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

[Carlton Samuels]

Walk good, Chuck. You're a good man and I'm sure you will be missed.

Carlton

On Thu, 10 May 2018, 6:55 pm Chuck, <consult at cgomes.com> 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
> _______________________________________________
> gnso-rds-pdp-wg mailing list
> gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rds-pdp-wg/attachments/20180511/5b3170f2/attachment-0001.html>