[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Resignation as Chair

[Stephanie Perrin]

I am very happy for you and your wife Chuck, and wish you all the best 
in this second retirement.  I still hope we can lure you back to 
participate on a less strenuous basis once we start up again, as I am 
sure we must.  We need your wise counsel.

Stephanie Perrin


On 2018-05-10 19:55, Chuck wrote:
>
> When I accepted the request to chair the Next Generation RDS to 
> replace WHOIS PDP WG (RDS PDP WG) at the beginning of 2016, I stated 
> that I might not be able to fulfill the role beyond the first phase of 
> the PDP.  At that time, I mistakenly assumed that phase 1 could be 
> completed sometime in 2017.  We are now well into 2018 and we are not 
> even close to reaching the midpoint of phase 1.
>
> When the WG began, I was a full-time employee of Verisign.  As most of 
> you know, my last day as a Verisign employee was 30 June 2017.  At 
> that point, I retired from all my Verisign responsibilities and most 
> of my ICANN activities except two:
>
>  1. Participating as a member of the reconvened Red Cross Society
>     Names Protections PDP WG that I was previously a part of.
>  2. Chairing the RDS WG.
>
> For the past 10 months since I retired, I have enjoyed having a lot 
> more time to do things that I have put off for many years and 
> especially traveling more with my wife in our RV, but the time 
> required to lead the RDS PDP WG still makes a significant dent in my 
> retirement. So, I have decided that this break in our work is a good 
> time for me to resign as WG chair.
>
> As you know, the status of the RDS WG is up in the air now and it may 
> be several weeks before we know more.  If the ICANN Board implements a 
> Temporary Policy to deal with the European GDPR requirements, they 
> will have to initiate a new PDP to address that policy and it would 
> not be feasible to continue the current RDS PDP WG at the same time, 
> which means that our WG would at least have to be postponed until the 
> new PDP is finished. If the Board does not implement a Temporary 
> Policy, the GNSO Council will need to determine whether to reconvene 
> RDS WG activity.  Regarding the latter, with the GNSO Council’s 
> permission, the RDS WG leadership team decided that no WG meetings 
> should be held during ICANN 62 in Panama.
>
> I am willing to assist behind the scenes with any transition that is 
> needed.  If and when the RDS WG resumes its work, I have full 
> confidence that the leadership team that is in place is capable to 
> continue its role without me serving as chair.  It has been a team 
> effort to date and the teamwork will continue.
>
> I thank all of you who spent so much time contributing to the RDS 
> PDP.  I am disappointed that we did not make more progress, but I 
> believe that what has been accomplished has the potential of 
> contributing to RDS efforts going forward.  I also think that a lot 
> can be learned from our experiences that will help improve GNSO policy 
> development procedures and practices.
>
> I have been involved in the ICANN community for too long to completely 
> disappear, but what my involvement will be is not presently clear.
>
> I wish you God’s blessings in everything you do.
>
> Chuck
>
>
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