Dear Amr,

congratulations for your new job.  it is pity that you are leaving NCSG
since you were a good and active councillor, familiar with all the details
of operating procedures, process, ongoing policy discussion and more,
sometimes looking like PDP fanatic ;)
I am really happy with the work you did with NCSG for many years since I
encouraged you to join us in first place in 2011. I was looking forward to
working with you for this year in council but seems you will have to
cooperate with us from a different position.

good luck with your new adventure in ICANN.

Best,

Rafik




2017-02-10 20:55 GMT+09:00 Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear NCSG Friends and Colleagues,
>
> I am sending this email to formally inform you all of my decision to
> resign from representing the NCSG on the GNSO Council, as I have accepted
> an employment offer from ICANN. I applied for an open position for Policy
> Manager that was posted on icann.jobs shortly following ICANN 57 in
> Hyderabad. I was notified that I was selected for the open position on 20
> January, and was formally offered the position of Policy Manager earlier
> this week. I will be joining the GNSO policy support team, which many of
> you, having worked closely with policy staff on the GNSO Council and
> various GNSO working groups and committees, are familiar with.
>
> It has been a genuine pleasure and immense privilege working with you all
> over the past years in furthering non-commercial interests within the gTLD
> policy space. I’ve learnt a great deal since first joining the NCSG, have
> made amazing friends here, and have generally really enjoyed working with
> you all. There are a number of you (you know who you are) who have gone to
> considerable lengths to mentor me when I first engaged in the GNSO’s policy
> development work, and for that, you will have my eternal gratitude.
>
> Currently, I am representing the NCSG on the GNSO Council, and as per the
> NCSG’s charter regarding elected Councillors, am also a member of the
> NCSG’s Policy Committee. I’m confident that the NCSG Executive Committee
> will capably replace me, and ensure that non-commercial representation on
> the GNSO Council is not compromised in any way.
>
> Effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve the NCSG in the
> capacity of a Council representative, and will work with the NCSG and NCUC
> executive committees to terminate my membership in both groups. Having said
> that, I look forward to continuing to work with you all, and the broader
> GNSO and ICANN community in my new capacity. I will, as always, be
> available to be of any assistance I can be. I’ve grown to hold the policy
> support team’s professionalism and integrity in very high esteem over the
> years, and am proud to now join them. I’m very excited about continuing to
> contribute to the GNSO’s mission alongside them and all of you.
>
> My heartfelt thanks to you all.
>
> Amr