Best of luck Avri. Me too I withdraw my previous support to Avri and now hope Norbert accepts to represent us.<div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Nuno Garcia<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 August 2012 23:26, Amr Elsadr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" target="_blank">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Avri…, and good luck to you with your EOI for the NomCom chair position.<br>
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In light of this, I would like to lend my support to Norbert.<br>
<br>
Thanks again.<br>
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Amr<br>
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On Aug 24, 2012, at 12:12 AM, Avri Doria wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Please forgive me for not responding to the draft sooner. I have been fretting about it.<br>
><br>
> First I must tell you all how much I appreciate the support.<br>
><br>
> My issue is that I sent in an Expression of Interest for the future chair of the Nomcom role. I do not have great expectations of getting that role, but am concerned that taking this role may preclude me from that choice.<br>
><br>
> I was trying to find out if it would affect anything and balancing that with watching others volunteer.<br>
><br>
> At this point, while I have great gratitude, I think it is better if I stand aside on this particular task.<br>
><br>
> thanks<br>
><br>
> avri<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 23 Aug 2012, at 20:34, Dan Krimm wrote:<br>
><br>
>> While I would support Avri in the position without reservation, she has<br>
>> been doing a great deal of heavy lifting for a long time in numerous<br>
>> capacities, and I am wary of overloading her. Especially since I'm not<br>
>> aware that she has responded to the "draft" yet...<br>
>><br>
>> I would also strongly support Norbert, who also has long-standing<br>
>> involvement in ICANN/NCUC and should be viewed as a reliable, trusted and<br>
>> proven resource for a task such as this.<br>
>><br>
>> Dan<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> At 8:31 PM +0700 8/23/12, Norbert Klein wrote:<br>
>>> Hi all,<br>
>>><br>
>>> having seen the need to find somebody from NCUC for a short term role in<br>
>>> the NomCom - which requires a lot of knowledge of the different sections<br>
>>> of ICANN for which the NomCom has to search, find, evaluate, and finally<br>
>>> appoint people - I thought I might volunteer.<br>
>>><br>
>>> From the time when I had served on the NomCom, I remember that it was<br>
>>> quite a steep learning curve that had to be taken - for all there -<br>
>>> before we had worked out a common understanding of the procedures how to<br>
>>> handle the huge task with the instruments we had: motivating outreach,<br>
>>> then the paperwork applying common criteria on the candidates<br>
>>> submissions, accompanied by an ever tighter schedule of teleconferences<br>
>>> in order to arrive at a convincing shortlist of candidates for the final<br>
>>> round of decisions.<br>
>>><br>
>>> If my offer should meet the requirements for somebody to jump in midway<br>
>>> and leave again when a full replacement will be available, let me know.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Norbert Klein<br>
>>> Open Institute<br>
>>> Cambodia<br>
>><br>
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