[NCSG-PC] NCSG Nominees to PIR Advisory Council Members

[Johan Helsingius]

Thanks for the clarification, Bruna!

	Julf

On 09/08/2022 14:39, Bruna Martins dos Santos wrote:
> Hello, all,
> 
> While I dont have any objections, I am honestly a bit surprised that the 
> call was already issued to the general list without a proper reply from 
> any PC members or coordination with me.
> 
> About the slot, Julf, I trust I have explained this on the mailing list 
> a few times now but this slot was occupied by Stephanie until 
> recently (2021 if i'm not mistaken) and I have reached out to PIR a few 
> times now and their answer is that they reviewed the process for AC 
> nominations. This means that from 2020, I believe, there's no longer the 
> chance of nominating someone or secured slots at the PIR AC and if NCSG 
> needed to have a member there we should then apply through their calls 
> for applications.
> 
> One thing I'd warn about this call is the procedure we are going to 
> follow, normally we would have the NCSG Chair as the rep at the AC, 
> given that this person applied for the call. When I was elected chair 
> back in 2019 i reached out to PIR for the first time and I was informed 
> that I needed to wait for Stephanies term at the AC to end, then I 
> insisted with the change of nomination given our internal rules and 
> received this reply about the call and end of nominations.
> 
> Best,
> B
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 2:18 PM Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com 
> <mailto:julf at julf.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Fair enough! Just wanted to be sure there was no deliberate policy
>     reason.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>              Julf
> 
> 
>     On 09/08/2022 14:16, Tomslin Samme-Nlar wrote:
>      > Hi Johan,
>      >
>      > I won't speak for Bruna but on my part, it was an oversight (and
>     COVID -
>      > while I still can blame it 🙂)
>      >
>      > Warmly,
>      > Tomslin
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 at 22:06, Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com
>     <mailto:julf at julf.com>
>      > <mailto:julf at julf.com <mailto:julf at julf.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Tomslin,
>      >
>      >     Thanks for taking the lead on this! I don't have any
>     objections, but I
>      >     am curious about the reasons NCSG didn't nominate anyone for
>     the past
>      >     2 years.
>      >
>      >              Julf
>      >
>      >     On 09/08/2022 13:46, Tomslin Samme-Nlar wrote:
>      >      > Hi PC,
>      >      >
>      >      > The Public Interest Registry (PIR) has opened a call for
>      >     applications to
>      >      > its Advisory Council on 23rd July and ending on 30th
>     September .
>      >     Despite
>      >      > not having done so in the last 2 years, in the past, the NCSG
>      >     nominated
>      >      > candidates to represent NCSG in PIR's Advisory Council. We
>     also
>      >      > discussed and agreed in our January policy meeting that we
>     should
>      >     resume
>      >      > nominating applicants to the advisory council.
>      >      >
>      >      > In that regard, I will be sending a call for nominations
>     shortly
>      >     to the
>      >      > NCSG membership mailing list. I am also attaching the
>     procedure
>      >     that was
>      >      > used for selecting nominees 3 years ago for your
>     information. It
>      >     looks
>      >      > like a well considered proposal, I couldn't find any flaws
>     in it
>      >     but I
>      >      > understand this was not formally adopted then. However, due to
>      >     the short
>      >      > time we have to select and send names to PIR, I propose we use
>      >     the same
>      >      > as is.
>      >      >
>      >      > Let me know if you disagree.
>      >      >
>      >      > Warmly,
>      >      > Tomslin
>      >      >
>      >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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