[PC-NCSG] NCPH Election to the Board.

[Avri Doria]

Hi,


Markus will be leaving the Internet Society in several months.  There
will be no conflict of interest.

avri


On 10-Jul-14 05:07, Klaus Stoll wrote:
> Regarding the nomination Markus Kummer. As far as I know Markus is
> departing ISOC and will be responsible for the set-up of the IGF
> secretariat office in Istanbul. At least that?s what I am told. This
> might not necessarily be a conflict of interest but would it not be
> better if he was able to concentrate his efforts on this important task?.
> 
> Markus has his merits in the broader Ig context, but I can not remember
> him being an important champion for end users, NFP's and NGO's.
> 
> Would more consultation first among the NCSG structures (including and
> not excluding NPOC) before consultation with outside parties is done not
> be the right way to go?
> 
> We should have a constructive discussion on the nomination of Markus
> Kummer, but at the moment it looks like a proclamation of his candidacy,
> based on a show of hands on an email list, without it. Not the right way
> to go.
> 
> Klaus
> 
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 11:13 PM, Avri Doria <avri at ACM.ORG> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> BTW, I spoke to Markus today on another matter, but we also touched on
>>> this election. He indicated that if we, NCSG or just the PC, wanted to
>>> chat with him he was available.  I told him that while I did not think
>>> it necessary, I would pass on his message.
>> I?ve spoken with him as well.  He didn?t know the tortured history of
>> this seat, and said he?d heard nothing from CSG so is in limbo.  I
>> pinged the house ?leadership? and asked if there was a process
>> underway to move forward with consideration of the idea, only reply
>> was Ms. Cade privately, hopefully their internal discussions will
>> start to move.  I?m guessing IPC folks may not know him as well as
>> they?ve not been involved in the UN processes, plus his team at ISOC
>> has made non-preferred utterances in the past couple years (thank you
>> KK :-), so presumably he?ll need to do The Interview.  Others
>> informally reacted favorably in private in London, so I would hope
>> that ultimately this should work.  Obviously, it?d be desirable to
>> have unanimity if possible, but if someone wants to go on record as
>> opposing one of the most consensual persons of prominence in the IG
>> world, well whatever.
>>> On 09-Jul-14 14:10, David Cake wrote:
>>>> I understand that he may not have 100% support right now, and we should
>>>> certainly have some discussion to see if any concerns about his
>>>> candidacy can be addressed - but I think he is a great candidate.
>> Are you referring to the CSG side, or are you saying that someone on
>> our side has concerns?  If so, who, about what?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
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