<HTML><BODY><FONT style='white-space:pre-wrap;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin: 1em 0;'>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.<br>Mirjana has also done wonderful job, she may be a good choice for the group.<br><br>Sent from IBM Lotus Traveler</FONT><br><br><div class="domino-section"><div class="domino-section-head"><span class="domino-section-title"><font color="#424282">Meikal Mumin --- [Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair --- </font></span></div><div class="domino-section-body"><br><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td width="1%" style="width: 96px;"><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">From:</font></td><td width="100%" style="width: auto;"><font size="2">"Meikal Mumin" <meikal.mumin@uni-koeln.de></font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="1%" style="width: 96px;"><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">To:</font></td><td width="100%" style="width: auto;"><font size="2">LatinGP@icann.org</font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="1%" style="width: 96px;"><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Date:</font></td><td width="100%" style="width: auto;"><font size="2">Fri, 27 May 2016 7:56 pm</font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="1%" style="width: 96px;"><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Subject:</font></td><td width="100%" style="width: auto;"><font size="2">[Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair</font></td></tr></table><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091A5; "><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I suggest we discuss how to go on from here - What do you all think is the future of <span>LGP</span>? I think we need a chair, who ideally should receive strong secretariat support from <span>ICANN</span> 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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div><span>Meikal</span></div></div>
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