[Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair

[Ahmed Bakhat Masood]

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 at rnids.rs>
To:     Ahmed Bakhat Masood <ahmedbakhat at pta.gov.pk>, Meikal Mumin 
<meikal.mumin at uni-koeln.de>
Cc:     "LatinGP at icann.org" <LatinGP at 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 at icann.org <latingp-bounces at icann.org> u ime korisnika 
Ahmed Bakhat Masood <ahmedbakhat at pta.gov.pk>
Poslato: 27. maj 2016. 17:29
Za: Meikal Mumin
Cc: LatinGP at 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 at uni-koeln.de>
To:
LatinGP at 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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