[PC-NCSG] [NCUC-EC] Announcing the Appointment of New NCUC Representatives to the NCSG PC
Matthew Shears
mshears
Mon Nov 3 16:08:32 EET 2014
Thanks Rafik, Bill, all
Its a great pleasure to appointed to this role. Looking forward to
working with you.
Matthew
On 11/3/2014 5:51 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Welcome to Joy and Matt in NCSG PC, looking forward your involvement
> and active participation here!
>
> Rafik
>
> 2014-11-03 18:05 GMT+09:00 William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com
> <mailto:wjdrake at gmail.com>>:
>
> Hello
>
> I am delighted to say that NCUC can now announce the appointment
> of two top-notch representatives to the NCSG Policy Committee,
> effective immediately. *Joy Liddicoat* leads the human rights work
> of member org the Association for Progressive Communications
> http://www.apc.org/en/user/Joy. Joy served two years as our NCSG
> rep to the GNSO Council. As I said when I nominated her for that
> http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2011-September/007439.html
>
> >/Joy is the Project Co-ordinator for Internet
> />/Rights are Human Rights for the Association for
> />/Progressive Communication, a NCUC organizational
> />/member. Joy is lawyer who's been a long-time
> />/activist on human rights on the Internet and
> />/beyond, and she's also involved in DNS issues
> />/and well attuned to the ICANNsphere. At present
> />/she also serves Director of the Domain Name
> />/Commission, InternetNZ, the non-profit
> />/multistakeholder body responsible for managing
> />/.nz and related Internet issues in New Zealand,
> />/so she brings to the table an understanding of
> />/public interest aspects of the ccTLD space as
> />/well. A strong human rights orientation has
> />/generally been lacking in ICANN and the GNSO, so
> />/she'd be filling an important gap. At the same
> />/time, it would be good to further engage in NCSG
> />/the APC, which as probably everyone knows is the
> />/probably the largest NGO, a multinational
> />/network, doing civil society activism around
> />/Internet and ICT issues. More about Joy
> />/here <http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/joy-liddicoat/11/233/745>http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/joy-liddicoat/11/233/745 and <http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/joy-liddicoat/11/233/745%C2%A0and>
> />/APC here <http://www.apc.org <http://www.apc.org/>>http://www.apc.org. <http://www.apc.org./>/
>
>
> *Mattew Shears *currently participates here as an alternate rep of
> NCUC member org IP Justice. In his day job, Matt leads the Global
> Internet Policy and Human Rights work of the Center for Democracy
> and Technology https://cdt.org/staff/matthew-shears/. (CDT is
> applying to join NCUC/NCSG as an organizational member) Previously
> he served as the Internet Society?s Public Policy Director, in
> which context he shaped ISOC?s positions and represented it in a
> variety of global Internet governance institutions. Matt long has
> been extremely active as a civil society participant in the ITU,
> WSIS+10, CSTD, IGF and related settings, and more recently has
> gotten deeply involved in ICANN?s IANA and accountability
> processes. He is also very active in civil society and related
> coalitions, e.g. ISOC, Best Bits, the Internet Governance Caucus, etc.
>
> Both Joy and Matt are highly visible, leading civil society
> advocates working at the intersection of Internet governance and
> human rights policy, which as you know is the focus on a new
> initiative in ICANN that we are pushing in collaboration with
> other stakeholders. And both are maestro text drafters in
> multiple CS coalitions, which of course will come in handy on the
> NCSG PC. So I couldn?t be happier that they?ve decided to
> volunteer their energies in support of NCUC and NCSG at this
> important time.
>
> Welcome to you both!
>
> Best
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 10:58 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com
>> <mailto:wjdrake at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> Early in the year, after consultation with members, the NCUC PC
>> appointed Stephanie Perrin and Marilia Maciel to serve as our
>> representatives on the NCSG PC. As you will know, both of these
>> successful reps have recently been elected to the GNSO Council,
>> so we will need to replace them. This message is to solicit
>> expressions of interest in filling these roles. It is hoped that
>> we can make a final selection and have new people in place by the
>> Annual Meeting in Los Angeles; the NCSG PC meets on Sunday 12
>> October.
>>
>> These are two of the very most important positions we have in
>> NCUC. According to the NCSG charter,
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> /
>> /
>> /2.5 The Policy Committee
>> /
>> /
>> /
>> /The NCSG Policy Committee is responsible for:
>>
>> /
>> /? Discussion and development of substantive policies and
>> statements issued in the name of the NCSG. This activity will
>> require coordination with the membership and the Constituencies;
>>
>> /
>> /? Organize policy initiatives on behalf of NCSG membership,
>> including PDP initiatives from the membership;
>>
>> /
>> /? Provide policy research and guidance to NCSG representatives
>> on the GNSO Council;
>>
>> /
>> /? Keep membership informed of GNSO Council activities;
>>
>> /
>> /? Organize, appoint where appropriate, and track NCSG
>> participation in GNSO and other pertinent Working Groups.
