[ALAC] ALAC Officer Nominations

[Fatimata Seye Sylla]

Dear Alan,

I strongly support these nominations.

Fatimata


On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>wrote:

> 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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Fatimata Seye Sylla