[NCSG-PC] PC chair election

[farzaneh badii]

Hi. I would like to run for the PC chair.

Farzaneh


On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC <
ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:

> Thanks Michaela,
> I understand we are close to holidays season but we are also pretty late
> regarding the election. We really need to have someone to take over asap.
> Tomslin helped for some time after the end of his  term and there is some
> vacancy now. I can support partly but I am not really  supposed to lead PC
> by the charter.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 21:05 Michaela Nakayama Shapiro <
> michaela.shapiro at article19.org> wrote:
>
>> INTERNAL
>>
>> Hi Rafik,
>>
>> While I completely agree that we need a new chair as soon as possible, I
>> wonder if we’ll have better luck with finding a strong slate of candidates
>> if we keep the call open until the first week of January, with the vote
>> shortly after?
>>
>> This is based on many folks in Europe (or I can speak for myself, the
>> ARTICLE 19 team) already being off for the holidays and not back into the
>> 2nd or even the 5th of January. Additionally, with competing deadlines at
>> the end of the year for our day jobs, it’s possible people may not be as
>> attentive to ICANN mailing lists (though again, this may be just me!).
>>
>> If others agree with the proposed timeline I’m of course all in! Sharing
>> a few additional considerations but very aware these are based on my
>> situation and may not be applicable more broadly :)
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Michaela
>>
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>> *From:* NCSG-PC <ncsg-pc-bounces at lists.ncsg.is> on behalf of Rafik
>> Dammak via NCSG-PC <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2025 10:28:29 AM
>> *To:* ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
>> *Subject:* Re: [NCSG-PC] PC chair election
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Not seeing any objection , I think we can start the process and get first
>> the candidates who want to volunteer till Friday as deadline
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 08:06 Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> As I just shared, a first action for the new PC is to elect a PC chair to
>> replace Tomslin.
>> I cannot find a written operating procedure  for the election but the
>> previous practice was to ask for candidates and have a vote by all members
>> of PC for a short period.
>>
>>
>> I propose we run this for one week to end by the time of winter holidays.
>> Starting the call for candidates on Wednesday 17th to Friday 19th December
>> then, starting vote from Monday to Wednesday 24th December. I know Andrea
>> and ICANN will be off starting from next week.
>>
>> It will be great to get this done and get the new PC chair to start
>> managing public comments and coordination asap.
>>
>> Please let me know your thoughts.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
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