[PC-NCSG] IMPORTANT!! NCSG Policy Committee Chair Elections

Wed Mar 2 21:33:28 EET 2016

Hi,

Thanks to all the candidates for accepting their nominations, and thank you Marilia for the kind words.

There are still a few hours left until the closing of the nomination period should anyone else care to step forward. As of now, the ballot should include Marilia Maciel as a candidate for the NCSG PC Chair, and Matt Shears and David Cake as candidates for the position(s) of NCSG PC Vice Chair.

Thanks again.

Amr

> On Mar 2, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Ed, thank you very much for the nomination and for all your kind words. 
> 
> Dear colleagues, I accept Ed's nomination to serve as PC chair. Special thanks to Matt and to David, who I deeply admire personally and professionally, who have accepted to be nominated as co-chairs. Their acceptance provides me the reassurance that, together, we will be able to keep the PC running smoothly and effectively if these nominations are confirmed. 
> 
> There will be opportunities to thank Amr later in Marrakech, but I would like to thank you in advance Amr, for accepting to serve as PC chair in a time of intense change for you, and for all the hard work and achievements we had this past working year. Thanks so much for your leadership. 
> 
> All the best wishes!
> Mar?lia
> 
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Matthew Shears <mshears at cdt.org> wrote:
> As do I.
> 
> 
> On 3/1/2016 6:00 PM, David Cake wrote:
> I accept the nomination
> 
> 
> David
> 
> On 1 Mar 2016, at 10:47 PM, Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at egyptig.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for those nominations Ed.
> 
> Marilia, Matt and David?, please indicate your acceptance (or lack thereof) before the nomination deadline (Wednesday, March 2nd at UTC 23:59).
> 
> The nomination period is still open, and more nominations/self-nominations are welcome. And again?, if there are any questions or concerns with the election timetable, please raise them.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Amr
> 
> On Feb 29, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Edward Morris <egmorris1 at toast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> It's time to reboot our policy committee and fortunately we have great people who can do it!
> 
> 
> I am very proud to nominate Marillia Maciel as Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee. I'm so excited by this nomination. The PC is something we've had trouble with over the years and Marilia has the perfect skill set to make it both operational and effective. She knows the wide range of issues involved, she knows the personalities and she knows how to manage people and priorities. I hope she will accept this nomination.
> 
> She'll need help from all of us though. I hereby pledge to up my production of public comments and to mentor new members who want to help do the same. I hope other PC members, from both the NPOC and the NCUC, will pitch in and help us up our production of public comments in the coming year.
> 
> In a more formal vein, though, I've noticed on list two PC members who are willing to help in a formal way. Let's give Marilia all the help she can undoubtedly use.
> 
> I wish to nominate both Matthew Shears and David Cake for the position of Vice Chairs of the Policy Committee. David brings the experience that comes with being both the former VC of the GNSO Council and Chair of the NCUC. Matt brings a comparatively fresher perspective to the role but his intelligence, diplomacy and hard work have made him a key member of our PC and community in recent times.
> 
> Marilia, Matt and David - a team that can make our policy committee an effective and key part of the NCSG's advocacy for noncommercial users at ICANN. Let's hope they accept these nominations and we can come to Marrakech and hit the ground running!
> 
> Best,
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> On 29 Feb 2016, at 07:31, Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at egyptig.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> OK?, so Tapani and I have been discussing this, and here is the new election timetable bearing in mind that PC members will be travelling this week:
> 
> Nomination period is open again effective immediately until Wednesday, March 2nd at UTC 23:59. Nominations may be made for both the position of the PC Chair as well as Vice Chair(s).
> 
> You will receive ballots to vote via email on Thursday, March 3rd, and voting will remain open until the NCSG PC meeting on Sunday, March 6th. The PC Chair (and Vice Chair) elections will be the first item on the meeting agenda. We expect all NCSG PC members to be physically present in Marrakech and the PC meeting, so those who have not voted using the ballots sent via email will have the opportunity to do so during the meeting using an online electronic voting system. The voting period will close at the end of the agenda item for discussing it. If you are not planning on attending the PC meeting in person on Sunday, please let us know.
> 
> We will hopefully have the results of the elections within minutes after the end of the voting, so the new PC leadership (team) should be announced and assume his/her/its role at that point. I will work on a draft agenda for the meeting, and will be available to assist in chairing that discussion if the new Chair wishes. I will, of course, also be available to the new leadership to assist with the transition.
> 
> If anyone has any questions or concerns about this timetable, please speak up. I know this is a very busy time for all of us. A lot of moving parts in ICANN world right now, and everyone will be travelling over the next few days, but I am still hoping we can pull this election off.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Amr
> 
> On Feb 26, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
> 
> On Feb 25 14:03, Marilia Maciel (mariliamaciel at gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> Tapani, if we go for the co-chair option can it be any other PC member?
> Yes. From NCSG charter:
> 
> "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."
> 
> While nothing more is said of Vice-Chairs, general principles imply
> that Vice-Chair should have same eligibility requirements as Chair.
> 
> However, if I interpret the Charter correctly, observers are not
> considered members and thus not eligible. (There is some room for
> argument that observers would be members but not "full members",
> but I'd rather avoid relying on such ambiguities.)
> 
> On the other hand it's clear that we could have several
> Vice Chairs, if such a solution would help.
> 
> -- 
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