I would like making a couple of (last minute?) nominations for POC Observers
(to metamorphose in members, I suppose).
My nominees are Kent Crispin and Dan Busarow. You should all know them by now.
They are both already nominated for a PAB office (respectively Chair and
Deptuty-Chair). Our rules do not prevent PAB "regular" officers to double as
POC Observers.
I believe that under the current situation and given POC and PAB top
priorities for the coming months they are suitable candidates. POC reform,
which is related corrollairies of gTLD-MoU amendment and PAB Charter reform
(if we get one before...) is one of the top priorities. Having Chair and/or
Deputy Chair seating in POC is a "must" (at least in this transition al
period; when the time will come to implement the reform the situation may be
completely different).
The second task "this process" will be in charge of will be the SRS
implementation, evaluation and oversight. Here POC will need the skills of
people that had always believd in shared registries, that fully understand how
this work and that had always advanced technical (and policy) solutions. This
is also a matter for PAB to advise on. And both Kent and Dan meet the profile.
Indeed they are free to accept running for both offices or run for only one.
And PABers will be free to consider whether they want this cumulation of
offices, or to choose who is most suitable for each job. But I encourage both
to accept and PABers to seriously consider them as PAB Observers as well.
Amadeu