[Internal-cg] Appointment of Alissa Cooper as chair of ICG

[Milton L Mueller]

Not sure whether I have formally declared this before, but I support Alissa as chair. I still adhere to the decision in London to have two additional co- or vice-chairs, though this is not perceived by me as a major issue. However, if we adopt Patrik's rules regarding consensus calls, distribution of chair authority among multiple people from different groups is probably a good idea. 

--MM

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From: internal-cg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:internal-cg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Patrik Fältström
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 11:17 AM
To: jjs
Cc: ICG Internal
Subject: Re: [Internal-cg] Appointment of Alissa Cooper as chair of ICG

On 25 jul 2014, at 15:32, jjs <jjs at dyalog.net> wrote:

> - In London we appointed one of our colleagues as Interim Chair; as far as I'm aware, this decision has not been rescinded, so there is no need to appoint or confirm an Interim Chair.

If this is really the case, that we all agree Alissa is Chair for us until further notice (according to a process that she "suddenly" is responsible for), then of course my suggested time for objection until Monday 1800 UTC is void.

I was not in London, but I must say I did not see it as clear there was really consensus for her to be interim chair for longer than that meeting. My apologies for the misunderstanding.

I felt, as you understand, there was a need to (re)confirm her being our leader (for now).

   Patrik