[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC ELECTIONS 2015: one week left for nominations

Sun Nov 1 12:06:56 CET 2015

Dear All,
I am new to ICANN and I want to ask a question to this group.

What is the difference between NCUC and NCSG ?

Regards,
Robert
On Nov 1, 2015 9:48 AM, "William Drake" <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> A reminder that the nomination window closes 8 November.  We need more
> candidates who are ready to roll up their sleeves and help strengthen NCUC
> at this important stage in its growth, so please consider joining the fray.
>
> Again, the state of play is here:
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org>
> wrote:
>
> An elections page has been created on confluence/wiki to help manage the
> elections process.
> All information with respect to the elections can be at:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Elections+2015
> List of nominees:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Nominations
>
>
> Bill
>
> On Oct 24, 2015, at 6:25 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 Dublin is behind us, it is NCUC's turn for elections.  We need
> to elect a Chair and an Executive Committee for 2016.   We stretch this
> over six weeks so there’s plenty of time for each step in the process; the
> cycle will begin this Monday 26 October and conclude Sunday 6 December.
>
>
> *I.  Positions*
>
> The positions to be filled are:
>
> 1.  Chair   [currently held by William Drake, term limited, vacating for
> NomCom]
> 2.  EC – Europe [currently held by Stefania Milan, vacating for the GNSO
> Council]
> 3.  EC - Africa [currently held by Grace Githaiga, eligible for
> reelection]
> 4.  EC – Asia/Australia/Pacific [currently held by Peter Green (aka Zuan
> Zhang 张 钻), eligible for reelection]
> 5.  EC – North America   [currently held by  Roy Balleste, eligible for
> reelection]
> 6.  EC – Latin America/ Caribbean  [currently held by João Carlos R.
> Caribe, eligible for reelection]
>
> 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 this coming Monday, 26 October.  The timetable will be
> as follows:
>
> 26 Oct. - 8 Nov.:  Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss
> 9-22 November:    Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss
> 23 Nov. - 6 Dec.:  Election period
> 7 December:  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 formal
> "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.
>
> In contrast, NCUC’s Bylaws don’t require a formal 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 obviously must have your correct current email address in
> our data base in order for staff to send you a ballot.  So within the
> next couple weeks, *Maryam Bakoshi will send mail to every address in our
> data base asking for a reply email confirming that it is the valid address
> for the individual member or organizational representative listed at *
> http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/.  *Please make sure that her message
> does not get lost in a spam filter. * Her address
> maryam.bakoshi at icann.org  While you’re at it, you might want to double
> check that you are correctly listed on the members page 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?
>
> Incumbent candidates should answer in a manner that is both backward and
> forward looking, i.e. taking note of their contributions and work in the
> previous year.
>
> The statements should be relatively concise, e.g. a couple paragraphs per
> question.
>
>
> *V.  "Meet the Candidates” Virtual Meeting?*
>
> In the past we’ve scheduled Adobe Connect sessions where members could ask
> the candidates questions etc.  If there’s demand to do this again (esp. if,
> as one hopes, there’s competition for slots) we can schedule a session
> during the election period.
>
> 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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