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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.
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<p>I have to stress your attention to some obstacles I have. </p>
<p>· 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.</p>
<p>· I am not an English native speaker so we shall need someone to review and correct any English text I wrote. </p>
<p>· I cannot travel far distances by plain because of my health condition. </p>
<p>· And the last one for the moment, I shall have some more time to commit to our project later this year, probably October.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Regards Mirjana​<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>Od:</b> latingp-bounces@icann.org <latingp-bounces@icann.org> u ime korisnika Ahmed Bakhat Masood <ahmedbakhat@pta.gov.pk><br>
<b>Poslato:</b> 27. maj 2016. 17:29<br>
<b>Za:</b> Meikal Mumin<br>
<b>Cc:</b> LatinGP@icann.org<br>
<b>Tema:</b> Re: [Latingp] Future of LGP and the vacant chair</font>
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<div><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>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
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<div><span>Meikal</span></div>
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