[NA-Discuss] Fwd: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] FW: Ethos Award nomination for Stephane Van Gelder

Wed Mar 28 13:43:57 UTC 2018

I support the nomination.    

Gordon Chillcott

On Tue, 2018-03-27 at 17:45 -0400, Eduardo Diaz wrote:
> @All:
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> 
> Please read the attached email received from Paul Díaz, Member of the
> PIR Board.
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> I worked with Stephanie for a couple of years while in the NomCom and
> can attest to Stephane's merits.
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> I am getting ready to send Paul a response that NARALO is supporting
> his suggestion but need to consult with the region first. I will go
> ahead and do this tomorrow if I do not receive any objection(s).
> 
> 
> Thanks.
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> -ed
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Paul Diaz <pdiaz at pir.org>
> Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:43 AM
> Subject: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] FW: Ethos Award nomination for Stephane
> Van Gelder
> To: "so-ac-sg-cleaders at icann.org" <so-ac-sg-cleaders at icann.org>
> 
> 
> Dear colleagues,
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> Please excuse my use of this email alias, but I hope you’ll agree that
> it’s for a good reason. As I’m sure you’ve heard, Stephane Van Gelder
> died over the weekend after being involved in a traffic accident.
> While the CPH (in particular) is still reeling from this news, we want
> to show appreciation for all that Stephane contributed to the ICANN
> community over the years. To that end, we are nominating him for the
> 2018 Multistakeholder Ethos Award (see below). 
> 
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> 
> Several of you have already expressed support for this nomination, and
> I’d like to invite you all to co-sign the nomination form. The
> deadline is tomorrow (28 March), so please don’t delay. Stephane was a
> key contributor to the ICANN community, and a respected colleague.
> Please contact me directly if you would like to support his
> nomination.
> 
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> Best, P
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> 
> Paul Diaz
> 
> Chairman, Registries Stakeholder Group
> 
> Mobile:+1 703.973.1667 | Skype: pdiaz at pir.org
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> From: regycon at googlegroups.com [mailto:regycon at googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Paul Diaz
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 10:31 AM
> To: RySG Mailing List <regycon at googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [REGYCON] Ethos Award nomination for Stephane Van Gelder
> Importance: High
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> All,
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> The CPH ExComs have prepared these responses to nominate Stephane Van
> Gelder for the 2018 Multistakeholder Ethos Award. Please review for
> accuracy and feel free to add any additional text. Nominations are due
> 28 March (Wednesday), so we don’t have much time. Several ExCom
> members have been in contact with colleagues across the community, and
> we expect broad support for this nomination.
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> https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Px6f8Sy33iCNmXAch3b70uFdDhHPBYON8mcSMpgwnLvUFaLU4TYNpEAddlUFoAKdWMOQV6HrPQ=w697
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> Please explain how the nominee meets the Award criteria #1?
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> Stephane Van Gelder became part of the ICANN community in 1999 when he
> co-founded Indom, a French registrar that was later acquired by Group
> NBT in 2010. He subsequently formed an independent consulting firm,
> and also worked at StartingDot before it was acquired by Afilias in
> 2016. During all of those years Stephane served in numerous leadership
> roles, including as GNSO Council Representative for the RrSG and GNSO
> Council Chair (2010-2012), Nominating Committee representative and
> Chair (2015), and RySG Vice Chair of Policy (2015-2018). Throughout,
> Stephane strove to work across constituencies to collaborate and build
> consensus on key issues facing the ICANN community.
> 
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> Please explain how the nominee meets the Award criteria #2?
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> As noted above, Stephane Van Gelder served in leadership roles in the
> RrSG, the RySG, GNSO Council, and the Nominating Committee. These key
> leadership roles required that he rise above partisan politicking and
> seek consensus. In particular, his service on the NomCom required that
> he engage with people from other backgrounds, cultures and interests
> in order to achieve the group’s goals and best serve the ICANN
> community.
> 
> Please explain how the nominee meets the Award criteria #3?
> 
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> Stephane Van Gelder volunteered an enormous amount of time serving the
> ICANN community. Besides all of the time he spent on the GNSO Council,
> Nominating Committee, RrSG and RySG, Stephane also contributed
> countless hours on Policy Development Process WGs and CCWGs. A
> tireless networker, he was always debating with colleagues across the
> community. Stephane also made the time to brief ICANN Fellows on the
> how the ICANN community functions.
> 
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> 
> Please provide any further information in support of your nomination
> for panelists to review during the deliberation process as
> appropriate:
> 
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> Stephane Van Gelder tragically died from injuries suffered during a
> traffic accident on 26 March 2018. While we’ll never know what other
> services he may have provided the ICANN community, Stephane’s lasting
> legacy will be the significant body of work he performed over the
> years. We believe this legacy fully lives up to and deserves the
> recognition of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Ethos Award.
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