[ALAC] ALAC Officer Nominations

[Alan Greenberg]

Thanks Wolf.

Alan

At 25/11/2010 07:34 PM, Wolf Ludwig wrote:
>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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