[NA-Discuss] IMPORTANT - NARALO Elections

Garth Bruen at Knujon.com gbruen at knujon.com
Mon Jul 9 13:09:12 UTC 2012


I would strongly support Evan's reelection

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From: "Eduardo Diaz" <eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 12:07 AM
To: <na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] IMPORTANT - NARALO Elections

> I will definitively support Evan's nomination. I believe as well as others
> that Evan's contribution to the ICANN ecosystem has been very valuable and
> still is.
>
> -ed
>
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Gareth Shearman 
> <shearman at victoria.tc.ca>wrote:
>
>> Darlene has already seconded Evan's self nomination, but I can only echo
>> her endorsement of Evan's candidacy.  Ever since NARALO's formal
>> inauguration in Puerto Rico, Evan has never stopped contributing in a 
>> very
>> significant way.
>>
>> Gareth Shearman
>>
>>
>> On 2012-07-08, at 5:04 PM, Thompson, Darlene wrote:
>>
>> > I am now speaking personally and not as Secretariat on this matter:
>> >
>> > I have known Evan ever since we started the NARALO.  He has always been
>> an acute contributor to all conversations; he listens to other's
>> contributions when making decisions and has spent considerable amounts of
>> his own, personal, voluntary time doing massive amounts of work for both
>> the NARALO and the ALAC.  I cannot think of a better person to represent 
>> us
>> on the ALAc.  If he had not put in his SOI, I would have nominated him.
>>  His work has been examplary and I can't think of another person in our
>> region who is willing to commit so much of their personal time to our 
>> cuase.
>> >
>> > Best of luck, Evan!
>> >
>> > (again, I am speaking personally and not as Secretariat)
>> >
>> > D
>> >
>> > Darlene A. Thompson
>> > CAP Administrator
>> > N-CAP/Department of Education
>> > P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
>> > Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
>> > Phone:  (867) 975-5631
>> > Fax:  (867) 975-5610
>> > dthompson at gov.nu.ca
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: evanleibovitch at gmail.com [evanleibovitch at gmail.com] on behalf of
>> Evan Leibovitch [evan at telly.org]
>> > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 7:53 PM
>> > To: Thompson, Darlene
>> > Cc: na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>> > Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] IMPORTANT - NARALO Elections
>> >
>> > Thank you, Darlene.
>> >
>> > I wish to stand for re-election as ALAC representative for the North
>> American Region.
>> >
>> > I have a very visible track record within ICANN, having served for two
>> years as Vice-Chair of ALAC after serving for two years as NARALO's first
>> Chair.
>> >
>> > I believe I have represented the region well, with a combination of
>> optimism and caution (dare I say cynicism) that I believe generally
>> reflects the conflicted view of Internet end-users towards ICANN. I 
>> believe
>> I have played a part in At-Large's growing confidence and respect within
>> ICANN, notably in improving working relationships with the ICANN Board 
>> and
>> Governmental Advisory Committee, as well as the production of clear,
>> thoughtful policy advice on a range of issues. I speak my mind when I
>> encounter wrongs, and attempt to make decisions that are accountable and
>> justified on what is best for the At-Large community. I believe in open 
>> and
>> constructive engagement, having created the NARALO and later the At-Large
>> Skype chat areas as well as creating innovative proposals for At-Large 
>> end
>> user outreach.
>> >
>> > I hope I can again gain the support of the region to continue this 
>> > work,
>> and especially to move forward the conversation on necessary ICANN 
>> reforms
>> being advanced by the Future Challenges Working Group which I co-founded
>> and co-chair. In addition I will continue my ongoing work to further 
>> embed
>> end-user needs and concerns into ICANN's corporate core, and to ensure 
>> that
>> the issues that matter to the North American region are well represented 
>> at
>> ALAC.
>> >
>> > - Evan
>> >
>> >
>> > On 6 July 2012 14:44, Thompson, Darlene <DThompson1 at gov.nu.ca<mailto:
>> DThompson1 at gov.nu.ca>> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Well, its "that time of year" again!
>> >
>> > As per our Rules of Procedures, the Secretariat is to issue a call for
>> SOIs for elected positions on July 1 of each year.  I was going to do 
>> this
>> on Monday's meeting but since there seems to be confusion on that matter, 
>> I
>> won't allow that to cause us further delays.
>> >
>> > We need to elect three positions:  ALAC, Chair and Secretariat.  The
>> current ALAC seat that is now coming up for election is the one that Evan
>> is holding.  Evan has ran for one term and is eligible for a second, if 
>> he
>> chooses to run.  The Chair and Secretariat positions are elected on a
>> year-by-year basis.
>> >
>> > Our ROP states that we are to allow a 30 day period to collect
>> Statements of Interest for these positions during the 30 day period after
>> this announcement.  The deadline for accepting SOIs, therefore will be 
>> Aug.
>> 5, 2012.  If you are interested in any of these positions, please send 
>> your
>> SOI to the list to be gathered.  We do not have any specific format for
>> such SOIs - people generally just state what position that they are
>> interested in and what they might bring to the position.  It is in our 
>> ROP
>> that we are to try to choose these positions by concensus but if there is
>> no consensus then a vote is to be called.
>> >
>> > Questions?  Comments?  General discussion?  SOIs?  Bring them on!
>> >
>> > D
>> >
>> > Darlene A. Thompson
>> > CAP Administrator
>> > N-CAP/Department of Education
>> > P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
>> > Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
>> > Phone:  (867) 975-5631<tel:%28867%29%20975-5631>
>> > Fax:  (867) 975-5610<tel:%28867%29%20975-5610>
>> > dthompson at gov.nu.ca<mailto:dthompson at gov.nu.ca>
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>> > Evan Leibovitch
>> > Toronto Canada
>> > Em: evan at telly dot org
>> > Sk: evanleibovitch
>> > Tw: el56
>> >
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