Council Member replacement

[KASWESHA]

Thank you for clarification Tapani. In that case and should the EC deem fit
I then declare my interest owing to the fact that, I am now a permanent
resident of Elsmere Kentucky North America.

I know I can not fit Farzi's shoes, but owing to the experience I have had
with constituency I trust I am capable to fill the gap.

Kind regards;

James Njoroge Gitau

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 12:28 AM Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info>
wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> Yes, you are eligible, indeed in a slightly favoured position.
>
> It's residence that counts, not country of origin. If you live and pay
> taxes in the USA or Canada, you are North American for this purpose.
>
> Otherwise, looking at current council composition and NCSG charter,
> the situation is briefly like this:
>
> * An African can only be selected if there are no other viable
> candidates (as there already are two Africans). This is a hard
> rule, "To the maximum extent possible", but as noted it would
> not exclude you if you are North American resident now.
>
> * Of two otherwise equally competent candidates, a North American
> would be preferred over others and a woman over a man. These are
> softer rules, "Reasonable efforts", so other qualifications could
> be more important.
>
> Tapani
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 01:33:37PM -0600, KASWESHA (kaswesha at GMAIL.COM)
> wrote:
> >
> > I am currently settled in North America but I am not very sure whether I
> am
> > eligible. Somebody advise.
> >
> > Regards;
> >
> > James Njoroge Gitau
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 12:34 PM Stephanie Perrin <
> > stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > As members will have seen, Farzaneh Badii has resigned her council
> seat,
> > > so it is the responsibility of the NCSG Executive Committee to select a
> > > replacement until the next election takes place in summer 2020.  In
> order
> > > to enable this, we are seeking expressions of interest in the position.
> > > Please send your statement of interest to me, copy Maryam Bakoshi,
> before
> > > the 28th of December.  For your interest, the relevant section of the
> > > Charter concerning these circumstances is paragraph 2, section 3.2
> (copied
> > > below).  For information about the current composition of the council
> see
> > > https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg.  We
> > > appear to have representation from everywhere except North America.
> > >
> > > Stephanie Perrin
> > >
> > >
> > > Section 3.2 para 2
> > >
> > > In the event that a GNSO Council Representatives is unable to finish
> his
> > > or her term, the NCSG EC will appoint a temporary GNSO Council
> > > Representative to serve until the next regularly scheduled election as
> > > provided in Section 3.8 of the GOP.  At that time, a new GNSO Council
> > > Representative will be elected to serve out the balance of the vacated
> > > term, if any.
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Tapani Tarvainen
>
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