[lac-discuss-en] REMINDER: Ethos Award Nomination Period Announcement

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-12-10-en
Nomination Period Opens For ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Targeted 
for ICANN 56 | Nominations Close 12 March 2016

ICANN is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination period for ICANN's 
Multistakeholder Ethos Award. 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 opens today, 10 December 2015 and 
closes on12 March 2016.

Community members interested in submitting a nomination are invited to send an 
email 
toethosaward2016@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:ethosaward2016@xxxxxxxxx?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 ICANNCommunity.

A panel of community members is being gathered to help 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<mailto:ethosaward2016@xxxxxxxxx?subject=Multistakeholder%20Ethos%20Award%20Nomination>.

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

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

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