[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
Director - Global Internet Policy and Human Rights
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
mshears at cdt.org
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