<html><body style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><p>While we can't block this nomination, I would strongly recommend not
joining it. Jeff Neuman may win, but he does not need our help or
endorsement.</p>
<p>Jeff is an unapologetic support of New gTLD registries and
overexpansion of intellectual property rights. He was a huge supporter
of the private Public Interest Commitments -- the creator of the term
"Walled Gardens" for a registry world in which registrants have no rights. He has fought, as co-chair, for registry rights to be embedded in the New gTLD applicant guidebook, and these now are. <br /></p><p>I appreciate his many years of chairing of a PDP WG, but he's not
alone -- I've done that, Phil Corwin has done that, others too. He has not been particularly fair or neutral -- until complaints were made and he changed slowly. <br /></p>
<p>We don't need to support this nomination. We can applaud politely when he wins.</p>
<p>Best, Kathy</p> <br /><br /><br /><blockquote><br />----- Original Message -----<br /><div style="width:100%;background:rgb(228,228,228);"><div style="font-weight:bold;">From:</div> "Stephanie Perrin" <stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca></div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">To:</div>"NCSG PC" <ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is>, "NCSG EC" <ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</div>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:49:11 +0000<br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</div>[NCSG-PC] Fwd: Fwd: ICANN Excellence award - IPC will nominate Jeff Neuman<br /><br /><br /><p>Folks ,could we get a 48 hour turnaround on a decision on this matter? My apologies for the delay in acting, I have been preoccupied with the virus.</p>
<p>cheers Steph<br /></p>
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<td>Heather Forrest <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">
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<td>Stephanie Perrin <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">
<stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca></a>, Bruna Martins dos Santos <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com">
<bruna.mrtns@gmail.com></a>, Joan Kerr <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:joankerr@fbsc.org">
<joankerr@fbsc.org></a>, Carlos Raul <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carlosraulg@gmail.com">
<carlosraulg@gmail.com></a></td>
</tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div dir="ltr">Dear NCSG colleagues,
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<div>Sorry to throw this into your inboxes when we're all fighting the madness, but the deadline is rapidly approaching to nominate Jeff for the (formerly called) "Ethos Award". The IPC had decided back in February to nominate him, and now RySG is keen to join
on, and perhaps RrSG also. With this momentum going, I was hoping it might be across the board for the GNSO.</div>
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Would the NCSG like to join? Nomination attached, which I will need to submit to the online application form by Friday.</div>
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<div>Very best wishes to you all, hope you're keeping safe and sane,</div>
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<div>Heather Forrest</div>
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Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 4:09 PM<br />
Subject: Re: ICANN Excellence award - IPC will nominate Jeff Neuman<br />
To: Austin, Donna <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Donna.Austin@team.neustar">
<DonnaAustin@team.neustar></a><br />
Cc: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben <<a href="mailto:wuknoben@gmail.com">wuknoben@gmail.com</a>>, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben <<a href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>>, Selli, Claudia <<a href="mailto:claudiaselli@intl.att.com">claudia.selli@intl.att.com</a>>,
Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>>, Graeme Bunton <<a href="mailto:gbunton@tucows.com">gbunton@tucows.com</a>><br /></div>
<br /><br /><div dir="ltr">Thanks very much to Graeme, Wolf-Ulrich and Donna for your responses. Here's where I understand the situation (correct me if I'm wrong):
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<ul><li>RySG supports joint nomination</li><li>Graeme to confirm whether RrSG supports joint nomination</li><li>ISPCP will not join joint nomination, but members may choose to nominate him individually.</li><li>BC and NCSG - no response as yet (understandable, when we're all flat out dealing with pandemic arrangements),so I'll poke you again one more time tomorrow after the IPC meeting if I don't hear back between now and then.</li><li>Nomination draft revised to incorporate the excellent suggestions from ISPCP - I have highlighted major changes in yellow - as attached.</li></ul><div>Best wishes to all, be healthy,</div>
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<div>Heather</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 1:56 PM Austin, Donna <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Donna.Austin@team.neustar">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);">I agree with Wolf-Ulrich that the inclusion of additional aspects of Jeff’s long standing participation in the community would likely improve his chances.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);">I can confirm that the RySG is willing to support the IPC in its nomination of Jeff.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> Wolf-Ulrich Knoben [mailto:<a href="mailto:wuknoben@gmail.com">wuknoben@gmail.com</a>]
<br /><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 24, 2020 7:57 AM<br /><b>To:</b> Heather Forrest <<a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a>><br /><b>Cc:</b> Wolf-Ulrich Knoben <<a href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>>; Selli, Claudia <<a href="mailto:claudia.selli@intl.att.com">claudia.selli@intl.att.com</a>>;
Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>>; Austin, Donna
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Donna.Austin@team.neustar"><Donna.Austin@team.neustar></a>; Graeme Bunton <<a href="mailto:gbunton@tucows.com">gbunton@tucows.com</a>><br /><b>Subject:</b> Re: ICANN Excellence award - IPC will nominate Jeff Neuman</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Heather,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've brought your suggestion to the attention of our constituency at our call today. Those participating in the conversation expressed their agreement to Jeff being nominated. Finally we decided to leave it up to the members to file support
personally before the 27th.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also discussed the rationale for the nomination. It may help to improve the chances for Jeff if additional aspects of his long lasting ICANN engagement could be appreciated: eg Vicechair term on GNSO Council, chair of the WG who drafted
the GNSO PDP (Annex A to the Bylaws) and the related Manual in the GNSO Procedures where he has shown outstanding capability of cooperation.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Am Fr., 20. März 2020 um 23:34 Uhr schrieb Heather Forrest <<a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a>>:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I should have thought of this sooner but... better late than never. The IPC proposed in its February meeting (now over a month ago, but Cancun madness intervened) to nominate Jeff for the formerly ICANN Ethos Award, now Community Excellence
Award. We have the attached nomination in draft form, and I had intended to submit it after next Wednesay's IPC membership meeting. I understand that RySG has also been discussing nominating Jeff, and so the thought arose to circulate our draft and ask if
perhaps this isn't one of those rare moments in history for an all-GNSO action? Or at least to ask if there are other SG/Cs who would be interested in signing on. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline is next week, the 27th, so we need to keep an eye on time. </p>
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