Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] First JAS WG call - follow-up

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 2 May 2010, at 04:13, Sébastien Bachollet wrote:

> Volunteers (and/or nominations) sought for chair(s) or co-chairs for the WG, 
> to be appointed at a future meeting.
>  
> I would like to nominate, to be co-chairs:
> Avri Doria -  (GNSO – NCSG)
> and Evan Leibovitch (from ALAC – At-Large - NARALO).
> All the best
>  


Thanks you for the nomination.  If other people think it is a good idea, I will 
certainly consider it.  I endorse the idea of Evan as one of the co-chairs.

For myself, I am committed to this effort and have been yelling in the wildness 
about it since the days of the new gTLD GNSO effort.  

But in considering me, I ask people to take the following into account.

My one real concern is that having thought on it for a while I may be a bit too 
much of a champion for the cause as well as for specific issues within that 
cause.  And while I consider myself good at putting my concerns aside for 
neutrality's sake, I also know that it is sometimes impossible to really 
completely do so.

Also, I have been lobbying for years that an independent foundation be 
established to take windfall profits from auctions and even from the fees 
themselves (assuming there are some after the round is over) and do fund 
raising from registrars and the like.  While I could stop championing this idea 
if the WG decided that this was not a goal, it would make me sad to do so.

Thanks again, Sébastien for the confidence.

a.