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Re: [registrars] FW: Budget Advisory Group Selection for 2004-2005

  • To: "Robert F. Connelly" <rconnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [registrars] FW: Budget Advisory Group Selection for 2004-2005
  • From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:55:42 -0500
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On 12/17/2003 12:48 AM Robert F. Connelly noted that:

At 04:34 PM 12/16/03 -0500, Joyce Lin wrote:

I second Rock's self nomination.

Joyce Lin
007names.com

I therefore accept Joyce's nomination as *the* nomination for Rick Wesson. We need two endorsements, Joyce's posting does not include an endorsement.

I'll second Rick's nomination. His qualifications are excellent and he'd make a great addition to the ballot. And to move away from the current slate of "large registrars only", I'd also like to make the following nominations;

- Tom Barret, Encira. Tom is a business man that has been around the domains racket for a long time. I think he'd do well for us.

- Paul Westley, Internetters. He is our treasurer after all. If we can't trust him to look after our interests with the budget then we've got bigger problems ;) Paul would be a great addition to the committee.

- Sigmund Solares, Intercosmos/DirectNIC. Sig may be quiet, but he's one of the smartest entrepreneurs that I know. If anyone could extract concessions from the budget process, it would be him. Sig seriously deserves our considerations.

- Mark Jeftovic, EasyDNS. Mark knows how to run a small business. ICANN would do well to watch smaller players like Mark as ICANN grows its own business. Mark sits on the Board of CIRA and the Whois Steering Committee - he'd do a great job for us as well.

- Bhavin Turakhia, Directi. Bhavin is outspoken on a lot of issues but never gets the chance to step up to the plate in an official capacity. I'd love to see him take a crack at the budget and think that he would do a great job for us.

Two points I'd like to make - 1) I haven't talked to any of these nominee's, so I'm not sure if any or all of them will accept the nomination - they should, they'd all be great. 2) The constituency membership deserves more input from a broader set of members. The same people run time and time again and while they do a reasonable job, we need a broader voice in order to get a better result. I really hope that people take this into account when they cast their ballots.

And now, I'm going back to my vacation ;)

Have a good holiday everyone!

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Regards,


	-rwr






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