>>
>> /
>> /? Organization and oversight of NCSG participation in any GNSO
>> Council- related tasks, whether mandated by Bylaws, Council
>> Procedures or Council decisions.
>>
>> /
>> /? Document methods and procedures used for decision-making.
>> Such documentation is subject to review by the NCSG-EC.
>>
>> 2.5.1. NCSG-PC Composition.
>>
>> The NCSG?PC shall be comprised of two representatives from each
>> Recognized Constituency and one observer from each Candidate
>> Constituency. The NCSG Representatives on the GNSO Council shall
>> also serve as full members of the NCSG- PC. The NCSG Chair will
>> participate as an ex-officio member of the NCSG-PC and will be
>> included in determining consensus process and votes. Past GNSO
>> Council Representatives may be included as observers in the
>> NCSG-PC. The membership of the NCSG-PC may invite others to
>> participate as observers.
>>
>> 2.5.2. NCSG-PC Decision making
>>
>> /
>> /? By default NCSG-PC decisions are made by rough consensus of
>> full NCSG-PC members. Rough consensus means that while all
>> members do not need to agree and that no single member can veto
>> a decision, all views must be heard and considered. Any minority
>> views must be recorded along with the rough consensus position.
>> <page15image17520.png> <page15image17680.png> <page15image17840.png>
>> 2.5.3. NCSG-PC Leadership
>>
>> /
>> /? A Chair will be elected or replaced from among the members of
>> the NCSG-PC by a 2/3 vote of the NCSG-PC membership on a yearly
>> basis.
>>
>> ?? The NCSG Chair may not serve in this role.
>>
>> /
>> /? One or more Vice-Chairs may be chosen by the NCSG-PC on a
>> yearly basis. 2.5.4. NCSG-PC Work Process
>>
>> /
>> /? As much as possible, all work will be done using Internet
>> tools, including, inter alia,
>>
>> /
>> /? ?? email;
>>
>> /
>> /? ?? wiki usage (Note: such a wiki will be publicly viewable
>> though editing may be restricted to members of the NCSG-PC);
>>
>> /
>> /? ?? online document collaboration tools as well as available
>> network cloud based tools.
>>
>> /
>>
>> /? When necessary, teleconferences will be scheduled.
>> A scheduling tool will be used to attempt to find a
>> time when all members can attend. Unless all
>> members can attend the teleconference, any decisions
>> made at a teleconference will be provisional until
>> full consensus is determined./
>>
>> /
>> /
>>
>> /? When possible, as enabled for example by an ICANN
>> meeting, a face-to-face meeting of the NCSG-PC will
>> be held. As with teleconferences, if all
>> members cannot attend, any decisions made will need
>> to be verified before being considered final./
>>
>> /
>> 2.5.5. NCSG-PC Mailing List
>>
>> /
>> /? All NCSG-PC full members and observers will be subscribed to
>> the NCSG-PC mailing list.
>>
>> /
>> /? The NCSG-PC list will maintain an open archive.
>>
>> /
>> /? For non-subscribers the list will be moderated. Comments from
>> NCSG members relevant to ongoing discussions will be forwarded to
>> the NCSG-PC list by the list moderator.
>>
>> 2.5.6. NCSG-PC Observers
>>
>> /
>> /? Any observer to the NCSG-PC will have full participation
>> rights except will not be counted in any consensus process or vote.
>> <page16image17216.png> <page16image17376.png>
>> <page16image17536.png> <page16image17696.png>
>> /
>> /? One elected or appointed representative from each Candidate
>> Constituency will be given observer status.
>>
>> /
>> /? Past NCSG Representatives to the GNSO Council may be permitted
>> observer status at discretion of NCSG-PC full members.
>>
>> /
>> /? The NCSG-PC may invite other policy experts to participate as
>> observers./
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Basic info on the current PC?s composition is at
>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Committees-Current
>>
>> The public archive for the PC?s discussions is at
>> http://mailman.ipjustice.org/listinfo/pc-ncsg. Perusing this
>> would give one a clearer idea of the actual workload and
>> responsibilities.
>>
>> It is really really important that we put people into these slots
>> who are fully in tune with the views and traditions of NCUC and
>> NCSG; well appraised (or able to become so) of the substantive
>> issues being discussed in GNSO and related processes; fully
>> committed to doing the work (including attending monthly NCSG
>> policy calls, collaborative document drafting, timely voting on
>> proposed outputs, and the like); and able to work well with their
>> colleagues on the PC and to coordinate with the NCUC EC and wider
>> membership as necessary. In short, we need top notch, fully
>> committed candidates.
>>
>> We welcome nominations and self-nominations to fill these two
>> slots. Nominees who wish to be considered should send a few
>> paragraphs to the members? list outlining their interests and
>> engagement in constituency/stakeholder group work, their
>> qualifications for and ability to perform these particular
>> functions, and any other relevant information.
>
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Matthew Shears
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Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
mshears at cdt.org
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