[NCUC-DISCUSS] important information

KASWESHA kaswesha at gmail.com
Mon Aug 8 12:57:07 CEST 2016


Clearly eplained Faraneh. thank I now understand.

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On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 1:52 PM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Kaswesha,
>
> Let me clarify that we have requested Peter to resign from NCUC EC but
> Peter has not resigned yet, so we are yet to take the next steps.
>
> NCUC Bylaws have predicted processes in case of a member leaves office
> (Article VII) .According to Article VII(section E), as we have less than 6
> months to the EC elections, no early elections are needed and the chair may
> appoint a temporary replacement.
>
> Best
>
> Farzaneh
>
> On 8 August 2016 at 12:05, KASWESHA <kaswesha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Noted Rafik. Does this mean we have a by-election to replace Peter? Or
>> How does work?
>>
>>
>> James Njoroge
>>
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>> Before printing this mail make sure it is completely necessary. THE
>> ENVIRONMENT IS EVERY ONE'S BUSINESS.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 6:45 AM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear members:
>>>
>>> I am sharing with you an important and extraordinary announcement. Last
>>> week the NCUC EC agreed to ask one of its members, Peter Green, to resign.
>>> It was not an easy act or one that we took lightly, and we had to think
>>> about it for some time. Our action was necessary because of an undeclared
>>> conflict of interest and a clash with our membership eligibility rules.
>>>
>>> Peter is an employee of CONAC, a TLD registry associated with the
>>> government of China. As a CONAC employee, he is an active member of and
>>> participant in the Registry Stakeholder Group. It has been a longstanding
>>> principle of NCUC membership eligibility rules that people or organizations
>>> that are members of another SG or constituency in the GNSO cannot also be
>>> members of NCUC (bylaws III.3). This is done to prevent other interest
>>> groups from attempting to control or unduly shape our Constituency, which
>>> is devoted to noncommercial user interests.
>>>
>>> Peter has been actively working on behalf of the Registry SG for some
>>> time, even as he has been serving on our Executive Committee. This is
>>> evident from articles such as this
>>> http://www.chinagov.cn/english/News/CONACNews/201509/t201509
>>> 24_281168.html and from records of the registry constituency working
>>> group such as this https://community.icann.org/di
>>> splay/S1SF/Drafting+Team
>>> We note with concern that Peter's Conflict of Interest statement when
>>> running for election to the NCUC EC failed to mention his employment at
>>> CONAC.
>>>
>>> I wanted you to be aware of this issue and to understand the basis for
>>> our actions.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Rafik Dammak
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>
>>> Dear Peter (Zuan Zhang):
>>>
>>> For some time we (the undersigned representatives of the Executive
>>> Committee) have received complaints or expressions of concern about your
>>> eligibility for membership in the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group. The EC
>>> has investigated this matter and has come to the conclusion that you are
>>> ineligible for NCSG membership and thus must resign from the NCUC Executive
>>> Committee immediately.
>>>
>>> We want to make it clear that this is not caused by any misconduct on
>>> your part; it is purely a matter of applying our eligibility rules. Your
>>> contribution to our EC has been exemplary, but we cannot continue to
>>> contradict our membership rules. This would open the door to many other
>>> ineligible members and possible abuses. We hope you can accept this
>>> decision in a good spirit.
>>>
>>> Section 2.2.2 of the NCSG charter specifically excludes from membership
>>> "Organizations that are represented in ICANN through another Supporting
>>> Organization."
>>>
>>> Section 2.2.5 of the NCSG charter makes it clear that individuals are
>>> eligible only if they are "not represented in ICANN through membership in
>>> another Supporting Organization or GNSO Stakeholder Group."
>>>
>>> As an employee of CONAC, you are a member of the Registry stakeholder
>>> group and have played an active role representing CONAC in the Registry
>>> Stakeholder Group (RSG). CONAC is a domain name registry, which has its own
>>> Stakeholder Group, where your affiliation with CONAC as an employee is
>>> persistent and strong. We understand that before CONAC was a TLD registry,
>>> its employees were admitted into NCSG because there was no other place for
>>> them to be represented and there was less of a conflict of interest. But
>>> that time has passed; CONAC is now a full-fledged TLD registry operator and
>>> its policy interests are represented in the RSG.
>>>
>>> We thank you for your prior participation in our group and encourage you
>>> to stay involved in the GNSO via the Registry Stakeholder Group.
>>>
>>> Farzaneh Badii
>>> Caribe Joao Carlos
>>> Rafik Dammak
>>> Grace Githaiga
>>> Milton Mueller
>>>
>>>
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> Farzaneh
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