Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] JAS Co-chairs to step down

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rafik

I'd be happy to second your nomination

Regards

Michele


On 16 Dec 2010, at 05:44, Rafik Dammak wrote:

> Hi Evan,
> 
> thank you for your email, it is pretty sad that Avri and you step-down after 
> the huge work done for JAS and I understood your reasons and I hope that you 
> continue your involvement on JAS and I am confident about that.
> 
> In other hand, I would like to self-nominate for co-chair position and hope 
> to continue the ongoing work.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Rafik Dammak
> Twitter: @rafik
> Linkedin: http://tn.linkedin.com/in/rafikdammak
> 
> 
> 
> 2010/12/16 Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Hello JAS WG members,
> 
> After some extensive discussions, Avri and I have decided to step down as the 
> co-chairs of the JAS group.  We each have different personal reasons, but 
> both think that the changeover in WG tasks makes this a good time for a 
> change in group coordination.
> 
> Avri's reasons are twofold.  In one respect they center on her failure to 
> come to closure with the GNSO on the charter renewal.  The conversation over 
> the charter became heated during the public GNSO meeting and instead of the 
> decision we had hoped for, the council decided that two of its members would 
> be responsible for negotiating with the JAS WG to determine a new charter.  
> Since the relationship between Avri and one of these negotiators is rather 
> strained at the moment, she feels that someone else would be better equipped 
> to handle this negotiation.  Secondly, she is very interested on focusing on 
> the work of fund raising and looking into methods of dealing with any excess 
> funds from auctions and figures that doing this work and being co-chair would 
> be difficult at best.
> 
> I, on the other hand, have recently been elected by the North Ametican Region 
> to ALAC and then subsequently honoured to be voted by ALAC members as its 
> Vice Chair.  I feel that my new duties would make it hard to give co-chairing 
> JAS the focus it would need. Since Carlos has left the ALAC to join the GNSO 
> Council, I am volunteering to take the spot as the ALAC liaison.
> 
> We both intend to continue working with the WG and will help in the 
> changeover once new co-chairs have been selected by the group.  Avri will 
> chair the next meeting, or meetings if necessary, until such time as new 
> co-chairs are chosen, discussion on the selection of new co-chairs it is the 
> first thing on the agenda.  We suggest that those who are interested in 
> becoming the new chairs, speak up on the list before the meeting if possible.
> 
> We both thank the group members for the opportunity we had to lead this work 
> during its first phase, and look forward to continued working with the JAS 
> group going forward.
> 
> Avri and Evan
> 
> 

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