<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="">Hi all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve add the NCSG-PC onto this thread since it is the PC who will vote and select our board nominee (pursuant to NCSG Charter).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Robin</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 8, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Stephanie E Perrin via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" class="">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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  <div class=""><p class="">I need to consult you guys, then we (csg and ncsg) need to set up
      an election, where we pick someone to vote for us, and if we get
      two votes for Matthew (ie each side votes for him) we tell staff
      and Council he is our nominee.  It seems a bit clumsy but since we
      have had a meltdown in the past, we needed procedures....</p><p class="">I presume staff will set up that election for us, will ask Carlos
      Reyes who is now in charge of our policy support, not Mary Wong.</p><p class="">cheers Steph</p><p class="">PS Dean Marks is doing the same thing with the CSG guys.</p><p class=""><br class="">
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2020-04-08 5:16 p.m., Raphael
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      <div dir="ltr" class="">Sure, I'm just not sure what needs to be done! </div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 1:04 PM
          Stephanie E Perrin via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>>
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          <div class=""><p class="">Hi folks, we need to organize on the election of Matthew
              Shears for Board seat 14.  I have reached out to Carlton
              Samuels, to tick the box of consulting with our nomcom
              appointee (no response so far) and I have been chatting
              with Dean Marks from the CSG, who is keen to cooperate. 
              We are trying to meet this new deadline of April 20, can
              we organize to hold our election next week in time to
              offer our name?  The CSG thinks they can. <br class="">
            </p><p class="">Sorry to push but we have to get this done faster now due
              to ICANN's revised timelines....since we are agreed on the
              candidate, it is just paperwork....<br class="">
            </p><p class="">cheers Steph<br class="">
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                    <td class="">PLEASE READ: NCPH election for Board seat 14</td>
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                    <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT" class="">Date:
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                    <td class="">Tue, 7 Apr 2020 20:17:14 +0000</td>
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                    <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT" class="">From:
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                    <td class="">Mary Wong <a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><mary.wong@icann.org></a></td>
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                    <td class="">Dean Marks <a href="mailto:ed4coa@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><ed4coa@gmail.com></a>,
                      Stephanie E Perrin <a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca></a>,
                      Bruna Martins dos Santos <a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><bruna.mrtns@gmail.com></a>,
                      Joan Kerr <a href="mailto:joankerr@FBSC.ORG" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><joankerr@FBSC.ORG></a>,
                      Rafik Dammak <a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><rafik.dammak@gmail.com></a>,
                      Selli, Claudia <a href="mailto:claudia.selli@intl.att.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><claudia.selli@intl.att.com></a>,
                      <a href="mailto:csg-excomm@icann.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">csg-excomm@icann.org</a>
                      <a href="mailto:csg-excomm@icann.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><csg-excomm@icann.org></a>,
                      Barbara Wanner <a href="mailto:bwanner@uscib.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><bwanner@uscib.org></a></td>
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                    <td class="">Chantelle Doerksen <a href="mailto:chantelle.doerksen@icann.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><chantelle.doerksen@icann.org></a>,
                      Maryam Bakoshi <a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><maryam.bakoshi@icann.org></a>,
                      Andrea Glandon <a href="mailto:andrea.glandon@icann.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><andrea.glandon@icann.org></a>,
                      Carlos Reyes <a href="mailto:carlos.reyes@icann.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><carlos.reyes@icann.org></a></td>
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              <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">Dear
                    CSG and NCSG leaders,</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">I
                    would like to apologize for bringing up this topic
                    at this late stage, and at a time when I know that
                    many community members are focusing on important
                    personal and family matters during the current
                    COVID-19 situation. Please understand that we as
                    staff would not have raised this were it not a
                    Bylaws-related matter. </span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">Here
                    is the issue: under the ICANN Bylaws, formal
                    notification of a nominee for either Board seat 13
                    or 14 must be provided to the Empowered Community
                    Administration at least six (6) months prior to the
                    commencement of that potential Director’s term. As
                    the 2020 Annual General Meeting is due to conclude
                    on 22 October 2020 (which we realize is somewhat
                    earlier than previous AGMs), this means that <u class="">the
                      Empowered Community Administration must receive
                      the Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH) nomination
                      of a Director to fill Board seat 14 by <b class="">22
                        April 2020</b></u> (and not May as we had
                    advised you previously).</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">I
                    understand that the NCPH’s current plan is to hold
                    the formal vote (via a CSG and NCSG representative
                    and in accordance with the NCPH’s agreed procedures)
                    on or around 29 April. In light of the need to
                    notify the GNSO Chair of the result (as under the
                    GNSO Operating Procedures Keith has the
                    responsibility of notifying the Empowered Community
                    Administration), I would like to ask <u class="">if it will
                      be possible for the NCPH to complete its vote on a
                      nominee for Board seat 14 by <b class="">Monday 20 April</b></u>,
                    to allow Keith time to inform the GNSO Council (as
                    has been customary) and to formally notify the
                    Empowered Community Administration.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">I and
                    the whole GNSO support team are sincerely sorry for
                    our previous guidance to you that had mistakenly set
                    21 May as the final date. Please accept our
                    heartfelt apologies for this rare error as well as
                    for the inconvenience that we know our mistake must
                    cause you and your groups. </span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">In
                    view of the situation, please be assured that the
                    CSG and NCSG support staff are happy to assist you
                    with conducting the vote as efficiently and smoothly
                    as possible, to minimize disruption and
                    inconvenience to you. Please let me know if you have
                    any questions or concerns with either the timing or
                    mechanism for the upcoming vote and, once again, I
                    am so very sorry for the trouble.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">Thank
                    you all very much for your kind understanding.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">Best
                    regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">Mary</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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