Thanks for clarifying, Avri.  Chair of Nomcom would be great, wouldn't want
to preclude that.

In that case, so as to be perfectly clear, if we can take Norbert's
volunteering for the temporary Nomcom role as a self-nomination, I second
it.  If not, I hereby nominate him as such.

Dan



At 12:12 AM +0200 8/24/12, 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
>>