I understand Milton perfectly well. It is a voluntary job with a lot of work, which he has done with a lot of dedication -- he deserves a sabbatical :) I am worried about the workload, particularly because of the workload I already have. While I am honored to accept the indication, I would like to suggest that, whoever is elected, we think about having a vice-chair. This could be simple: we indicate more than one candidate, and automatically the second in the ballot will become vice-chair. This would improve our chances to always have effective coordination/moderation at all times, even if the person chosen to be chair has more time available. In addition, it is good to have two minds to regularly share opinions on coordination issues. I need to mention the infrastructural conditions. So far we have counted on the "Milton team" in Syracuse for some administrative tasks, such has keeping an account for donations, small grants and so on. To do this in Brazil would be more complicated, particularly because managing foreign currency here is legally far more difficult (especially for sending money abroad). I wonder if the currently existing account in the USA could be maintained when we have a new chair? In this spirit, I would like to nominate Kathryn as candidate, although I do not know about her time availability conditions. She would be a wonderful chair! :) fraternal rgds --c.a. Iliya Nickelt wrote: >On 7 Sep 2005 at 18:38, Iliya Nickelt wrote: > > >>Let me also add that according to our charter we can not re-elect >>Milton, so it is time to shift the burden on the shoulders of someone >>else. >> >> > >OK, after I actually read our charter again I discovered that this is >not true. You can re-elect any EC member twice in a row ( = three years >total). I fell prey to a clever trick of Milton's as last year he said >that that he could only be re-elected once more. > >However, he has made it very clear that he wants someone else to take >over, and I think Carlos is one of the very few who could do it. > > --iliya > >. > > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carlos Afonso diretor de planejamento Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits Rua Guilhermina Guinle, 272, 6º andar - Botafogo Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil CEP 22270-060 tel +55-21-2527-5494 fax +55-21-2527-5460 [log in to unmask] http://www.rits.org.br ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++