[bc-gnso] Ethos Award Nomination Period Extended | Closes 17 March 2016

[Chantelle Doerksen <chantelle.doerksen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-02-29-en

 

Nomination Period Extended For ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award 
Targeted for ICANN 56 | Nominations Close 17 March 2016
ICANN is pleased to announce that the nomination period for ICANN's 
Multistakeholder Ethos Award is extended until 17 March 2016. This award 
program, launched in June 2014 in London, seeks to recognize long-standing 
community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANNworking 
groups or committees, and demonstrated collaboration with different Supporting 
Organizationsand/or Advisory Committees.

The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have 
deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, acknowledging the importance of 
ICANN's multistakeholder model of Internet governance, and contributed in a 
substantive way to the higher interests of ICANN's organization and its 
community.

The nomination period for community nominees closes on 17 March 2016.

Community members interested in submitting a nomination are invited to send an 
email to ethosaward2016@xxxxxxxxx including:

·         Name of nominee.

·         Community of nominee.

·         Reasons for nomination.

Please note that the reasons outlining the candidate's merit for the nomination 
may be as brief or as long as required.

Candidates for the award will demonstrate at least five years of participation 
in the ICANN Community.

A panel of community members will review all community nominations and 
determine the best candidate(s) for the award(s). The decisions of the panel 
will be made based on the following criteria:

1.    Demonstrated multistakeholder volunteer service via working groups or 
committees.

2.    Demonstrated spirit of collaboration through engagement with other 
community members with the aim of consensus building.

3.    Demonstrated facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair, 
cordial and collegial manner.

4.    Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time spent 
supporting ICANN's multistakeholder model and its overall effectiveness.

Please submit your nominations via email to ethosaward2016@xxxxxxxxx.

Award recipient(s) will be announced in June 2016 at ICANN56.

For more insights on the award program, please consult the ICANN Community Wiki.

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