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22 June 2015
CHERYL LANGDON-ORR AND NII QUAYNOR ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF ICANN’S MULTISTAKEHOLDER ETHOS AWARD 2015
The Evaluation Panel for the 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award has selected long-time community members Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Nii Quaynor, as this year’s award recipients.
Cheryl and Nii were selected by the Evaluation Panel in recognition of their different roles as key players in the ICANN community, with diverse backgrounds, geographic and community impacts. The panel decided to recognize two award recipients this year because the panelists felt that both Cheryl and Nii met the award criteria in distinctive ways, and should both be recognized for the examples they set for others.
Cheryl has served in multiple GNSO, ccNSO, At-Large and Cross-Community Working Groups, is the current Associate Chair of the Nominating Committee. She was the Chair of the Nominating Committee in 2014. Cheryl has also served as Chair of At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) for three years from October 2007 to December 2010, and as ALAC liaison to the GNSO and ccNSO Councils.
Nii was recognized by the panel for his historical and current participation within ICANN, being a former member of the Board of Directors from 2000-2003, as a key player in the 2003 Evolution and Reform Process, a member and leader of many Working Groups, and most recently the Strategy Panel on ICANN’s Public Responsibility and the ongoing Global Commission on Internet Governance. Nii was instrumental in establishing AFRINIC and AFNOG and today continues to serve the stakeholders of the African Internet community.
The community selection panel chose Cheryl and Nii from 16 nominees as the two who best demonstrate the spirit of collaboration with other community members with the aim of consensus-building, while proving their dedication to ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model through their active participation in Working Groups and Committees throughout the years. Cheryl and Nii have contributed to ICANN’s community in different ways, not only through one group or Constituency, and are therefore well-known beyond any one constituency or stakeholder group as consensus-driven and committed individuals.
The community evaluation panel for 2015 consisted of: Alan Greenberg (At-Large), Olivier Crépin-Leblond (At-Large), Young-eum Lee (ccNSO), Celia Lerman Friedman (ccNSO), Alice Munyua (GAC), Alejandra Erramuspe (GAC), Volker Greimann (GNSO), David Cake (GNSO), Lyman Chapin (SSAC) and Robert Guerra (SSAC). Nominees and nominators are confidential.
Working over a period of three months, the selection panel evaluated nominations sent in from the community and carefully deliberated each candidate on four criteria:
- Demonstrated multistakeholder volunteer service via working groups or committees.
- Demonstrated spirit of collaboration through engagement with other community members with the aim of consensus building.
- Demonstrated facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair, cordial and collegial manner.
- Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time spent supporting ICANN's multistakeholder model and its overall effectiveness.
The Multistakeholder Ethos Award program was created to recognize those ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions and the importance of ICANN’s multistakeholder model to Internet Governance. Because the multistakeholder model brings together competing or special interests to work towards a joint goal, it usually brings spirited discussions and debates on a range of issues. Because of the presence of so many different opinions and interests within ICANN’s policy-making structure, courtesy and collaboration are key to its success.
