[bc-gnso] Rick Anderson for Large-Business representative to the NomCom
Mike O'Connor
mike at haven2.com
Wed Sep 2 13:22:40 UTC 2009
i support Rick in his bid to be our large-business representative to
the NomCom and hope others will too.
mikey
On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Rick Anderson wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I am delighted to join everyone else in offering hearty
> congratulations to Mike on his selection to the NomCom. His
> experience, knowledge and perspective will bring terrific value to
> the NomCom. He will do the BC proud as our representative.
>
> I think it also important to acknowledge the endless contributions
> of Liz Williams, who works tirelessly to advance the BC ship in
> ICANN's never-easy-to-navigate waters.
>
> Lastly, I wish to share with all of you fellow members that which I
> conveyed to the BC officers and secretariat a couple of weeks ago,
> which is that I would be delighted to serve as the BC's large
> business rep on the NomCom if that is the will of the members. (I
> had not volunteered at the outset, thinking there would be others
> who would have stepped forward during the pre-election process.)
>
> By way of brief background, I am EVP of Interborder Holdings Ltd,
> based in Canada. We have operations in the US, Asia and Europe,
> offering mutual fund and real estate-based investing to clients on
> those three continents. We have about 1,500 employees and do about
> $3 billion in business annually. We have no financial interest in
> the domain name industry (eg as registries, registrars, portfolio
> investors, etc) other than operating own proprietary websites in
> support of our businesses (about two dozen websites, in six
> languages, with perhaps another 500 related urls held defensively).
> Like everyone in the BC, we wishing to see the internet continue to
> flourish as an entrepreneurial and creative medium which finds the
> proper continue balances amongst stakeholders.
>
> Personally, I have been involved with ICANN for about six years, and
> have been a member of the BC for about that long, have attended
> perhaps a dozen Board meetings (Argentina, India, Luxembourg, LA,
> Vancouver, Montreal, Wellington, Cape Town, Rome, Paris...). For
> the past five or six years, I have also been an elected director of
> CIRA, the Canadian Internet Registration, the not-for-profit
> organization mandated by the Government of Canada to operate the .ca
> registry.
>
> I would be happy to represent the BC on the NomCom if that is your
> wish.
>
> cheers/Rick
>
> Rick Anderson
> EVP, InterBorder Holdings Ltd
> email: randerson at interborder.ca
> cell: (403) 830-1798
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: owner-bc-gnso at icann.org <owner-bc-gnso at icann.org>
> To: BC gnso <bc-gnso at icann.org>
> Sent: Tue Sep 01 08:25:06 2009
> Subject: [bc-gnso] A message from Mike Roberts
>
>
> Dear BC Members -
>
> I very much appreciate the confidence you have shown in electing me
> to the NomCom. Within the bounds of the rules for NomCom members,
> I'll do my best to ensure that candidates that share our values and
> perspective on ICANN's challenges are named to the Board.
>
> I also will be pleased to have your comments and suggestions at any
> time. Given my California base of operations, my email is perhaps
> best way to reach me routinely. mmr at darwin.ptvy.ca.us
>
> - Mike Roberts
>
>
>
>
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