standard list of questions we’ve asked
> people over the years is as follows:
>
> 1. Why do you want to serve on the EC?
> 2. Provide a brief biography of recent experience, associations, and
> affiliations relevant to serving on the Executive Committee. Describe the
> relevance of your personal and professional experience to serve on the NCUC
> Executive Committee, and identify any conflicts of interests you might have.
> 3. The EC performs several functional responsibilities for the
> Constituency.  What  level of time commitment can you bring to your EC role
> on a weekly and overall basis?  Describe any concerns or limitations on
> your ability to attend online meetings of the Executive Committee and ICANN
> Meetings in person.
> 4. Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep
> members apprised of your EC-related activities?
> 5. How do you foresee NCUC’s function, scale, or role changing in the
> future? What areas of ICANN policy, if any, need more attention and why?
>
> The statements should be relatively concise, e.g. a couple paragraphs per
> question.  Incumbent candidates should answer in a manner that is both
> backward and forward looking, i.e. taking note of contributions and work in
> the previous year.
>
>
> *V.  "Meet the Candidates” Virtual Meeting?*
>
> During last year’s election, we tried something new and scheduled an Adobe
> Connect session where members could ask the candidates questions etc.  If
> there’s demand to try this again we can schedule a session during the
> election period.
>
> I may be forgetting something…if there are any questions, just ask.
> Otherwise, please do keep this election schedule on your radar,  consider
> whether you or someone you know might like to stand for election to one of
> the above posts, ensure that we have your email address, and when the time
> comes, vote.  It’s really important.
>
> 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 (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists),
>   www.williamdrake.org
> ***********************************************
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