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

[Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with Alan.

Sébastien Bachollet
sebastien@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-soac-
> newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx] De la part de Alan Greenberg
> Envoyé : dimanche 2 mai 2010 21:34
> À : soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx
> Objet : Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] First JAS WG call - follow-up
> 
> 
> At 02/05/2010 12:13 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
> 
> 
> >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.
> 
> Avri, as one of the other voices in the
> wilderness, I support the nomination. This is not
> a traditional working group where there are
> different "sides", it is a WG looking for any and
> all methodologies to address the problem. In this
> case, I strongly support a chair (or co-chair)
> who is passionate about the cause.
> 
> Alan
>