Dear Terri - thank you very much for posting this message to the Council list. Dear Council colleagues, Donna Austin and I had the honour of serving as GNSO representatives on the selection committee as part of our roles as Council Vice Chair in 2016 and 2015. This is a valuable initiative to recognise the outstanding contribution of community members to the work that we do. From my personal experience on the selection committee, I would offer the following key advice to those submitting a nomination: please speak DIRECTLY and EXPLICITLY and with RELEVANT SPECIFIC EXAMPLES to EACH of the criteria. The clearer your submission is, the more easily understood it will be by the selection committee. All rather obvious stuff, I realise, but based on the one-liner answers we've seen in past years, it seems prudent to point out. With best wishes, Heather Forrest On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Terri Agnew <terri.agnew@icann.org> wrote:

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-12-11-en

*Nomination Period Opens For ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Targeted for ICANN62 | Nominations Close 19 March 2018 |*

*Submit Nominations Via the Ethos Award Nomination Form <https://goo.gl/forms/vYPfrslntGHpgq493>*

ICANN is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's *Multistakeholder Ethos Award*. Launched in 2014 at ICANN50 in London, the *Multistakeholder Ethos Award* recognizes ICANNparticipants 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 ideal recipient(s) will have served in roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and collaborated with more than one Supporting Organization and/or Advisory Committee in a significant capacity.

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

Candidates will be evaluated by a panel of community members appointed by the Chairs of each Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees using a merit-based point system evaluated against three criteria:

1. Demonstrated ability to work across community lines with both familiar and unfamiliar ICANNStakeholders with the aim of consensus building and collaboration that substantiate ICANN's multistakeholder model; 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; and 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.

Please submit your nominations via this Nomination Form <https://goo.gl/forms/vYPfrslntGHpgq493> including detailed information outlining why the nominee meets the award criteria. Any additional information in support of nominations and/or questions about the award process may be submitted via email at ethosaward2018@icann.org. <ethosaward2018@icann.org>

Award recipient(s) will be announced in June 2018 at ICANN62 Panama City.

For more insights on the award program, please consult the ICANN Community Wiki. <https://community.icann.org/x/YyOAAw>

*Submit Nominations Via the Ethos Award Nomination Form <https://goo.gl/forms/vYPfrslntGHpgq493>*

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