[NCUC-EC] Rafik is already on the NCUC EC

[Rafik Dammak]

Hello there,

thanks for the add to the EC list , hope to help as much as I can
acknowledging that we have a coming ICANN meeting and so the related
preparation for it.

Best Regards,

Rafik


2013/7/3 Tapani Tarvainen <ncuc at tapani.tarvainen.info>

> [Rafik, you've just been added to the NCUC EC mailing list,
> explanation below.]
>
> On Jul 03 10:12, William Drake (william.drake at uzh.ch) wrote:
>
> > > "The Executive Committee shall have the following duties:
> > > ...
> > > 9. Appoint a delegate(s) to serve on the NCSG Executive Committee.
> > > Any NCSG Executive Committee delegates shall also serve in a ex-officio
> > > (nonvoting) capacity on the NCUC Policy Committee and NCUC Executive
> > > Committee."
>
> > Thanks for the eagle eyed reading. I didn't recall this one.
>
> > So in December, one of our first actions upon taking office was to
> > appoint Milton and Rafik to serve another year as our NCSG Executive
> > Committee delegates. You agreed with this decision, which was taken
> > (egad!) by consensus rather than a vote
> > http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2012-December/000296.html.
>
> There's nothing wrong with consensus decisions per se, when making
> decisions according to bylaws, although the decision should have been
> documented better.
>
> > Whatever. Milton is already on the EC as (nonvoting) ST, but we've
> > been incorrectly leaving the Dynamic Mr. Dammak out of the fun for
> > the past half year. He should be added to the EC list immediately
> > and also listed on the new website as ex officio like Milton.
>
> Yes. Subscribed him already, will add to the website in a moment.
>
> > Which I guess brings us back to the replacement of Norbert. Since
> > Rafik is already here, lives in Japan, and is very active in Asian
> > Internet governance circles, perhaps he can sort of informally play
> > the regional role on an interim basis. If he were to do it formally,
> > that would require making him a full EC member with voting rights
> > which would contradict his ex officio status so I suppose we
> > couldn't do that.
>
> Right.
>
> > But at least he could convey any sense of Asian considerations into
> > relevant discussions. Or we could more aggressively recruit a
> > separate interim; there's a couple people I might be able to
> > persuade, given that the "regional" role hasn't historically
> > entailed too much work.
>
> Some people certainly haven't done much.
>
> > Which, by the way, should also be a problem for bylaws sticklers.
> > Under IV. Executive Committee it says
>
> > The Regional Representatives shall be responsible for:
> >
> > 1.            Recruiting new members from their regions
> >
> > 2.            Working with members from their region to help them
> understand the ICANN structure and participate in the Constituency and
> ICANN processes.
> >
> > 3.            Voting on the EC on the matters listed in section IV.F
> below. All EC votes called by the Chair must be responded to in ten days.
> Regional representatives who fail to vote within that time limit four times
> in a row are considered to have resigned their office as per VII.B.2 below
> >
> > 4.            Ensure that members from their region are made aware of
> and respond to calls for comments by members of the Policy Committee on
> Working Group and other Council and other ICANN policy
> >
> > development activities. Regional Representatives must provide a reply to
> all such requests from the Policy Committee.
> >
> > Have our regional reps all been performing these functions? :-)
>
> I have done 1 and 2, although not as much as I could have. Mea culpa.
> As for 3, all have voted on 100% of the zero voting calls from the chair.
> Ditto 4, the nonexistent PC has made no such calls for comments.
>
>
> > > I seem to recall Rafik was elected directly and not appointed by NCUC
> EC,
> >
> > No, see above
>
> Right you are, and that is good, so we can get Rafik on board easily.
>
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