My thoughts exactly. Nicolas Please excuse my mobile brevity. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Krimm <[log in to unmask]> Sender: NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:34:59 To: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Dan Krimm <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] NCUC NomCom representative for Toronto meeting 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