[soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Support for Rafik and Carlton

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I want to personally say that I can support Rafk and Carlton as co-chairs of 
this group. First I think that it is important that a group for Support of New 
gTLD Applicants from developing economies not continue to be chaired by a 
Canadian and an American.  Second I think that they have the energy and talent 
to carry this job through to completion.  

I do need to point something out in order to avoid accusations of hypocrisy 
from some outside of this group.  I have recently made insistent arguments 
within the GNSO concerning a belief I have that people should not both chair a 
group and be on the group's chartering/oversight organization, in this case the 
GNSO Council for Rafik and  ALAC for Carlton.  I have found that, in general, I 
am alone in this belief, so it does not matter that much.  Yet I believe I 
could not endorse Rafik and Carlton without at least mentioning it.  I have 
been told that perhaps the conflict of interest I see can also be dealt with by 
the (co-)chair of a group recusing themselves from votes in the chartering 
body.  It should be noted that this is not mandated in any procedure and is 
completely up to the individual GNSO Council or ALAC member and the chartering 
body they belong to.


Having said that, I reiterate, I think they would make good co-chairs for the 
group.

a.