[NCSG-PC] [Ext] Re: PC chair election

Wed Dec 24 05:19:25 EET 2025

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my vision for the Policy Committee so you can make an
informed decision about my candidacy.

As you know, my approach centers on consulting with all members on key
issues, with the NCSG mailing list serving as our primary communication
channel.

My commitments and expectations:

Collaboration and transparency:  Rafik chairs NCSG, and the PC and NCSG
chairs must work together to ensure strong policy contributions. Rafik and
I will  facilitate open decision-making through our mailing lists, where
your input is essential. Active participation builds trust and keeps our
membership informed about our work and decision-making process.

Accountability and engagement: I expect all PC members to weigh in on
different questions and decisions. If you need background on an issue,
please reach out—I'm happy to explain. If you're unable to participate in
key votes, I ask that you let us know why. PC members should also actively
respond to general NCSG programming discussions—when Rafik requests
proposals for sessions or other initiatives, your input is valuable and
needed. In short, if you are a council member or a PC member you need to
pay a lot of attention to this mailing list and weigh in. We make decisions
through the mailing list.

Shared leadership: Every PC member should lead or co-lead at least one
public comment during the next six months. This distributes the workload
and showcases our collective expertise.

Support for members: If I notice reduced activity from any PC or council
member, I'll reach out privately first to see if you need support. Only
after three attempts without response will I involve the relevant
constituency or stakeholder group chair.

Regular reporting I plan to reinstate periodic reporting to members after
ICANN and council meetings—a practice we had years ago. Each PC member
should volunteer to report back at least once annually. If we have enough
volunteers, we could cover different ICANN meetings as well.

Monitoring council meeting: All PC members need to know what is going on on
the council. as much as possible observe those meetings or watch the
recording.

The work ahead requires active participation and leadership from all of us.
I wanted to outline these expectations now so there are no surprises later.

We can also do an onboarding beginning of the year so that we are all on
the same page.

Thank you for considering voting for me.
Best regards,

Farzaneh

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM Daniel Gluck via NCSG-PC <
ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:

> Hello NCSG PC,
>
> A vote will be held via eBallot from Today, Tuesday 23 December (you
> should receive ballots by 20 UTC) to Friday, 2 January 23:59 UTC.
>
> A few notes before ballots are sent out:
>
>    - Please add noreplay at eballot.com to your safe senders list if you
>    have not already.
>    - Once you submit a ballot, there is no way to edit or resubmit.
>    - If you cannot access your ballot by tomorrow (24 December) email me (
>    daniel.gluck at icann.org) and I will work on getting you your ballot
>    over the next few days.
>    - Results to be shared by 5 January.
>
>
>
> Thanks and I hope everyone has a great holiday and New Year!
>
> Dan
>
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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>
> *Reply-To: *Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Monday, December 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
> *To: *Caleb Ogundele <muyiwacaleb at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
> *Subject: *[Ext] Re: [NCSG-PC] PC chair election
>
>
>
> 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
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>
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> 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!).
>
>
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> 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 :)
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>
>
> Best,
>
>
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> 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
>
>
>
>
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> 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.
>
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>
>
>
> 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.
>
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>
> Please let me know your thoughts.
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>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Rafik
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