George, Thanks for the follow-up email. We did in fact receive response from the candidates, but unfortunately, not of the nature that we were seeking. Two of the candidates (David Stewart and Mark Feldman) removed their names from consideration and John Bellinger¹s preliminary rate is considerably higher than the allocated budget for this work. However, Mr. Bellinger was kind enough to provide another name for consideration that, with Jim Bikoff¹s assistance, staff is currently reaching out to determine his level of interest and ability to assist (taking into account timing and budget concerns as well). His name is Edward Swaine and he is a law professor at George Washington University (http://www.law.gwu.edu/Faculty/profile.aspx?id=10968). While we await response from him, it would be useful if WG members could review his CV and other background information to ensure that there is support for pursuing this candidate. Apologies for not providing an update earlier and I regret that the news is not more positive at this juncture. Best, Steve On 9/23/15, 11:10 AM, "George Kirikos" <icann@leap.com> wrote:
Just following up on the earlier email from Steve to see whether the candidates responded by September 18th, as it's now the 23rd and I don't think their responses were sent to this working group's mailing list.
Sincerely,
George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> wrote:
Dear WG Members,
The purpose of this message is to inform you all that pursuant to the agreed upon actions on Wednesday¹s WG call, staff has worked with the co-chairs to prepare a brief follow-up message to the three final candidates (I.e., John Bellinger, David Stewart, and Mark Feldman), which was just sent a short while ago. The message seeks response by COB Friday, 18 September 2015 or earlier, after which responses will be shared with WG members to help reach agreement on a candidate. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Have a great weekend.
Best,
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