<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I also strongly support Stefania’s candidacy. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 11 Aug 2015, at 10:24 pm, Balleste, Roy <<a href="mailto:rballeste@STU.EDU" class="">rballeste@STU.EDU</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">+1 for Dr. Stefania Milan!<br class="">Stefania has my full support!!<br class=""><br class="">Roy Balleste<br class="">Director, Summer in Spain Program<br class="">Professor of Law<br class="">Law Library Director<br class="">St. Thomas University Law Library<br class="">16401 NW 37th Avenue<br class="">Miami Gardens, FL 33054<br class="">305-623-2341<br class=""><a href="http://royballeste.org/" class="">http://royballeste.org/</a><br class=""><br class="">From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of William Drake<br class="">Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 4:56 AM<br class="">To: NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br class="">Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Nomination GNSO Council position for NCSG<br class=""><br class="">Hi<br class=""><br class="">Great to see people throwing their hats into the ring.<br class=""><br class="">Stefania's a solid scholar who’s done good work in the NCUC EC and should be a fine councilor.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers<br class=""><br class="">Bill<br class=""><br class="">On Aug 11, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Niels ten Oever <lists@digitaldissidents.org<mailto:lists@digitaldissidents.org>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><fieldset style="padding-top:10px; border:0px; border: 3px solid #CCC; padding-left: 20px;" class=""><legend style="font-weight:bold" class="">Signed PGP part</legend><div style="padding-left:3px;" class="">Dear all,<br class=""><br class="">Hereby I would like to nominate Dr. Stefania Milan for a GNSO council<br class="">position for the NCSG. Stefania has shown a lot of initiative while on<br class="">the NCUC executive community, especially to make the NCSG more<br class="">visible, transparent and accessible for people outside of ICANN. Her<br class="">knowledge of languages (including Spanish and Portuguese) could<br class="">greatly benefit the important work of (further) diversifying the<br class="">membership and stimulating engagement.<br class=""><br class="">Furthermore Stefania has shown a very thorough understanding of Internet<br class="">Governance issues, both in ICANN and beyond, through her impressive body<br class="">of academic writing in which grassroots issues get connected to<br class="">international governance questions.<br class=""><br class="">With Stefania's experience in the GAC, as and academic, as a grassroots<br class="">activist and member of the NCUC EC I think she has very good credentials<br class="">to represent us in the GNSO council.<br class=""><br class="">Best,<br class=""><br class="">Niels<br class="">--<br class="">Niels ten Oever<br class="">Head of Digital<br class=""><br class="">Article 19<br class="">www.article19.org<http://www.article19.org><br class=""><br class="">PGP fingerprint<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4<br class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9<br class=""></div></fieldset><br class=""><br class="">*********************************************************<br class="">William J. Drake<br class="">International Fellow & Lecturer<br class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br class="">Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,<br class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> ICANN, www.ncuc.org<http://www.ncuc.org><br class="">william.drake@uzh.ch<mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch> (direct), wjdrake@gmail.com<mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com> (lists),<br class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> www.williamdrake.org<http://www.williamdrake.org><br class="">Internet Governance: The NETmundial Roadmap http://goo.gl/sRR01q<br class="">*********************************************************<br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>