[council] Closing Date Approaching: Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Presentation Planned for ICANN 53 | Nominations Close 02 March 2015

[Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10 December 2015 ICANN announced the opening of the nomination period for 
ICANN's 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. The nomination period will 
close on 2 March 2015. This award program 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 
organizations and/or advisory committees.

The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have 
deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, recognized 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 02 March 2015.

Community members interested in submitting a nomination are invited to send an 
email toethosaward2015@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:ethosaward2015@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 ICANN community members will review all community nominations and 
determine the best candidates for the 2015 award scheduled to be presented at 
the ICANN 53 Public Meeting. 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 
ethosaward2015@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:ethosaward2015@xxxxxxxxx?subject=Multistakeholder%20Ethos%20Award%20Nomination>.

For more insights on the award program, please consult the ICANN Community Wiki 
athttps://community.icann.org/x/aoIQAw.