[NCUC-EC] Updates, elections and other important stuff

[Michael Karanicolas]

Hi,

This week will be tough, as my LLM thesis is due by Friday, but next week
should be clearer. Should I liaise directly with Maryam to try and set
something up?

Michael

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:41 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Mike,
>
> Thanks for the reply! As far as I am concerned, our three slots are kept
> and with the same regional traveling restrictions. The only thing thats new
> is the timeline, as ICANN will now align the crop deadline with the 120
> days for ICANN meetings deadline thats now applicable to community travel.
> Thats exactly why we need to submit the strategic outreach plan as soon as
> possible.
>
> And yes, FY20 is the one starting this july!
>
> Would you have any time available this week for us to coordinate a call
> with the NA VP ?
>
> Best,
> B
>
>
> Le mer. 29 mai 2019 à 12:42, Michael Karanicolas <mkaranicolas at gmail.com>
> a écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for sending along. A couple of follow up question re #2 - do we
>> know yet what form next year's CROP will take, and how many slots will be
>> available? Will it be the same as this year? And, presumably, FY20 is the
>> year that's starting in the latter half of 2019, right?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:00 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear EC,
>>>
>>> I was aiming to schedule a EC call, considering its been a while since
>>> we had one but, at the same time, I found it important to share the
>>> following updates with you.
>>>
>>> *1. NCUC Policy Writing Skills Capacity Building Program *
>>> According to the ABR approved last year, we still had one last call from
>>> this program to host. Therefore, after discussing with Maryam options of
>>> dates we decided to schedule the call on June 17th, at 1600 UTC. Please
>>> make sure to attend as this is an important and successful program that has
>>> indeed contributed to our members participation in PDPs. The next step
>>> about this ABR will be to have our ICANN Learn course finalized - on this
>>> specific point I will check back with staff how is the development of the
>>> course going.
>>>
>>> *2. Strategic Outreach Plan for CROP FY20*
>>> NCUC has to present an Outreach plan to use our CROP slots for FY20,
>>> this is a document we have collectively developed before and have to have
>>> signed by 17th of June. I was chatting with Maryam and, in order to avoid
>>> the allocation of crop resources such as the ones we had this year, we
>>> thought it would be good if we could schedule calls with each regional VP,
>>> the respective EC and myself. In that sense we could (a) strengthen the EC
>>> reps relationship with the regional VPs and (b) collectively identify
>>> events and opportunities in the region to keep an eye on. Maryam has
>>> proposed the following CROP timeline, that I would like to share with you:
>>> - 20 – 31 May: Proposed period for discussion between regional VP/team
>>> with relevant community groups (i.e. RALOs and CROP-eligible GNSO
>>> constituency groups) on creating a Draft Strategic Outreach Plan for FY20
>>> - 27 May – 10 June: Proposed dates for draft and submission of FY20
>>> Draft Strategic Outreach Plan for VP concurrence
>>> - 17 June 2019: Proposed deadline for VP sign-off
>>>
>>> I know it is a rather short timeline for us to hold conversations with
>>> the VPs and also develop a plan, but the document itself is not that
>>> complicated. So, I would ask you to inform me and Maryam about your
>>> availability to join a call with your respective regional VP so Maryam can
>>> try to schedule them. If we dont manage to jump on a call, my
>>> suggestion is for us to set threads with each of them. So please get back
>>> to me about the proposed calls/conversations. In the meantime, if you
>>> already have any mapping of possible events and discussions NCUC members
>>> should be joining, please report them back to me.
>>>
>>> *3. Elections *
>>> As you all may know, NCSG elections are underway. We are now under the nomination
>>> period that will run until Thursday 6 June 2019. I am bringing this
>>> back as a reminder to any of you who wishes to run again for any of the
>>> open positions but has not been nominated until now. The open positions are
>>> the following:
>>>
>>> - NCSG Chair, currently Stephanie Perrin, eligible for re-election;
>>> - 2-year Council seat, currently Tatiana Tropina, eligible for one more
>>> term;
>>> - 2-year Council seat, currently Arsene Tungali, eligible for one more
>>> term;
>>> - 2-year Council seat, currently Ayden Fèrdeline, eligible for one more
>>> term;
>>> - NCUC Chair [held by Bruna Martins dos Santos - eligible for
>>> re-election]
>>> - EC – Europe [currently held by Louise Marie Hurel, eligible for
>>> re-election]
>>> - EC - Africa [currently held by Ines Hfaideh, ineligible for
>>> re-election]
>>> - EC – Asia/Australia/Pacific [currently held by David Cake, eligible
>>> for re-election]
>>> - EC – North America [currently held by Michael Karanicolas, eligible
>>> for re-election]
>>> - EC – Latin America/Caribbean [currently held by Antonelle Perini,
>>> eligible for re-election]
>>>
>>> *4. NCUC Representatives at the Policy Committee*
>>> We had an open call for two NCUC representatives at the Policy Comittee
>>> but the only volunteer was Farell. Therefore, I am reaching out to you once
>>> again in order to know what should we do ? Should we reach out to members
>>> we think would be interested, extend the call ? I would really appreciate
>>> some input on this.
>>>
>>> I guess that is all for now. Please write back to me on these subjects
>>> at your earliest convenience!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> --
>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>
>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>> @boomartins
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>>
>
> --
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
> @boomartins
>
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