RE: [atlarge-discuss] Chair

["Cheryl Langdon-Orr" <cheryl@hovtek.com.au>]

I agree, and there are advantages in having a new Chair at this embryonic
stage (with no slight on the work done by any or ALL of the interim Panel)
Therefore a 'Joanna as Chair' agreement by the Elected Panel would certainly
have my (as a mere member) support...

Cheryl Langdon-Orr (Australia)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Love [mailto:james.love@cptech.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 7 August 2002 11:30 AM
> To: Hans Klein
> Cc: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
> Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Chair
>
>
> Hans Klein wrote:
> > ** what does the position of Chair entail?
>
>      In my opinion, one thing the job of chair requires is attention to a
> number of organizational details that must be completed for the
> organization
> to grow up.  This means the ability to work with people in an online
> environment and get decisions clarified and agreed upon by the
> panel.  Part
> of this is a willingness to take the time to do it, and to have
> some sense
> of what the loose ends are.
>
>      Another job is to be a spokesperson for the group, which
> means having
> the sense to stay within the area where there exists significant support,
> and also to be an articulate proponent of the public having the right to
> elect its own representatives in the ICANN process.  If not the
> icannatlarge.com chair, who?
>
>      I think that lots of us can do many of these things, and
> some of us can
> do some but not others.
>
>      A number of persons have nominated Joanna Lane, the former BBC
> employee, who co-authored the "Best Practices for the General Assembly"
> document, and who played a key role in getting the GA to hold the
> rebid vote
> (that resulted in the ICANN board banning such votes) and who really
> organized this election.
>
>       While I think there are many persons on the board who would
> be a good
> chair, I think we would be lucky to have Joanna.
>
>     Jamie
>
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