[NCUC-EC] revised statement - please indicate support or comment this week

[Rafik Dammak]

just to make things recorded here, 5 EC members supported the statement

Rafik

2016-03-24 11:37 GMT+09:00 Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>:

> yes sure
> I will send it to Markus to have the Board informed.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
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> 2016-03-24 11:21 GMT+09:00 Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>:
>
>> Great, let’s send it to the NCUC-DISCUSS list and who else should we copy?
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>> Rafik as chair do you want to send it?
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>> --MM
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>> *From:* João Carlos Rebello Caribé [mailto:caribe at entropia.blog.br]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 23, 2016 3:15 PM
>> *To:* Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>; ncuc-ec at lists.ncuc.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [NCUC-EC] revised statement - please indicate support or
>> comment this week
>>
>>
>>
>> Me too, strong support this.
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>> Em 23/03/2016, às 15:59, Rafik Dammak escreveu:
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>>
>> Hi Milton,
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>> After long thinking, I support this.
>>
>> Best.
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> On Mar 23, 2016 5:12 AM, "Mueller, Milton L" <milton at gatech.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> STATEMENT OF THE NONCOMMERCIAL USERS CONSTITUENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
>> (NCUC-EC) ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT
>>
>> Accusations of sexual harassment at ICANN 55 raise two issues, which must
>> be kept distinct. One is whether this particular incident constituted
>> sexual harassment and if so, what would be an appropriate response. The
>> other is whether ICANN needs to be better prepared to handle situations
>> like this with well-defined policies and procedures. We believe that these
>> two issues are being confused.
>>
>> With regard to the alleged incident, there is very little objective
>> evidence, and the community is grappling with this issue in the absence of
>> a clear, commonly accepted definition of sexual harassment.* We hope that
>> this question is resolved fairly and proportionately through further
>> investigation and verification rather than through allegations in public
>> forums and email lists.
>>
>> With regard to the second issue, we strongly agree that action needs to
>> be taken and look forward to assisting the staff and the board with the
>> development of appropriate policies and procedures. Since NCUC is a
>> rights-focused stakeholder group, the Executive Committee takes a
>> principled stance toward the issue and requests that any sexual harassment
>> policy must:
>>
>>  a) be developed in an atmosphere of impartial, open discussion in which
>> all viewpoints can be heard and respected;
>>  b) be based on clear, unambiguous definitions of sexual harassment that
>> can be readily understood and applied by all ICANN participants;
>>  c) respect the privacy, procedural and substantive rights of both the
>> accuser and the accused
>>
>>
>>
>> * A typical definition of SH from U.S. law is: "Unwelcome sexual
>> advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct
>> of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when submission to such
>> conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an
>> individual's employment, submission to or rejection of such conduct by an
>> individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such
>> individuals, or such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably
>> interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an
>> intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. (29 C.F.R. §
>> 1604.11 [1980])
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