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

Tue Mar 27 21:45:00 UTC 2018

@All:

Please read the attached email received from Paul Díaz, Member of the PIR
Board.

I worked with Stephanie for a couple of years while in the NomCom and can
attest to Stephane's merits.

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.

-ed

---------- 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,

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).

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.

Best, P

*Paul Diaz*

Chairman, Registries Stakeholder Group

Mobile:+1 703.973.1667 <(703)%20973-1667> | Skype: pdiaz at pir.org

*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

All,

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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Please explain how the nominee meets the Award criteria #1?

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.

Please explain how the nominee meets the Award criteria #2?

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?

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.

Please provide any further information in support of your nomination for
panelists to review during the deliberation process as appropriate:

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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