[NCSG-EC] [NCSG-PC] Fwd: Fwd: ICANN Excellence award - IPC will nominate Jeff Neuman

Stephanie E Perrin stephanie at digitaldiscretion.ca
Tue Mar 24 19:26:05 EET 2020


Personally I would rather we nominate someone, like Joly or Don Blumenthal.

On 2020-03-24 10:10 a.m., Kathy Kleiman wrote:
>
> While we can't block this nomination, I would strongly recommend not 
> joining it.  Jeff Neuman may win, but he does not need our help or 
> endorsement.
>
> Jeff is an unapologetic support of New gTLD registries and 
> overexpansion of intellectual property rights. He was a huge supporter 
> of the private Public Interest Commitments -- the creator of the term 
> "Walled Gardens" for a registry world in which registrants have no 
> rights. He has fought, as co-chair, for registry rights to be embedded 
> in the New gTLD applicant guidebook, and these now are.
>
> I appreciate his many years of chairing of a PDP WG, but he's not 
> alone -- I've done that, Phil Corwin has done that, others too. He has 
> not been particularly fair or neutral -- until complaints were made 
> and he changed slowly.
>
> We don't need to support this nomination.  We can applaud politely 
> when he wins.
>
> Best, Kathy
>
>
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From:
>     "Stephanie Perrin" <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
>
>     To:
>     "NCSG PC" <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>, "NCSG EC" <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>
>     Cc:
>
>     Sent:
>     Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:49:11 +0000
>     Subject:
>     [NCSG-PC] Fwd: Fwd: ICANN Excellence award - IPC will nominate
>     Jeff Neuman
>
>
>     Folks ,could we get a 48 hour turnaround on a decision on this
>     matter?  My apologies for the delay in acting, I have been
>     preoccupied with the virus.
>
>     cheers Steph
>
>
>
>     -------- Forwarded Message --------
>     Subject: 	Fwd: ICANN Excellence award - IPC will nominate Jeff Neuman
>     Date: 	Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:16:41 +1100
>     From: 	Heather Forrest <haforrestesq at gmail.com>
>     To: 	Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>, Bruna
>     Martins dos Santos <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>, Joan Kerr
>     <joankerr at fbsc.org>, Carlos Raul <carlosraulg at gmail.com>
>
>
>
>     Dear NCSG colleagues,
>
>     Sorry to throw this into your inboxes when we're all fighting the
>     madness, but the deadline is rapidly approaching to nominate Jeff
>     for the (formerly called) "Ethos Award". The IPC had decided back
>     in February to nominate him, and now RySG is keen to join on, and
>     perhaps RrSG also. With this momentum going, I was hoping it might
>     be across the board for the GNSO.
>
>     Would the NCSG like to join? Nomination attached, which I will
>     need to submit to the online application form by Friday.
>
>     Very best wishes to you all, hope you're keeping safe and sane,
>
>     Heather Forrest
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>     From: *Heather Forrest* <haforrestesq at gmail.com
>     <mailto:haforrestesq at gmail.com>>
>     Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 4:09 PM
>     Subject: Re: ICANN Excellence award - IPC will nominate Jeff Neuman
>     To: Austin, Donna <DonnaAustin at team.neustar>
>     Cc: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben <wuknoben at gmail.com
>     <mailto:wuknoben at gmail.com>>, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben
>     <wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de
>     <mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de>>, Selli, Claudia
>     <claudia.selli at intl.att.com <mailto:claudiaselli at intl.att.com>>,
>     Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
>     <mailto:stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>>, Graeme Bunton
>     <gbunton at tucows.com <mailto:gbunton at tucows.com>>
>
>
>     Thanks very much to Graeme, Wolf-Ulrich and Donna for your
>     responses. Here's where I understand the situation (correct me if
>     I'm wrong):
>
>       * RySG supports joint nomination
>       * Graeme to confirm whether RrSG supports joint nomination
>       * ISPCP will not join joint nomination, but members may choose
>         to nominate him individually.
>       * BC and NCSG - no response as yet (understandable, when we're
>         all flat out dealing with pandemic arrangements),so I'll poke
>         you again one more time tomorrow after the IPC meeting if I
>         don't hear back between now and then.
>       * Nomination draft revised to incorporate the excellent
>         suggestions from ISPCP - I have highlighted major changes in
>         yellow - as attached.
>
>     Best wishes to all, be healthy,
>
>     Heather
>
>     On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 1:56 PM Austin, Donna
>     <Donna.Austin at team.neustar> wrote:
>
>         I agree with Wolf-Ulrich that the inclusion of additional
>         aspects of Jeff’s long standing participation in the community
>         would likely improve his chances.
>
>         I can confirm that the RySG is willing to support the IPC in
>         its nomination of Jeff.
>
>         *From:*Wolf-Ulrich Knoben [mailto:wuknoben at gmail.com
>         <mailto:wuknoben at gmail.com>]
>         *Sent:* Tuesday, March 24, 2020 7:57 AM
>         *To:* Heather Forrest <haforrestesq at gmail.com
>         <mailto:haforrestesq at gmail.com>>
>         *Cc:* Wolf-Ulrich Knoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de
>         <mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de>>; Selli, Claudia
>         <claudia.selli at intl.att.com
>         <mailto:claudia.selli at intl.att.com>>; Stephanie Perrin
>         <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
>         <mailto:stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>>; Austin, Donna
>         <Donna.Austin at team.neustar>; Graeme Bunton <gbunton at tucows.com
>         <mailto:gbunton at tucows.com>>
>         *Subject:* Re: ICANN Excellence award - IPC will nominate Jeff
>         Neuman
>
>         Thanks Heather,
>
>         I've brought your suggestion to the attention of our
>         constituency at our call today. Those participating in the
>         conversation expressed their agreement to Jeff being
>         nominated. Finally we decided to leave it up to the members to
>         file support personally before the 27th.
>
>         We also discussed the rationale for the nomination. It may
>         help to improve the chances for Jeff if additional aspects of
>         his long lasting ICANN engagement could be appreciated: eg
>         Vicechair term on GNSO Council, chair of the WG who drafted
>         the GNSO PDP (Annex A to the Bylaws) and the related Manual in
>         the GNSO Procedures where he has shown outstanding capability
>         of cooperation.
>
>         Best regards
>
>         Wolf-Ulrich
>
>         Am Fr., 20. März 2020 um 23:34 Uhr schrieb Heather Forrest
>         <haforrestesq at gmail.com <mailto:haforrestesq at gmail.com>>:
>
>             Dear Donna, Graeme, Wolf-Ulrich, Claudia, Stephanie,
>
>             I hope this message finds you all well and out of harm's way.
>
>             I should have thought of this sooner but... better late
>             than never. The IPC proposed in its February meeting (now
>             over a month ago, but Cancun madness intervened) to
>             nominate Jeff for the formerly ICANN Ethos Award, now
>             Community Excellence Award. We have the attached
>             nomination in draft form, and I had intended to submit it
>             after next Wednesay's IPC membership meeting. I understand
>             that RySG has also been discussing nominating Jeff, and so
>             the thought arose to circulate our draft and ask if
>             perhaps this isn't one of those rare moments in history
>             for an all-GNSO action? Or at least to ask if there are
>             other SG/Cs who would be interested in signing on.
>
>             The deadline is next week, the 27th, so we need to keep an
>             eye on time.
>
>             Best wishes to all,
>
>             Heather
>
>
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