This is great news Tapani!  It is indeed a lot of work, and it is we who 
are honoured that you have gone to these lengths and considered so 
carefully, in order to make such a commitment.
Thanks, and please be assured that you will have a team of us to help 
work through those sleepless nights!
Cheers Stephanie

On 2015-08-23 12:33, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
> Dear Avri, all,
>
> I am honoured to accept the nomination for NCSG Chair.
>
> I have been really amazed by the amount of support given to me on in
> the list, given how low profile I've kept in NCSG of late.
> Thank you all.
>
> Indeed I can't help feeling a bit overwhelmed by the expectations some
> people seem to have placed in me. But I think I know what I'm getting
> myself into, and will do my best, should I get elected.
>
> I must admit I hesitated before deciding to accept: I have been around
> long enough to have a fair idea about the large amount of work Chair
> has to do, and I have full-time job and I've been doing long hours for
> Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi - not to be confused with EFF), too.
>
> But the timing now is good for me: Effi has just hired a new executive
> director, our first paid employee ever, which is easing my workload
> there significantly, and I've managed to convince my boss at the
> University to let me put enough hours for ICANN in my work plan
> (including going to meetings without using vacation time) that I'm
> confident I could handle it and still have time to sleep (most nights
> anyway). :-)
>
> --
> Tapani Tarvainen
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 08:18:31AM -0400, Avri Doria ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to nominate Tarpani for the role of NCSG chair.  He has
>> shown that he understands the administrative and leadership aspects of
>> the NCSG and has gained experience serving in several roles.
>>
>> He has been with the the NCSG for many years now and has done service in
>> roles in the NCUC including building some of their network
>> infrastructure  and is currently a member of the NCSG Executive Committee.
>>
>> I believe he understands many of the organizational issues the NCSG is
>> facing, both at the NCSG level, and in terms of working with
>> constituencies and within the ICANN system.
>>
>> I believe he would be a good Chair for the NCSG and would help in
>> maintaining and furthering the improvements we have seen over the last
>> years in the NCSG.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> avri
>>
>>
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