<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Avri, dear all, <br></div><div><br></div>I just would like to make a comment on something that was mentioned before.<br><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:05 PM, avri doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> The NCSG is assigned six (6) GNSO Council seats through the ICANN<br>
> Bylaws. All NCSG GNSO Council representatives will be directly voted<br>
> on by the full membership of the NCSG using weighted voting as defined<br>
> in Section 4. To the maximum extent possible, no more than two (2)<br>
> NCSG GNSO Council Representatives can be declared resident of the same<br>
> geographic region as defined by ICANN. Reasonable efforts should be<br>
> taken to recruit nominees so that all geographical regions may be<br>
> represented by the NCSG GNSO Council Representatives. Reasonable<br>
> efforts should also be taken to ensure gender balance and in no<br>
> circumstance should there be fewer than 2 members of any gender.<br>
<br>
Our incumbents are Marilia ( recently moved to Europe) , Stefania (<br>
Europe) and Amr (having moved back to Egypt) , which at the moment might<br>
mean we already have 2 Europeans and 1 African, but no LAC, NA or AP<br>
continuing, with one NA continuing. We may not have an available<br>
European seat. We do seem, though, to have a male seat.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Having consulted staff, I was informed that ICANN considers that someone's region is: a) the country of your citizenship; b) the country where you pay your taxes. For me, neither of these parameters have changed. My citzenship is the same and I will pay my taxes in Brazil. Others with more experience could confirm if this is correct and consistent with previous NCSG practice. I believe that a discussion about criteria among us would be useful and I am ok with any decision we made as a group, which should be consistently applied.<br><br></div><div>In any case, it is important to clarify that I started in my new position only yesterday, as annouced here: <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/diplo">http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/diplo</a>’s-ig-team-welcomes-new-staff-members and consequently, my SOI will be updated in the following days. <br></div><div><br></div><div>All the best wishes,<br></div><div>Marilia<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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avri<br>
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On 01-Aug-16 08:13, Kathy Kleiman wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear All,<br>
><br>
> I am honored to nominate Edward Morris as European representative for<br>
> the NCSG on the GNSO Council.<br>
><br>
> Ed currently holds this position and, as we have seen, he takes his<br>
> job very seriously. Ed works tirelessly as an NCSG representative in<br>
> the Council's job of overseeing the policy development process. He<br>
> fights to ensure that Issues Report and Charters – key documents that<br>
> kick off a new Policy Development Processes – are fair and balanced.<br>
> He works with our NCSG Counselors and others to guide well-developed<br>
> policies (developed by the Working Groups) to the Board for adoption<br>
> (without the changes and circumvention some parties often seek to add).<br>
><br>
> Ed is a leader in the cross-cutting work of Council where he has led<br>
> our GNSO response to ICANN's Budget with an in-depth review and<br>
> critique, and key recommendations for changes. He regularly serves on<br>
> Council subgroups working on responses to the issues the GNSO faces<br>
> within ICANN.<br>
><br>
> We know Ed best in the last two years as a leader in the CCWG process<br>
> fighting for Transparency, Accountability and Free Expression. The<br>
> thousands of hours he spent on these issue (alongside Robin, Matt and<br>
> so many others) were critical to the provisions and bylaws adopted.<br>
><br>
> As we continue the Transition, and three major Policy Development<br>
> Processes (Registration Directory Services, Rights Protection<br>
> Mechanisms Review and New gTLD Subsequent Procedures) now in progress,<br>
> this is a great time to continue our outstanding leadership. Ed is a<br>
> tireless advocate for our NCSG interests on Council and throughout<br>
> ICANN. He is an attorney specializing in politics & government, free<br>
> expression, intellectual property and cybersecurity and whose advocacy<br>
> and legal skills are needed in this important time of change and<br>
> trasition. His passion, advocacy skills, drafting skills, and<br>
> Multistakeholder vision are well-known.<br>
><br>
</div></div>> /My great thanks to Ed for his passion, commitment and thousands of<br>
<span class="gmail-">> hours of work for NCSG on Council, and I hereby submit Ed Morris' name<br>
> to you for a second term as our European representative on the GNSO<br>
</span><span class="gmail-">> Council. /<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
><br>
> Kathy Kleiman<br>
<br>
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