[PC-NCSG] [NCUC-EC] Announcing the Appointment of New NCUC Representatives to the NCSG PC

Thu Nov 6 20:44:13 EET 2014

Excellent additions to the PC. Congratulations to both!
Best
Marilia

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:43 PM, joy <joy at apc.org> wrote:

>  Thanks Bill and Rafik, looking forward to it.
> Just also note that I have applied to join NCUC in my personal capacity.
> Cheers
> Joy
>
> On 4/11/2014 3:08 a.m., Matthew Shears wrote:
>
> 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>:
>
>> 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>>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> 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,
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
>> *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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