[NCUC-EC] [NCUC-DISCUSS] Announcing the Appointment of New NCUC Representatives to the NCSG PC

Mon Nov 3 10:25:05 CET 2014

Congratulations. Two great choices! NCUC is well positioned for the 2015 challenges: Transition, Accountability, continuation of the new gTLD program, WHOIS Reform, WSIS 10, IGF, NMI etc.

Wolfgang

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Betreff: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Announcing the Appointment of New NCUC	Representatives to the NCSG PC

Hello

I am delighted to say that NCUC can now announce the appointment of two top-notch representatives to the NCSG Policy Committee, effective immediately.  Joy Liddicoat leads the human rights work of member org the Association for Progressive Communications http://www.apc.org/en/user/Joy.  Joy served two years as our NCSG rep to the GNSO Council.  As I said when I nominated her for that http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2011-September/007439.html
>Joy is the Project Co-ordinator for Internet 
>Rights are Human Rights for the Association for 
>Progressive Communication, a NCUC organizational 
>member.  Joy is lawyer who's been a long-time 
>activist on human rights on the Internet and 
>beyond, and she's also involved in DNS issues 
>and well attuned to the ICANNsphere.  At present 
>she also serves Director of the Domain Name 
>Commission, InternetNZ, the non-profit 
>multistakeholder body responsible for managing 
>.nz and related Internet issues in New Zealand, 
>so she brings to the table an understanding of 
>public interest aspects of the ccTLD space as 
>well.  A strong human rights orientation has 
>generally been lacking in ICANN and the GNSO, so 
>she'd be filling an important gap.  At the same 
>time, it would be good to further engage in NCSG 
>the APC, which as probably everyone knows is the 
>probably the largest NGO, a multinational 
>network, doing civil society activism around 
>Internet and ICT issues.  More about Joy 
>here <http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/joy-liddicoat/11/233/745 <http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/joy-liddicoat/11/233/745>>http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/joy-liddicoat/11/233/745 and <http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/joy-liddicoat/11/233/745%C2%A0and> 
>APC here <http://www.apc.org <http://www.apc.org/>>http://www.apc.org. <http://www.apc.org./>

Mattew Shears currently participates here as an alternate rep of NCUC member org IP Justice.  In his day job, Matt leads the Global Internet Policy and Human Rights work of the Center for Democracy and Technology https://cdt.org/staff/matthew-shears/. (CDT is applying to join NCUC/NCSG as an organizational member) Previously he served as the Internet Society's Public Policy Director, in which context he shaped ISOC's positions and represented it in a variety of global Internet governance institutions.  Matt long has been extremely active as a civil society participant in the ITU, WSIS+10, CSTD, IGF and related settings, and more recently has gotten deeply involved in ICANN's IANA and accountability processes.  He is also very active in civil society and related coalitions, e.g. ISOC, Best Bits, the Internet Governance Caucus, etc.

Both Joy and Matt are highly visible, leading civil society advocates working at the intersection of Internet governance and human rights policy, which as you know is the focus on a new initiative in ICANN that we are pushing in collaboration with other stakeholders.  And both are maestro text drafters in multiple CS coalitions, which of course will come in handy on the NCSG PC.  So I couldn't be happier that they've decided to volunteer their energies in support of NCUC and NCSG at this important time.

Welcome to you both!

