[NCSG-PC] PC chair election

Tue Dec 23 03:05:06 EET 2025

Hi all,

 We passed the deadline and Farzaneh is the only candidate.
We can run a short vote to follow proper process.

Best,

Rafik

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 06:12 Caleb Ogundele <muyiwacaleb at gmail.com> wrote:

> That settles it @Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>  since we have @farzaneh
> badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> coming forward.
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 5:44 PM farzaneh badii via NCSG-PC <
> ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:
>
>> 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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