Hi,

Just a clarification:

On 4 Aug 2018, at 03:21, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:

as a possible incoming NCSG Chair 

This is not true.

The NCSG currently has elections underway, within which we are selecting our new Chair, and the deadline has already passed for candidates to express their interest in serving in this position. Rafik was not a candidate, and there is no possibility that he will be the incoming NCSG Chair.

It also bares repeating that he is not a representative of the NCSG in this EPDP.

Thanks,

Ayden


On 4 Aug 2018, at 03:21, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:

I asked for time to consult with my colleagues and have done so.

We have no problem with Rafik being named Vice-Chair of the EPDP
based on the following presumptions/conditions:

1. There is a direct conflict with Rafik acting as the first level
handling of a complaint about a leadership decision (a Liaison
responsibility) and serving in that leadership. If the GNSO Chair
chooses to act in his place in that role (any complaint that stands
would go to the Chair next in any case), or to appoint someone else
who is will be closely following the proceedings (and agrees not to
launch a compliant!), the conflict goes away.

2. Our assumption is that the role of Vice-Chair will be purely to on
occasion act as the Chair of a meeting when Kurt is not available, or
to handle other administrative tasks. In this case, we see no
conflict. If, on the other hand, he and Kurt would take on the role
that other Chairs/Co-Chairs/Vice-Chairs teams have and strategize on
to how to overcome conflicts or impasses within the work team, then
there is a direct conflict as it puts one of the EPDP constituent
groups in a privileged position. Although Rafik is not one of the
formal members of the NCSG contingent on the EPDP, as a possible
incoming NCSG Chair and a key member of the NCSG Policy Committee, he
cannot disassociate himself completely from being involved.

Alan


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