<div dir="auto">I don’t think it’s a bad idea to just appoint Benjamin as a participant and re-open the call for alternates. <br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Hi Tapani,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Consensus designation happens at late stage in the WG and as it is about official position from each group the members represent, they get to have one position.</div><div dir="auto">Important reminder for alternate is to follow closely the discussion to be able to jump in anytime and coordinate with other members.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rafik </div></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 00:25 Tapani Tarvainen via NCSG-PC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Thank you Rafik.<br>
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But one detail I'm not clear about:<br>
<br>
When a member is absent and an alternate is called, is it the alternate who gets to vote for the consensus, rather than a participant?<br>
<br>
Tapani<br>
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On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 11:15:17PM +0900, Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC (<a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>) wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hi,<br>
> <br>
> Participant is like member but cannot participate in the consensus<br>
> designation. They can join calls , discussion etc.we expect the 6 members<br>
> and 3 participants to participate fully and get replaced by alternate if<br>
> they cannot attend a call.<br>
> <br>
> Best,<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Rafik<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 21:42 Tapani Tarvainen via NCSG-PC <<br>
> <a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > I realize I don't know how participants vs alternates will work.<br>
> ><br>
> > When a member cannot attend a meeting, will they be replaced by an<br>
> > alternate or will a participant be pushed in as a temporary member<br>
> > and an alternate as a temporary participant?<br>
> ><br>
> > Either way, we need one new person: either a new participant or<br>
> > a new alternate if we push an alternate to a participant.<br>
> ><br>
> > Do we have a viable candidate? If not, we'll either need to ask<br>
> > for more time so that we can issue a new call or leave one<br>
> > alternate position to be filled later.<br>
> ><br>
> > Or we could come up with some extraordinary process to name a new<br>
> > alternate.<br>
> ><br>
> > I presume there's also a process for changing members, participants<br>
> > and alternates later. If we want to have a full slate from the<br>
> > beginning we could make a temporary appointment (maybe one of us could<br>
> > volunteer, maybe Rafik?) and issue a call for a permanent one later,<br>
> > just to give us time to do it properly.<br>
> ><br>
> > Tapani<br>
> ><br>
> > On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 07:00:20AM -0500, farzaneh badii via NCSG-PC (<br>
> > <a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>) wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Hi Rafik<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Is there another viable candidate? We can also appoint an alternate as<br>
> > > participant.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Farzaneh<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 6:59 AM Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC <<br>
> > > <a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > Hi all,<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > We need to make quick decision.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Best,<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Rafik<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:42 Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > >> Hi all,<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> Sherry was appointed as participant but she is withdrawing. We got an<br>
> > > >> extension to appoint a replacement to submit by 16th Feb.<br>
> > > >> Any thought on this?<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> Best,<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> Rafik<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
> > > >> Dear Rafik,<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> I am writing to inform you that I need to withdraw my participation<br>
> > from<br>
> > > >> the DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP Working Group as an NCSG participant.<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> Following a discussion with Jennifer, additional considerations were<br>
> > > >> brought to light, and require me to step back from this working group<br>
> > at<br>
> > > >> this time.<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> This is not an outcome I had hoped for, and I sincerely apologise for<br>
> > any<br>
> > > >> inconvenience this may cause. I appreciate the opportunity to have<br>
> > been<br>
> > > >> selected and I'm sorry it has come to this.<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> Best regards,<br>
> > > >> Sherry<br>
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