This is great news Tapani! It is indeed a lot of work, and it is we who are honoured that you have gone to these lengths and considered so carefully, in order to make such a commitment. Thanks, and please be assured that you will have a team of us to help work through those sleepless nights! Cheers Stephanie On 2015-08-23 12:33, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > Dear Avri, all, > > I am honoured to accept the nomination for NCSG Chair. > > I have been really amazed by the amount of support given to me on in > the list, given how low profile I've kept in NCSG of late. > Thank you all. > > Indeed I can't help feeling a bit overwhelmed by the expectations some > people seem to have placed in me. But I think I know what I'm getting > myself into, and will do my best, should I get elected. > > I must admit I hesitated before deciding to accept: I have been around > long enough to have a fair idea about the large amount of work Chair > has to do, and I have full-time job and I've been doing long hours for > Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi - not to be confused with EFF), too. > > But the timing now is good for me: Effi has just hired a new executive > director, our first paid employee ever, which is easing my workload > there significantly, and I've managed to convince my boss at the > University to let me put enough hours for ICANN in my work plan > (including going to meetings without using vacation time) that I'm > confident I could handle it and still have time to sleep (most nights > anyway). :-) > > -- > Tapani Tarvainen > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 08:18:31AM -0400, Avri Doria ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I would like to nominate Tarpani for the role of NCSG chair. He has >> shown that he understands the administrative and leadership aspects of >> the NCSG and has gained experience serving in several roles. >> >> He has been with the the NCSG for many years now and has done service in >> roles in the NCUC including building some of their network >> infrastructure and is currently a member of the NCSG Executive Committee. >> >> I believe he understands many of the organizational issues the NCSG is >> facing, both at the NCSG level, and in terms of working with >> constituencies and within the ICANN system. >> >> I believe he would be a good Chair for the NCSG and would help in >> maintaining and furthering the improvements we have seen over the last >> years in the NCSG. >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> avri >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >