Best of luck Avri. Me too I withdraw my previous support to Avri and now hope Norbert accepts to represent us. Best regards, Nuno Garcia On 23 August 2012 23:26, Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > >> >