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Dear colleagues, <br>
<br>
With only positive responses and no opposition or abstentions, the
24H consensus call asking our community whether EURALO should
Nominate Stéphane van Gelder for the ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos
Award, has ended in full support.<br>
Please be so kind to find the Nomination for Stéphane van Gelder
which I have just filed with the Multistakeholder Ethos Award
Committee on behalf of EURALO.<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br>
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1. Demonstrated ability to work across community lines with both
familiar and unfamiliar ICANN Stakeholders with the aim of consensus
building and collaboration that substantiate ICANN's
multistakeholder model;
<br>
<br>
<font color="#3366ff"><i>Stéphane was an inspiration for ICANN"s
multi-stakeholder model. From being a commercial, contracted
party in the Registrar and Registry Stakeholder Groups, Stéphane
chaired the GNSO Council in a neutral manner and using great
communication and consensus building skills. He then went on to
spend several years in the leadership team of the ICANN
Nominating Committee, a position that again requires great
communication skills across an even wider range of stakeholders.
Unusually, but to his credit, he was also active as an
individual end user in the work of EURALO - where his aim was to
help the At-Large Community improve the quality of its output.
He was one of the earliest and a key member of the EURALO
Individuals Association.</i></font><br>
<br>
2. Facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair and
collegial manner, through the spirit of collaboration as shown
through empathy and demonstrating a sincere desire to engage with
people from other backgrounds, cultures, and interests;
<br>
<br>
<font color="#3366ff"><i>He Chaired the GNSO Council and he Chaired
the NomCom. It takes great skills and investment to achieve
success in these committees without being accused of all sins. </i><i><br>
</i></font><br>
3. Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time
spent supporting ICANN's multistakeholder model and its overall
effectiveness through volunteer service via working groups or
committees.
<br>
<br>
<font color="#3366ff"><i>At the SO/AC Chairs dinner in San José,
Costa Rica, the then CEO Rod Beckstrom asked each of us how much
we took of our time to devote pro-bono assuming our SO/AC
Chairing duties. Stéphane answered that he spent well in excess
of 20-25 hours per week on GNSO work. Not content of having
spent two years Chairing the GNSO Council, he went on to Chair
the ICANN Nominating Committee. Not only did his involvement in
ICANN last for a long time, it was also intense and an integral
part of his life.</i></font><br>
<br>
Please provide any further information in support of your nomination
for panelists to review during the deliberation process as
appropriate:<br>
<br>
<font color="#3366ff"><i>I am submitting this nomination both on
behalf of EURALO and on my behalf. After calls to nominate
Stéphane echoed in our community, EURALO underwent a 24 hour
consensus call to confirm EURALO consensus for Stéphane's
nomination. With dozens of messages of support and no objection,
I am honoured to be able to submit this nomination.</i><i><br>
</i><i>Should panellists decide that a posthumous Multistakeholder
Ethos award is not possible, EURALO would suggest the creation
of a special award for Stéphane, such is the resolve of our
community to honour him.</i></font><br>
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