[ALAC] ALAC Officer Nominations

[Wolf Ludwig]

I am aware that I have no say in this, Alan, but I strongly support 
your ALAC Officer nominations based on your rationale.

Kind regards,
Wolf


Alan Greenberg wrote Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:27:
>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
>
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