[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC election 2017: Nominations period OPEN

Stephanie Perrin stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
Tue Nov 8 00:29:44 CET 2016


Well said Karel!  This is too bad for us Rachel, but hopefully you will 
come back when the timing is better for you and run again.

Stephanie Perrin


On 2016-11-07 14:18, Karel Douglas wrote:
> Well said Rachel,
>
> I think it is very important to recognise ones existing commitments 
> before jumping head first into something time consuming that could 
> stretch your time to the point where you are useless to everything and 
> everyone.
>
> Regards,
>
> Karel DOUGLAS
>
> On 7 November 2016 at 10:31, Rachel Pollack 
> <rachel.l.pollack at gmail.com <mailto:rachel.l.pollack at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear All,
>
>     After much reflection, unfortunately I have decided to decline the
>     nomination for European representative and to withdraw my
>     candidacy from the Executive Committee elections.
>
>     I realized that it could prove difficult to balance this role with
>     my current professional and personal obligations, and I would
>     rather wait until a future election when I am sure that I will
>     have the time to be fully committed.
>
>     As a relative newcomer, I am so honored to have been considered,
>     and I would like to express my deep gratitude once again to
>     Tatiana for the nomination, to those who expressed their support
>     for the kind words, and to Rafik and the other members of the
>     current Executive Committee for their dedicated and inclusive
>     leadership.
>
>     All best wishes,
>
>     Rachel
>
>
>     On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Michael Oghia
>     <mike.oghia at gmail.com <mailto:mike.oghia at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Thank you very much for the clarification Rachel -- and my
>         apologies Ed!
>
>         With that said, I join Ed in fully endorsing Rachel Pollack as
>         the NCUC's European representative.
>
>         Best,
>         -Michael
>
>
>         On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Rachel Pollack
>         <rachel.l.pollack at gmail.com
>         <mailto:rachel.l.pollack at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Hi Michael,
>
>             Thanks for your message. I can see it's a bit confusing
>             with the flurry of election-related emails.
>
>             So to clarify, they are for different positions: I
>             nominated Farzi for the position of Chair, and then
>             Tatiana very kindly nominated me for the role of European
>             representative.
>
>             I would like to express great thanks to Tatiana for the
>             nomination and to those who have expressed their support.
>             It would be an honor and pleasure to serve NCUC as a
>             member of the Executive Committee.
>
>             Best wishes,
>
>             Rachel
>
>
>
>             On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Michael Oghia
>             <mike.oghia at gmail.com <mailto:mike.oghia at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Hi Ed,
>
>                 While I definitely share your sentiment about Rachel
>                 (she's wonderful!), I don't think she is running. She
>                 had just nominated Farzaneh.
>
>                 @Rachel, can you clarify?
>
>                 Best,
>                 -Michael
>
>
>                 On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 3:10 AM, Edward Morris
>                 <egmorris1 at toast.net <mailto:egmorris1 at toast.net>> wrote:
>
>                     I support Rachel, as well.
>
>                     It's great to foresee an EC composed of
>                     representatives with a track record of active
>                     participation in working groups. Given our limited
>                     travel resources, bringing EC members to meetings
>                     who can do double duty - both administrative
>                     activity as an EC member and policy work as a WG
>                     member - is essential. Rachel has shown the
>                     capability and desire to do both.
>
>                     Kind Regards,
>
>                     Ed Morris
>
>                     Sent from my iPhone
>
>                     > On 2 Nov 2016, at 10:07, avri doria
>                     <avri at apc.org <mailto:avri at apc.org>> wrote:
>                     >
>                     >
>                     > great idea.
>                     >
>                     > i second.
>                     >
>                     > +1 even.
>                     >
>                     > avri
>                     >
>                     >
>                     >> On 01-Nov-16 18:02, Dr. Tatiana Tropina wrote:
>                     >> Dear all,
>                     >>
>                     >> I would like to nominate Rachel Pollack Ichou
>                     for the NCUC-EC European seat.
>                     >>
>                     >> Rachel is an active NCUC member, engaged in
>                     different ICANN processes
>                     >> that are important for us, such as drafting of
>                     public comments, several
>                     >> DT of the CCWG accountability WS2, and CCWP for
>                     Corporate and social
>                     >> responsibility to respect human rights. I
>                     believe that Rachel has a
>                     >> great capacity to ensure NCUC's visibility and
>                     outreach - I see her as a
>                     >> perfect (and very motivated) person to continue
>                     Farzi's line of
>                     >> strengthening of the NCUC's representation in
>                     Europe as well as
>                     >> transparency and open communications of the EC
>                     members with their
>                     >> regional membership.
>                     >>
>                     >> Rachel, I hope you will accept this nomination!
>                     >>
>                     >> Warm regards,
>                     >>
>                     >> Tanya
>                     >>
>                     >>
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