[ALAC] ALAC Officer Nominations

[Alan Greenberg]

In the absence of any other nominations to date, and given that 
nominations close tomorrow, I would like to take this opportunity to 
make the following officer nominations.

Chair: Olivier Crepin-Leblond
Vice-Chair: Cheryl Langdon-Orr
Vice-Chair: Evan Leibovitch
Rapporteur: Carlton Samuels

My rationale is as follows:

Chair: It is Cheryl's last year on the ALAC and she has indicated 
that she plans to step down as Chair, but would be happy to stay on 
in an executive position to provide for a smooth transition. For 
Chair, we need someone who has a long track record, good contacts and 
the ability to command the respect of the community and the ALAC. I 
think that Olivier has all of these characteristics. Although 
relatively new to ICANN and At-Large, he has a long history in the 
overall Internet area. Note that although Olivier has not yet been 
appointed to the ALAC, it is expected that he will replace Patrick 
after the Cartagena meeting, and our rules explicitly allow him to be 
nominated in such a situation.

Vice-Chair: As Vice-Chair, Cheryl will be able to work closely with 
the Chair, and due to the relationships that she has established over 
the last three years as ALAC Chair and prior to that, she will be in 
a good position to ease Olivier into similar positions. This is 
particularly important with the emerging and growing SO/AC relationships.

Vice-Chair: Although I have not checked the records in detail, I 
think that Evan has the longest record of involvement with 
ALAC/At-Large other than me, Sebastien and Cheryl. Moreover, he has 
proved to be a tireless worker who has been involved in both 
administrative issues as well as policy issues. Although some other 
names come to mind for this position (and Tijani is one in 
particular), I think that Evan is the right person this year.

Rapporteur: We are finally starting to get some level of control over 
responding to ICANN comment periods and other policy issues in a 
timely manner, and I think it important to continue this. The work 
that Carlton has done, with the support of Dev, has been key to this 
happening, and I think it would be good for him to continue in this 
role for another year.

Nominations do not need to be seconded, but it is an ALAC tradition 
to second them to show support for the nominees. Nominations must be 
accepted via a post to this list no later than December 3rd.

Alan