[Shapiro Cohen LLP] Ho[pe an IPCer uis being nominated there are lots to choose from JScott, Steve etc [Shapiro Cohen - 50 years anniversary] Jonathan Cohen Senior Partner P: 1-613-232-5300 ext.317 jcohen@shapirocohen.com<mailto:jcohen@shapirocohen.com> www.shapirocohen.com<http://www.shapirocohen.com> [cid:image0b05e7.PNG@1db054b1.41b91d7f] Shapiro Cohen LLP | Intellectual Property Law P: 613-232-5300 F: 613-563-9231 P.O. Box 13002, Kanata, ON Canada K2K 0E2 200 - 411 Legget Drive, Ottawa, ON Canada K2K 3C9 This correspondence is intended for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or proprietary in nature. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately and delete this e-mail from your mail box. From time to time, e-mails do not reach their intended recipient. If your e-mail contains time-sensitive instructions and you do not receive a prompt acknowledgement, please follow up by fax or telephone. From: ipc-gnso-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ipc-gnso-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Chantelle Doerksen Sent: March 16, 2016 11:52 AM To: ipc-gnso@icann.org Subject: [IPC-GNSO] REMINDER: Ethos Award Nomination Period Closes Tomorrow | Thursday, 17 March 2016 Dear all, As a reminder, the Ethos Award Nomination Period closes tomorrow; Thursday, 17 March. The purpose of the award is to recognize community members who have served in multiple leadership roles within ICANN. Anyone is able to nominate a community member. Please see below. Kind regards, Chantelle ________________________________ 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 ICANN working 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@icann.org<mailto:ethosaward2016@icann.org?subject=Multistakeholder%20Ethos%20Award%20Nomination> 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@icann.org<mailto:ethosaward2016@icann.org?subject=Multistakeholder%20Ethos%20Award%20Nomination>. Award recipient(s) will be announced in June 2016 at ICANN56. For more insights on the award program, please consult the ICANN Community Wiki<https://community.icann.org/x/qCDxAg>.