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 >