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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">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.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2018-05-10 19:55, Chuck wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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:<o:p></o:p></p>
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lfo1">Participating as a member of the reconvened Red Cross
Society Names Protections PDP WG that I was previously a
part of.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo1">Chairing the RDS WG.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have been involved in the ICANN community
for too long to completely disappear, but what my involvement
will be is not presently clear.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wish you God’s blessings in everything
you do.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chuck<o:p></o:p></p>
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