[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC ELECTIONS 2014: NOMINATIONS OPEN 3 - 16 November
Sonigitu Ekpe
soekpe at gmail.com
Tue Nov 11 20:49:52 CET 2014
I support Robin's appreciation on NCUC growth.
and class of candidates for the next round of election.
Best of luck to the nominees.
Sonigitu Ekpe
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"LIFE is all about love and thanksgiving"
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:
> What an amazing group of candidates!
>
> NCUC's growth and focus on bringing new participants into the policy
> development process in recent years has made NCUC the strongest that it has
> ever been. Very proud!
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
>
> On Nov 11, 2014, at 7:13 AM, Balleste, Roy wrote:
>
> > +1
> >
> > Roy
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org [mailto:
> ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] On Behalf Of Adam
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 9:35 AM
> > To: David Cake
> > Cc: NCUC-discuss
> > Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC ELECTIONS 2014: NOMINATIONS OPEN 3 - 16
> November
> > Importance: High
> >
> > If seconds are required or desired, I would be very happy to second
> David's nomination of Walid Al-Saqaf.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > Adam Peake
> > GLOCOM Tokyo
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Nov 11, 2014, at 11:26 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 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=0AsJI0CB4QegidDktTGtfa2
> >>>>> pWZlMzY1FnRHFBYkRXekE&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 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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