<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks Avri for sharing that insight.<br>Remmy Nweke </div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:avri@ACM.ORG">Avri Doria</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">29/10/2015 19:05</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Call for volunteers: New SCI representative &alternate</span><br><br></div>Hi,<br><br>As a past council member of 7 years and having sat in the SCI seat since<br>the SCI was created, I think that is it important for the participants<br>to have some degree of understanding of how the council and the working<br>groups function, as the rules that are being tweaked are by and large<br>the rules and practices the council and working groups run with.<br><br>I am very much a fan of getting new people involved in tasks as soon as<br>possible and do try to move out of the way whenever possible to make<br>that happen. In the case of the SCI, I recommend that anyone that is<br>chosen be somewhat experienced in the way GNSO works. The SCI is a<br>great place to go become a nit picking expert on those rules, but it is<br>good to go in having a basic idea.<br><br>I also recommend you be able to read the docs in<br>http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/procedures without falling asleep. If<br>you don't find them fascinating, even if a bit disturbing because of<br>slight inconsistencies and ambiguities, this might not be the task for you.<br><br>Just a thought. Please do not take this wrong, it is heartening, to<br>see how many people are starting to volunteer for stuff. And if<br>everyone runs out and reads the procedures, that will be a bonus for the<br>NCSG.<br><br><br>avri<br><br><br><br><br>---<br>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br>https://www.avast.com/antivirus<br></body></html>