Council Member replacement

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

@James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net>
With this, it probably looks like Africa has no representation by the mere
look of the SOIs.
I'm I missing something? The confusion caused by region which one os
domiciled seems to play a more prominent role than by nationality and
regional representation?

Caleb Ogundele

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 1:33 PM James Gannon <lists at icann.guru> wrote:

> For Council elections/selections the relevant source of truth is the GNSO
> SOI's and Council declarations mentioned here:
> https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/council
>
> Rafik Dammak (SOI) - AAPAC (AGM 2020)
> Elsa Saade (SOI) – NA – (AGM 2020)
> Tatiana Tropina (SOI) – EU (AGM 2021)
> Martin Silva Valent (SOI) – LAC (AGM 2020)
> Farell Folly (SOI) – EU (AGM 2021)
> Farzaneh Badii (SOI) – NA (AGM 2021)
>
> ---
> James Gannon
>
> On 17.12.19, 12:30, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Tapani Tarvainen" <
> NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU on behalf of ncsg at TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO>
> wrote:
>
>     Hi James,
>
>     My apologies if I made a mistake, but looking at the page Stephanie
>     pointed to, I see the regions as follows:
>
>     Africa: Rafik Dammak and Farell Folly
>     Asia-Pacific: Elsa Saade
>     Europe: Tatiana Tropina
>     Latin America: Martin Pablo Valent
>
>     Cf. https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg
>
>     If that's not correct then my analysis obviously needs to be adjusted
>     accordingly. I am aware that Rafik lives in Japan, but our rules and
>     precedents give some leeway for people who have ties in multiple
>     regions to choose which they choose to declare (I oversimplified in
>     saying residence is the determining factor), and I presumed the above
>     page to indicate Rafik has chosen to declare Africa according to his
>     native Tunisia.
>
>     Tapani
>
>
>     On Dec 17 12:03, James Gannon (lists at icann.guru) wrote:
>
>     > This doesn't match with the current declared regions of our
> councilors, I think it would be most appropriate for the EC to weigh in on
> eligibility concerns.
>     >
>     > ---
>     > James Gannon
>     >
>     > On 17.12.19, 06:29, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Tapani Tarvainen" <
> NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU on behalf of 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
>     >
>
>     --
>     Tapani Tarvainen
>
>

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