[NCSG-PC] Fwd: Request for NSCG endorsement -- GNSO Liaison to the GAC

[Arsène Tungali]

So how are we doing this? Do we vote by a formal poll or are we just posting on here?

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Arsène Tungali,
about.me/ArseneTungali
+243 993810967
GPG: 523644A0
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)

> On Sep 8, 2017, at 7:15 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
> 
> Re-sending with the attachment.
> 
> Tapani
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com> -----
> 
> Dear Tapani (and Farzaneh as incoming Chair)
> 
> I am writing to request that you consider endorsing me to be the GNSO
> Liaison to the GAC.  My current SOI is here:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Paul+Rosenzweig+SOI 
> 
> My completed application template follows:
> 
> APPLICATION TEMPLATE
> 
> Name                              Paul Rosenzweig
> Affiliation                       The Heritage Foundation/Red Branch
> Consulting -- part of the NCSG
> 
> Please provide an overview of your experience/expertise with GNSO policy
> development processes:          Since 2014, I have been an active
> member of the CCWG-A in both WS1 and WS2 regarding accountability mechanisms
> related to the ICANN transition.  As such I have participated in the full
> gamut of related GNSO/NCSG policy issue that are of applicability to that
> context.  Given my legal background, I have particularly focused on legal
> issues -- viz, ICANN's revised mission statement, the new Independent Review
> Process, and ongoing considerations of jurisdictional issues.  I have been,
> and remain, especially focused on areas where the influence of the GAC seems
> to reflect governmental interests that are inconsistent with GNSO policy.   
> 
> Please provide an overview of your Previous engagements in GNSO work in a
> leadership capacity:      I have not had a previous opportunity to serve in
> the GNSO or NCSG in a leadership capacity.  This is the first instance in
> which I have volunteered for such a position. 
> 
> Please describe your familiarity with GAC processes, including GAC
> engagement in GNSO policy development:          As part of my work
> with the CCWG-A I came to be intimately familiar with GAC processes for
> engaging in GNSO policy development.  I suspect that few in the GNSO have
> paid quite as much attention as I have to the GAC's rules of operation, its
> definition of consensus, and the ways in which it is permitted to influence
> ICANN policy.  Indeed the changes to those processes were one of the
> particular focuses of my interest in the CCWG-A and one of the reasons I was
> skeptical of the ultimate product of the CCWG and the resulting changes to
> ICANN's methods for considering GAC advice.  I remain of the view that GAC
> engagement in GNSO policy development is essential but that it should be
> accomplished through established GAC-GNSO liaison procedures and not through
> extra-procedural fiat.  By way of example, 
> I have been vocal in my view that the GAC's intervention with the Board
> regarding two letter second level top level domains was procedurally
> improper (and also disappointed that the GNSO liaison to the GAC had  not
> alerted the GNSO to this issue earlier.  [And, though neutrality is a
> hallmark of a good liaison, I should also make clear that I find GAC claims
> that second level two-letter domains should be restricted deeply
> unpersuasive and antithetical to policies that animate the NCSG and the
> GNSO].
> 
> Please provide any other information that demonstrates your qualifications
> for this position:          It is perhaps of relevance that I have a
> history of service in the US government and thus a reasonable understanding
> of the role of governments.  In the 2005-09 time period I twice served as
> the Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Department
> of Homeland Security, and thus experience in international diplomatic
> contexts.  I attach a full resume for your consideration.
> 
> I would be happy to answer any further questions you or other members of the
> NCSG might have.
> 
> Regards
> Paul 
> 
> Paul Rosenzweig
> Red Branch Consulting, PLLC
> 509 C St. NE
> Washington, DC 20002
> paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com
> O: +1 (202) 547-0660
> M: +1 (202) 329-9650
> VOIP: +1 (202) 738-1739
> www.redbranchconsulting.com
> www.paulrosenzweigesq.com 
> My PGP Key:
> https://keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9A830097CA066684
> 
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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