NCSG Elections

[Benjamin Akinmoyeje]

Dear All,
I boldly support the nomination of Stephanie as the Chair for NCSG, she is
overly committed to the group and a champion of our agenda.

Regards,
Benjamin

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:07 AM Mamadou LO <alfamamadou at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all..
> My support to Stephanie as NCSG Chair
> Cordially
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> Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy.
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> De : Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA>
> Date : 26/05/2019 14:44 (GMT+00:00)
> À : NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Objet : NCSG Elections
>
> As someone who is planning to run for another term as NCSG Chair, I ask
> myself whether it is appropriate for me to nominate or comment on other
> candidates.  We have a great team and I enjoy working with all of you.   I
> have decided to throw caution to the wind and do so, because as someone
> very close to where the rubber hits the road as they say in North America,
> (i.e. involved in the day to day work) I want to share my perspectives on
> who us doing fabulous work for this organization, who has been an absolute
> pleasure to work with and cooperate with, etc.
>
> First I would like to thank Tapani for nominating me for a second term,
> and for continuing to be available to support our work, particularly in the
> technical area (e.g. with the membership lists, voting procedures, etc)
> where I am quite hopeless.  It is much appreciated, thanks Tapani for all
> your help.   Many thanks to all the others who have supported my
> nomination.  I am pleased to accept.
>
> Secondly, I would like to acknowledge the cooperation and collaboration I
> have enjoyed over the past 6 months with the other members of the
> NCSG/NCUC/NPOC leadership team, notably Joan Kerr and Bruna Santos, and of
> course our tireless policy Chairman Rafik Dammak.  It makes this job a
> whole lot more pleasurable when we all collaborate, and I am sorry to see
> Joan reach the end of her term limits, as it has been great working with
> her.   Please NPOC, elect someone just like Joan who will work hand in hand
> with us to reach our goals and maintain the respect of the rest of ICANN
> for our stakeholder group and constituencies.  I totally support the
> nomination of Bruna for another term as NCUC chair, it has been wonderful
> working with her and we have barely started with the analysis of our
> outreach and training initiatives, a topic dear to my heart, so it would be
> great if she could continue.  Before leaving the leadership team
> nominations, may I just say that while he is not up for re-election this
> term, members need to understand just how much work Rafik does, day in and
> day out, on Council, on the EPDP, and on our policy committee.  Please
> continue to support him, we would fall apart without all that effort.
>
> Turning to Council nominations, I totally support the nominations of
> Tatiana and Ayden for another term.  They have done a great job, represent
> us very knowledgeably on Council, and do a ton of work behind the scenes on
> the policy committee.  Ayden in particular reads every document that comes
> by us for comment, I do not know how he does it.  He puts in a massive
> amount of research into the material on which we comment, and without him
> we would be lost.  I don't always agree with him, but it would not be NCSG
> if we all agreed on everything....the point is that our policy is fact
> based and well debated.  When folks like Ayden are doing the research,
> reading the documents and the comments of other stakeholder groups and
> advisory committees, and formulating opinions, we have strong positions to
> put forward.  I support him for another term and hope that you all will as
> well.
>
> We always need a balance of new faces and experienced ones on Council, as
> there is a lot to master in a short time when one is elected to Council.  I
> want to signal my strong support for the nomination of Farell Folly, who
> brings much needed knowledge and experience in security and stability to
> our SG representation (Tatiana bringing of course her great expertise in
> criminal law and global cybercrime issues).  Farell has worked hard for us
> on the Executive Committee, has ably represented absent council members,
> and pitches in on short notice to help with work on comments and e.g. on
> selection of members for travel opportunities.  It is a pleasure working
> with him and I want to support his nomination.
>
> That is probably enough from me for today.  I am really pleased to see
> this much activity on the election front during this first week...it is
> good to have lots of candidates coming forward to join in the work we do.
> Thanks for your interest and thanks again for nominating me for a second
> term.
>
> Stephanie Perrin
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> NCSG Chair
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