I have been watching this discussion and feeling that we are diminished when we become overly rigid. I am agreeing with Glenn that this case calls for flexibility. Evan has made major contributions to this community in the past and continues to present us with challenging positions. We need that. His experience outweighs a few on-line courses, surely. Marita On 7/11/2019 8:19 PM, Glenn McKnight wrote:
I have been staying out of this discussion. As Evan indicated he is one our sponsored NARALO participated to NASIG , GDPR for Citizens and if is inclined to staff for the iCANN meeting. Evan has been a major contributor to the previous ATLAS events, establishment of NARALO, co founder of ISOC Canada etc etc. I think he and other NARALO members ie. Alan Greenberg, John Laprise, Jon Zuck, Eduardo, Judith and humbly myself have a contribution, each in their own way and strengths. Evan has been a major contributor to ATLARGE and policy statements and he will be a key speaker at NASIG on the stimulating discussion on " Is ICANN Relevant" Perhaps Evan didn't do the required courses but his experience should give him give him a 'pass'
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 7:28 PM Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org <mailto:evan@telly.org>> wrote:
No worries. Indeed, your comment makes me smile recalling some early At-Large memories.
The first efforts to hold a Summit started in two places... Sébastien had proposed it early on, and NARALO wanted one from its inception.
I was the first Chair of NARALO and Darlene Thompson was its first Secretariat. I can still vividly recall the 4-way phone call during which Nick Ashton-Hart (Heidi's predecessor) and his boss, Denise Michel, laid down the law and instructed Darlene and me to stop pushing for this summit thing. Absolutely no way in hell it was going to happen, they told us, so we should stop wasting their time.
And yet here we are.
I think I can say with confidence and evidence that I have no problem with ATLAS as a concept.
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