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

Mon Jan 5 06:23:10 EET 2026

thanks Dan and wishes for a happy new year to all.
Farzaneh passed the threshold of 2/3 and so she is our new PC chair,
congratulations to her!

Rafik

Le lun. 5 janv. 2026 à 13:21, Daniel Gluck via NCSG-PC <
ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> a écrit :

> Hello all and happy new year!
>
> The results for the NCSG PC Chair election are as follows:
> 11 PC Members
>
> 10 Votes
>
>
>
> Farzaneh Badii – 8 Votes
>
> Abstain – 2 Votes
>
>
> Congratulations Farzaneh!
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> *From: *Daniel Gluck <daniel.gluck at icann.org>
> *Date: *Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
> *To: *Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
> *Subject: *Re: [Ext] Re: [NCSG-PC] PC chair election
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *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
>
>
>
> 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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