[Internal-cg] Co-chair roles document for comment

[Russ Mundy]

I'm very much in favor of Alissa as Chair of the group.  

Considering the discussion last week as well as Joe's fine write-up, it seems that there is (or at least could be) a sizable amount of work.  It seems unfair to ask any one individual to do it all.  Additionally, it also looks like (from the amount of work) that it would be difficult for one person to be Chair _and_ to fully participate as a member of the ICG.  I would not want to functionally loose Alissa's participation as a _member_ of the ICG because she was the only Chair that was committed to doing all of that work.

I still prefer two (or three) people sharing the Chair/Co-Chair/Alternate Chair duties particularly so that each of them (whoever we select) can fully participate as ICG members.

Russ

On Jul 21, 2014, at 12:33 PM, "Drazek, Keith" <kdrazek at verisign.com> wrote:

> One possibility would be to use an arrangement that the Registries Stakeholder Group relies upon....a Chair and "Alternate Chair" who steps in to run meetings when the Chair is unavailable and who helps support the Chair with managing group business. That leaves one person clearly in the leadership/management role and also provides a backup resource without splitting the duties and creating a political challenge. 
> 
> For the record, I also support Alissa as Chair if she's available.
> 
> Thanks, 
> Keith
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: internal-cg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:internal-cg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller
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> I hear both Mary and Daniel, but still support the idea of two or three co-chairs. While I'd be very happy with Alissa as our chair, for reasons of distributing work load and of political balance, I'd like to add another one or two. Either way, this is not a killer issue for me. I just want to get it resolved soon so we can get moving. 
> 
> --MM
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> From: internal-cg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:internal-cg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Karrenberg
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 6:08 AM
> To: Mary Uduma; internal-cg at icann.org
> Subject: Re: [Internal-cg] Co-chair roles document for comment
> 
> On 21.07.14 0:45 , Mary Uduma wrote:
>> ...
>> In my opinion,  I would ask the ICG to rethink on the  issue of 
>> co-chairs.  I think we need only a Chairperson to fast-rack our work.
>> It is always very challenging to row the  boat smoothly when there are 
>> several captains. Moreover, ICG is not a permanent Group.
>> 
>> We should cut down on bureaucracies of selecting three co-chairs with 
>> all the attendant "balancing"  that must be considered in the process.
>> 
>> Looking back at 17-18 July meeting, you will agree with me that it was 
>> smooth, focused and well steered.
>> 
>> I will urge us to select a capable chair who can always call for 
>> volunteer leads on  theme(s) and other adhoc task(s}.
>> ...
> 
> I think Mary has spoken very wise words here. It is a pity that we have been too far down a rat-hole to hear her when she said this during the meeting. Maybe we can take the chance to heed her advice now.
> 
> I, for one, completely agree with her.
> 
> I also believe Alissa did an outstanding job preparing and running the meeting. We should we look further?
> 
> Daniel
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