[NCSG-EC] Review of applications for travel slots

[Amin Hacha]

After reviewing the list of applicants and their EOI.
As Pedro pointed out, it's encouraging to see such strong applicants.
Julf provided an excellent explanation.
Based on that, and with my previous experience, I endorse selecting Tapani.
Regards,
Amin

On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM Pedro de Perdigão Lana via NCSG-EC <
ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I liked Julf's idea of thinking about what we want to achieve.
>
> Considering what Julf has said, I think it should be useful to ask Peter
> if he intends (and will be able) to participate online as a GNSO Councilor
> in ICANN82. If we would need to appoint an actual alternate, then Tapani
> and Farell seem to have more experience policy-wise indeed. If not, I'd
> think of joining this travel slot with a plan of promoting engagement
> during the meeting, with specific tasks to be fulfilled and objective goals
> to be detailed in the report afterwards.
>
> Cordially,
>
> *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
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> Em qua., 8 de jan. de 2025 às 06:33, Johan Helsingius via NCSG-EC <
> ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is> escreveu:
>
>> On 07/01/2025 23:32, Pedro de Perdigão Lana via NCSG-EC wrote:
>>
>> > I am very happy with the exceptional number of good applications, from
>> > people with great and diverse backgrounds, for this slot.
>>
>> Indeed!
>>
>> > My priority vote would go to Benjamin, considering he has a proven
>> > background and his motivation letter speaks not only about his personal
>> > capacity to perform the role properly, but also focuses on a commitment
>> > to the community and the GNSO councilor he would be filling in for.
>> >
>> > Considering what I said before, I could reach a consensus on most (if
>> > not all) of these names. What I've seen from Tapani's work in previous
>> > non-commercial leadership roles also gave me a very positive impression
>> > of him.
>>
>> I agree that if we look at previous experience, Benjamin and Tapani are
>> the ones that stand out, but for very different reasons. Benjamin has
>> been excellent at building and mobilizing community, while Tapani
>> has mostly done his work in the background, supporting the smooth
>> running and administration of NCSG.
>>
>> Therefore I would like to take a step back and ask what we want to
>> accomplish by allocating this travel slot. I see three different
>> possible purposes:
>>
>> 1) Strengthen and build the community. attracting newcomers - in this
>>     case Benjamin is the obvious choice
>> 2) Pull in less experienced people into the policy processes and
>>     council work, helping them become more active contributors - in this
>>     case we should go for one of the other candidates
>> 3) Bring back people who have made major contributions to NCSG, but who
>>     have, for various reasons, not been active lately, but show interest
>>     in getting back into the game. This would be Tapani and Farell.
>>
>>         Julf
>>
>>
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