Hi everyone,
My apologies for this delayed response. I just returned from travels in
parts of the world where, as Norbert often reminds us, internet access is a
luxury not readily available to the lone individual. I’m proud to be
part of a group of individuals who want that to change: the NCSG.
Thanks to Rafik for doing such a great job running this election.
It’s not an easy job and, frankly, is a rather thankless one. Rafik
was always there when I had a question about the process, and I had many,
with prompt responses that proved to be accurate. I was pleasantly surprised
that one man could do such a good job. Thanks again Rafik.
To those who voted for me: thank you. It’s both humbling and
shocking to have your name placed on a ballot and see people actually vote
for you. I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to that. I’ll do
my best to honor your confidence in me by doing the best job I possibly can.
I’ll never be as smart as Wendy (face it, none of us are :) ), as
talented as Joy or as charming and effective as Maria, just to name a few of
those who have preceded me in this position, but I can promise you that no
one will outwork me. That’s one variable I can control.
I am so excited to be able to work with my fellow
“newbies”: Stephanie and Marilia. Congratulations to both of
you! Thanks to Sam for waging such a positive and thoughtful campaign:
I’ll need your help and input going forward; we all do.
To our incumbent Counselors – David, Avri and Amr –
it’s an honour to be joining you on Council. I’m certainly going
to need your guidance as I try to sort out how things on Council actually
work. My informational needs are nothing new for Avri: I’ve been
bugging her with questions since we met in the basement of a cafeteria in a
converted monastery in Germany several years ago. She’s always been
willing to provide answers, no matter how dumb my questions were, to her
great credit.
We have a lot of work to do, both within our PC and within the Council.
We need more people to be involved, that needs to be a priority. Nuno is
absolutely correct: we need to close the distance between the GNSO and the
community. Amr has suggested that folks can join a WG to get more involved.
He’s right. Another way would be for folks to help out in writing
public comments. That’s something I’ve been doing and I’m
happy to help out anyone who wants to give it a try. Hopefully we’ll
heed Stephanie’s call and get things a bit more organized on the PC so
we can help people engage in both activities.
Thanks again everyone. Time to get to work.
Ed