Best

Bill

> On Sep 20, 2014, at 10:58 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello
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> Early in the year, after consultation with members, the NCUC PC appointed Stephanie Perrin and Marilia Maciel to serve as our representatives on the NCSG PC.  As you will know, both of these successful reps have recently been elected to the GNSO Council, so we will need to replace them.  This message is to solicit expressions of interest in filling these roles.  It is hoped that we can make a final selection and have new people in place by the Annual Meeting in Los Angeles; the NCSG PC meets on Sunday 12 October.
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> These are two of the very most important positions we have in NCUC.  According to the NCSG charter, 
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> 2.5 The Policy Committee
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> The NCSG Policy Committee is responsible for:
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> 	. Discussion and development of substantive policies and statements issued in the name of the NCSG. This activity will require coordination with the membership and the Constituencies;
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> 	. Organize policy initiatives on behalf of NCSG membership, including PDP initiatives from the membership;
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> 	. Provide policy research and guidance to NCSG representatives on the GNSO Council;
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> 	. Keep membership informed of GNSO Council activities;
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> 	. Organize, appoint where appropriate, and track NCSG participation in GNSO and other pertinent Working Groups.
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> 	. Organization and oversight of NCSG participation in any GNSO Council- related tasks, whether mandated by Bylaws, Council Procedures or Council decisions.
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> 	. Document methods and procedures used for decision-making. Such documentation is subject to review by the NCSG-EC.
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> 2.5.1. NCSG-PC Composition.
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> The NCSG-PC shall be comprised of two representatives from each Recognized Constituency and one observer from each Candidate Constituency. The NCSG Representatives on the GNSO Council shall also serve as full members of the NCSG- PC. The NCSG Chair will participate as an ex-officio member of the NCSG-PC and will be included in determining consensus process and votes. Past GNSO Council Representatives may be included as observers in the NCSG-PC. The membership of the NCSG-PC may invite others to participate as observers.
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> 2.5.2. NCSG-PC Decision making
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> . By default NCSG-PC decisions are made by rough consensus of full NCSG-PC members. Rough consensus means that while all members do not need to agree and that no single member can veto a decision, all views must be heard and considered. Any minority views must be recorded along with the rough consensus position.
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> 2.5.3. NCSG-PC Leadership
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> 	. A Chair will be elected or replaced from among the members of the NCSG-PC by a 2/3 vote of the NCSG-PC membership on a yearly basis.
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> §? The NCSG Chair may not serve in this role.
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> 	. One or more Vice-Chairs may be chosen by the NCSG-PC on a yearly basis. 2.5.4. NCSG-PC Work Process
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> 	. As much as possible, all work will be done using Internet tools, including, inter alia,
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> 		. §?  email;
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> 		. §?  wiki usage (Note: such a wiki will be publicly viewable though editing may be restricted to members of the NCSG-PC);
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> 		. §?  online document collaboration tools as well as available network cloud based tools.
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> . When necessary, teleconferences will be scheduled. A scheduling tool will be used to attempt to find a time when all members can attend. Unless all members can attend the teleconference, any decisions made at a teleconference will be provisional until full consensus is determined.
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> . When possible, as enabled for example by an ICANN meeting, a face-to-face meeting of the NCSG-PC will be held. As with teleconferences, if all members cannot attend, any decisions made will need to be verified before being considered final.
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> 2.5.5. NCSG-PC Mailing List
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> 	. All NCSG-PC full members and observers will be subscribed to the NCSG-PC mailing list.
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> 	. The NCSG-PC list will maintain an open archive.
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> 	. For non-subscribers the list will be moderated. Comments from NCSG members relevant to ongoing discussions will be forwarded to the NCSG-PC list by the list moderator.
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> 2.5.6. NCSG-PC Observers
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> . Any observer to the NCSG-PC will have full participation rights except will not be counted in any consensus process or vote.
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> 	. One elected or appointed representative from each Candidate Constituency will be given observer status.
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> 	. Past NCSG Representatives to the GNSO Council may be permitted observer status at discretion of NCSG-PC full members.
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> 	. The NCSG-PC may invite other policy experts to participate as observers.
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> Basic info on the current PC's composition is at https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Committees-Current <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Committees-Current>
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> The public archive for the PC's discussions is at http://mailman.ipjustice.org/listinfo/pc-ncsg <http://mailman.ipjustice.org/listinfo/pc-ncsg>.  Perusing this would give one a clearer idea of the actual workload and responsibilities.
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> It is really really important that we put people into these slots who are fully in tune with the views and traditions of NCUC and NCSG; well appraised (or able to become so) of the substantive issues being discussed in GNSO and related processes; fully committed to doing the work (including attending monthly NCSG policy calls, collaborative document drafting, timely voting on proposed outputs, and the like); and able to work well with their colleagues on the PC and to coordinate with the NCUC EC and wider membership as necessary.  In short, we need top notch, fully committed candidates.
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> We welcome nominations and self-nominations to fill these two slots.  Nominees who wish to be considered should send a few paragraphs to the members' list outlining their interests and engagement in constituency/stakeholder group work, their qualifications for and ability to perform these particular functions, and any other relevant information.  