Dear all, The message below is forwarded on behalf of the ALAC Chair Olivier Crépin-Leblond. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com<mailto:ocl@gih.com>> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 1:06 PM To: "alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>" <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>>, alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>>, "ocl >> Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl@gih.com<mailto:ocl@gih.com>> Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: Call for Nominations for ALAC Chair Dear all, as At-Large Staff are launching the process of the ALAC Selecting its Chair and its Leadership Team, I have come to a crossroads: either I emit my interest for the Chair position for possibly another two years, or I do what Cheryl Langdon Orr, former ALAC Chair, has done so well, which is to nominate someone as a successor and remain involved as a Vice Chair (if nominated when the time comes), making sure At-Large continues to grow in every sense of the word. I would therefore like to respectfully nominate Alan Greenberg for ALAC Chair because in our community, Alan is the most knowledgeable person I know, who is an expert about ICANN, its history and its processes as well as the policy development taking place in the GNSO. Alan is also an expert in ICANN's accountability processes since he was Vice Chair of the ATRT2. Through his many years of work at ICANN, in so many working groups, Alan is very well known and respected throughout the ICANN Community so he will have no problem continuing to use all of the channels necessary for the ALAC to continue its growth, both in size, in involvement and in influence. Most important of all, Alan has the ability to devote more time to ALAC matters than anyone else in our community - and he has demonstrated this commitment on many occasions in the past. He is well known in our community to be exceptionally hard working and committed to the At-Large cause - and in his position as ALAC Liaison to the GNSO he has demonstrated his ability to act as the voice of At-Large on many challenging issues. I have no reservations in nominating him. Kind regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond On 20/08/2014 19:01, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote: Dear All, The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Rules of Procedure (RoP - http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-2013-04) call for the ALAC Chair to be elected for one year, but subject to certain conditions, may automatically renewed for one additional year. As Olivier Crépin-Leblond was elected to serve as Chair for 2012-13, and was automatically renewed for 2013-14, this year there must be a new election. Nominations are now open for individuals to serve as the Chair of the ALAC. Nominations may be made by any ALAC Member. Nominees need not be an ALAC Member at the time of the nominations, but must have an expectation of being an ALAC Member after the completion of the upcoming Los Angeles ICANN Meeting. Nominations will close on 03 September 2014 at 23:59 UTC. Nominations need not be seconded, but it is an ALAC tradition that others may second the nomination as a show of agreement with the nomination. Nominations other than self-nominations must be accepted within seven days after the close of nominations. Acceptance should be sent to the alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>. Nominees without access to that list should send their acceptance to staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. According to the ALAC RoP, following the nominations/acceptance period, a Selection Summary will be posted giving the details of the following process. The selection of the four other ALAC Leadership Team members will be initiated once the selection of the Chair is completed. The At-Large ALAC and RALO Elections, Selections and Appointments - 2014 Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+ALAC+and+RALO+Elections...> has additional details and Staff will post all information related to this selection. . Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>