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

Mon May 14 02:19:12 UTC 2018

Greg thanks for sharing that.

On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 4:32 PM Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chuck,
>
> Thank you for your leadership of this Working Group and so many others
> over the years.  It is truly the end of an era.  You were the Chair of the
> first Working Group I ever joined, and you still stand as the very model of
> a Working Group chair.  You have inspired so many to give time, thought and
> effort to ICANN -- and the Internet -- far beyond whatever duty (if any)
> brought them here.  You have shown others how to rise above their
> particular sector, group, employer, constituency, interest ("special" or
> otherwise), organization, movement, passion, etc. and consider the greater
> good.
>
> We couldn't have asked for a better or more experienced chair than you,
> Chuck.  While it may be an imperfect conclusion to your time with this
> Working Group, this I believe: If you couldn't guide this Working Group to
> success, then we know that it couldn't be done, at least not as it was.  I
> hope we'll all step back and consider how we can do this just a bit
> differently when we do it again, under whatever guise it re-emerges.
> Chuck, I hope that you will share with us whatever insight you have that
> grows from the perspective offered by time and distance.
>
> More importantly, I hope that you and your wife and your RV have great
> adventures far beyond the windowless conference rooms and Adobe Connect
> rooms of ICANN.  You have fully earned and richly deserve the chance to
> chart your own course and cease worrying over the uncertain journeys of
> multistakeholder legions traversing the policy development process.
>
> I hope this is not the last we see and hear from you.  Of course, there
> will come a time when you truly take your leave; after that, there will
> come new conscripts who knoweth not Chuck Gomes.  But they will learn what
> we all know.  That there was once a time when The Mighty Chulk roamed the
> (virtual) land of ICANN, appearing thrice a year in a different corner of
> the world to guide us as we seek consensus and and bring the future to the
> present, and beamed weekly (or more often) into our computers, phones, and
> tablets by the very miracle that we shepherd.  They will know that a man
> named Chuck Gomes gave of himself and showed us the way, helping to define
> what it means to be an ICANN "multi-stakeholder."  Let us each keep a
> little bit of Chuck in ourselves, and use it when we lose sight of the
> bigger purpose of all that we try to do here, when we lose sight of the
> necessity and nobility of building consensus.  Consensus is elusive when
> participants seek to "win"; I cannot think of a time when Chuck ever tried
> to "win" "his point."  And that's exactly what makes Chuck a winner.
>
> Thank you, Chuck.  Good luck and Godspeed.  Think of us from time to time,
> and let us know what life is like on the outside, and on the inside of that
> RV.
>
> You will be missed.
>
> Greg
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 12:19 PM, jonathan m <
> jonathan.matkowsky at riskiq.net> wrote:
>
>> +1 Best of luck, Chuck, and hope to see you around.
>>
>> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 2:37 AM sivasubramanian muthusamy <
>> 6.internet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Chuck,
>>>
>>>
>>> Congratulations on all the work that you have done for this other
>>> Working Groups and for the DNS in general over the last twenty years and
>>> good Wishes for you to have more time with your family.  I hope that your
>>> involvement with ICANN Policy continues, though in a manner that is no so
>>> stressful as it might have been in the past.
>>>
>>> Sivasubramanian M
>>>
>>> Sivasubramanian M <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>
>>> twitter.com/shivaindia
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Austin, Donna via gnso-rds-pdp-wg <
>>> gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well said Heather.
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy your family and many new adventures Chuck.
>>>>
>>>> My best ICANN moment will always be having the honor to present you
>>>> with the Multistakeholder Ethos Award.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>>
>>>> Donna
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On May 11, 2018, at 6:12 PM, Heather Forrest <haforrestesq at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Chuck,
>>>>
>>>> On behalf of Council leadership let me express our sincere thanks for
>>>> sharing your time, energy, expertise and leadership in the RDS PDP. Here we
>>>> enter uncharted waters - not least in the sense that you've been a strong
>>>> guiding presence in the GNSO for so long, it's quite impossible to imagine
>>>> a GNSO without Chuck Gomes!
>>>>
>>>> We wish you happy travels (and hope you'll get bored quickly of
>>>> beautiful, peaceful days in the RV and return to the madness).
>>>>
>>>> With heartfelt gratitude,
>>>>
>>>> Heather
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 9:55 AM, 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
>>>>>
>>>>
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