Dear LGP Members,

I am sorry to hear about the departure of Chris Dillon; it was through speaking to him that got me involved in the LGP and I have only just now found out about so I am sorry to hear that I will be unable to work with him as part of the panel. I'm writing with regards to the message about the LGRs Sarmad sent around yesterday/the day before and the feedback that needs to be given. What form should the feedback or my own feedback take? This may be a slightly naive question but as I am new to the panel any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated and will facilitate my involvement at this early stage.

I also wanted to say something about the search for a new chair; although I am a very new member of the group I would certainly be interested or willing to put myself forward as chair or joint chair. As a native English speaker I would have no issues with issuing communiqués and there would be a chair with a native language which uses the Latin script as suggested by Ahmed. Additionally I am rather flexible and free in terms of time due to my current line of work and my linguistic experience (both in terms of linguistics and language learning) covers a wide range of areas and languages and therfore could be of use. The technical/computer side of things however is the area in which I lack experience, but I am eager to learn and willing to get stuck in so as to ensure the group can succesfully continue with its very important work. A co-chair with more experience in software would therefore be useful if I were to take up the role, or indeed if you all can help me get started in the group and give me guidance on what to do and how to do it then I would be more than happy to put myself forward for the role of some form of chair.

Best wishes

Scott

From: latingp-bounces@icann.org <latingp-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Ahmed Bakhat Masood <ahmedbakhat@pta.gov.pk>
Sent: 08 June 2016 10:29:45
To: Mirjana Tasic
Cc: LatinGP@icann.org
Subject: Re: [Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair
 
Hi Mirjana and all,

I am extremely sorry for delayed response. I understand and support you concern, I am also convinced that some one from Latin Script Native Speaker should lead the group.
However, we need to ball rolling after the departure of Chris and especially Meikal is extremely busy, as communicated by him, I am willing to share your load, until some one becomes willing to join as a chair. Let us plan for conference call to discuss comments of Integration Panel on document submitted by Chris.


Best Regards,

Ahmed Bakht Masood
Deputy Director (ICT/Network),
Pakistan Telecom Authority,
Headquarters F-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone (O): 0092-51-9225361



From:        Mirjana Tasic <Mirjana.Tasic@rnids.rs>
To:        Ahmed Bakhat Masood <ahmedbakhat@pta.gov.pk>, Meikal Mumin <meikal.mumin@uni-koeln.de>
Cc:        "LatinGP@icann.org" <LatinGP@icann.org>
Date:        05/28/2016 10:27 AM
Subject:        RE: [Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair



Dear colleagues,
 
I was very sorry hearing that Chris is leaving us. He was a good chair, we have done a huge job thanks to his effort and commitment.
 
I am very honoured with your proposal to become a chair of our working group but I am not sure that I am the good choice for the new chair.
 
I have to stress your attention to some obstacles I have.
·      My background is  not linguistic ( although I have learned some Latin and Ancient Greek many years ago), most of my professional life was committed to computer networks and information processing.
·      I am not an English native speaker so we shall need someone to review and correct any English text I wrote.  
·      I cannot travel far distances by plain because of my health condition.
·      And the last one for the moment, I shall have some more time to commit to our project later  this year, probably October.
 
I think that the right solution could be to have few co chairs, so they can support each other in different aspects of our work.
 
Regards Mirjana


Od: latingp-bounces@icann.org <latingp-bounces@icann.org> u ime korisnika Ahmed Bakhat Masood <ahmedbakhat@pta.gov.pk>
Poslato: 27. maj 2016. 17:29
Za: Meikal Mumin
Cc: LatinGP@icann.org
Tema: Re: [Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair
 
I agree with Meikal, Chris did wonderful job and it would be unfortunate for the community to lose him, however, we need to move forward.
Mirjana has also done wonderful job, she may be a good choice for the group.

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Meikal Mumin --- [Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair ---
From: "Meikal Mumin" <meikal.mumin@uni-koeln.de>
To: LatinGP@icann.org
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 7:56 pm
Subject: [Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair


Dear colleagues,

it is really sad that Chris had to step down from the position as chair. I'm glad that we had him for so long and I am impressed at the amount of work he saw through together with the group.

I suggest we discuss how to go on from here - What do you all think is the future of LGP? I think we need a chair, who ideally should receive strong secretariat support from ICANN to help organize the re-occurring chores of such a position, such as setting up calendar events, scheduling meetings, setting polls, helping with the infrastructure of shared documents, etc.

Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to dedicate that much time to our group and therefore can not volunteer for such a role. However, I suggest we communicate to see if anyone among is able and ready to take such a position either temporarily, or ideally permanently.

If there is no one for the moment, I assume we should talk about if and how we could operate without, a chair, or if structural changes are needed (multiple/split chairs) or if we should start reaching out to the community again until someone presents her or himself with enough support from the group and the community.

Whatever road we take, I would wish for us to find a way to continue with this project. We have made good progress from my point of view and I believe this is important work.

Best wishes,

Meikal
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