Thanks Avri…, and good luck to you with your EOI for the NomCom chair position. In light of this, I would like to lend my support to Norbert. Thanks again. Amr On Aug 24, 2012, at 12:12 AM, 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 >>