Thanks Avri…, and good luck to you with your EOI for the NomCom chair position.

In light of this, I would like to lend my support to Norbert.

Thanks again.

Amr

On Aug 24, 2012, at 12:12 AM, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Please forgive me for not responding to the draft sooner.  I have been fretting about it.
> 
> First I must tell you all how much I appreciate the support.
> 
> My issue is that I sent in an Expression of Interest for the future chair of the Nomcom role.  I do not have great expectations of getting that role, but am concerned that taking this role may preclude me from that choice.
> 
> I was trying to find out if it would affect anything and balancing that with watching others volunteer.
> 
> At this point, while I have great gratitude, I think it is better if I stand aside on this particular task.
> 
> thanks
> 
> avri
> 
> 
> On 23 Aug 2012, at 20:34, Dan Krimm wrote:
> 
>> While I would support Avri in the position without reservation, she has
>> been doing a great deal of heavy lifting for a long time in numerous
>> capacities, and I am wary of overloading her.  Especially since I'm not
>> aware that she has responded to the "draft" yet...
>> 
>> I would also strongly support Norbert, who also has long-standing
>> involvement in ICANN/NCUC and should be viewed as a reliable, trusted and
>> proven resource for a task such as this.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At 8:31 PM +0700 8/23/12, Norbert Klein wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> having seen the need to find somebody from NCUC for a short term role in
>>> the NomCom - which requires a lot of knowledge of the different sections
>>> of ICANN for which the NomCom has to search, find, evaluate, and finally
>>> appoint people - I thought I might volunteer.
>>> 
>>> From the time when I had served on the NomCom, I remember that it was
>>> quite a steep learning curve that had to be taken - for all there -
>>> before we had worked out a common understanding of the procedures how to
>>> handle the huge task with the instruments we had: motivating outreach,
>>> then the paperwork applying common criteria on the candidates
>>> submissions, accompanied by an ever tighter schedule of teleconferences
>>> in order to arrive at a convincing shortlist of candidates for the final
>>> round of decisions.
>>> 
>>> If my offer should meet the requirements for somebody to jump in midway
>>> and leave again when a full replacement will be available, let me know.
>>> 
>>> Norbert Klein
>>> Open Institute
>>> Cambodia
>>