[ALAC] Fwd: Re: [GTLD-WG] Resignation from co-chair and group

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear colleagues,

please be so kind to find my acknowledgement of Avri's resignation from
the new gTLD Working Group.
Kind regards,

Olivier


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [GTLD-WG] Resignation from co-chair and group
Date: 	Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:37:28 +0100
From: 	Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
To: 	Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>, "gtld-wg at atlarge-lists.icann.org"
<gtld-wg at atlarge-lists.icann.org>



Dear Avri,

Thank you for your note of resignation which I must sadly acknowledge.

I am indeed sad to learn that priorities mean you have to go from a
working group which had been credited with a leadership of your calibre.
Often-times with the reality of life, it is indeed a choice that we all
have to make.

The years you have devoted leading this group have been pivotal in the
history of At-Large and a significant part of At-Large's improved output
and recognition is due to your work, your leadership and guidance - and
you should therefore take this to your credit. On a more personal note,
I once told you something paraphrased as "with you Chairing this WG, I
have no worries about At-Large being sharp on the new gTLD process" -
and sharp it was. Thank you for the great Team Work!

I have announced your resignation on the ALAC Monthly call on Tuesday 28
January 2014 and a formal vote of thanks was passed by acclamation for
your extensive contributions to this community. Bravo!

Evan Leibovitch the Working Group's other excellent Co-Chair will assure
continuity. He already has a lot on his plate and I leave it to him and
the WG on whether they wish to select another co-Chair. Nonetheless,
thank you for allowing the smooth transition.

Kudos to you, in the hope you'll never be too far away. My colleagues
and I wish you every success in the future.

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
ALAC Chair



On 28/01/2014 17:16, Avri Doria wrote:
> Dear Folks,
>
> As I start to fall behind on some of my work, including this group and
> a book I am trying to write, I have realized that my freetime is
> overloaded with volunteer work and I need to cut back.
>
> In looking at the things I do, this group was among those that needs a
> lot more bandwidth from me than I am able to give. This is not new
> news, I said the same thing when I sent out a plea for a co-chair last
> year. Well I have a co-chair, but that did not really change anything,
> it just made it more confusing about who had to do stuff and when.
>
> Also, when I looked and saw that this group was mostly composed of
> leaders who have no need of a leader, just of more workers, I decided
> that since I do not have the bandwidth to do the work I should not
> stand in the way of perhaps someone else who can do the work.  And it
> will be one less thing I feel guilty about not having done yet.
>
> I sent a letter to the chair of the ALAC and my co-chair yesterday
> informing them of my decision.  I have not heard back from them, but
> have decided you all should hear it from me.
>
> So I am resigning from the group and as a result also from the
> co-chair of the group.  I wish you all well in completing whatever
> parts of the project you are interested in completing.
>
> Thanks
>
> avri
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