Re: [npoc-voice] [npoc-voice] call for nominations candidacy as Chair

[Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick@xxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

I herewith accept the nomination I received from Klaus for the position of 
chair of NPOC.

Kind regards,

Rudi Vansnick


Op 23-apr.-2014, om 13:52 heeft klaus.stoll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx het volgende 
geschreven:

> Dear Marie-laure
> 
> Thank you very much for your email and even more important for your service 
> to NPOC.  Alain was a hard act to follow, but you did it. I WANT TO THANK YOU 
> FOR THAT!!!.
> 
> I would like to nominate and very strongly recommend to the membership Rudi 
> Vansnick as the new Chair of NPOC.
> 
> Rudi is as far as I can see the only person available to NPOC that brings 
> with him the experience, knowledge and commitment required in these time of 
> change and new directions in Internet governance today. I also want to point 
> to Rudis outstanding record in responsible possitions in ISOC, GKPF  and 
> other organization. Rudi is also a person that will put the membership as his 
> main  concern. I honestly think that Rudi is today our best and in a way only 
> choice to follow Marie-laure.
> 
> For your kind consideration
> 
> Yours
> 
> Klaus
> 
> 
> --
> 
> 
> Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 02:43AM -04:00 from mlemineur@xxxxxxxxxxxx:
> 
> Dear community members,
> 
> With regards to the upcoming elections of the Executive Committee that
> have been recently announced on this list, and the corresponding call for
> nominations, I would like to let you know that, after careful
> considerations, I have decided not to run again as candidate to Chair. My
> upcoming professional commitments simply won´t allow me to continue invest
> the amount of time needed to do a good work as Chair. If elected of
> course, I would not want to commit to our members, knowing in advance that
> I won´t be able to deliver. This is a decision that has been hard to take
> because  NPOC has now been part of my life for almost three years and I
> truly believe in its mission. In addition to the fact that being active as
> Chair is very rewarding at a professional and at a personal level,  I am
> now convinced more than ever before, that the role NGOs have to play in
> the GNSO and at ICANN in general, is very relevant, so that we can achieve
> a more balanced representation of interests within the organization and
> that we can flag issues that from our perspectives, are key.
> 
> Our term as an Executive Committee ends 10 July 2014, therefore until then
> the current Excom and myself as Chair, we will continue to work and to
> promote the interests of our members in the ICANN ecosystem. But I would
> like to take this opportunity to encourage any community member interested
> in being a candidate to the position of Chair, or to any other of the
> positions announced, to declare itself. It is a great experience and a
> meaningful cause.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Marie-laure
>