[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] WG Leadership

[Klaus Stoll]

Dear Friends

I fully endorse the nomination of Chuck. His track record and his 
actions speak for themselves. Enough said!

Yours

Klaus

On 1/28/2016 10:51 AM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
>
> When I volunteered for this WG, I did so with the sincere intention of 
> participating actively as a member and not as a leader, but I have 
> been requested by several people to  consider serving on the 
> leadership team and have decided to put my name forward for WG 
> consideration.  As I say at the end of the information I provide 
> below, I want to be clear that I can only commit at this time to serve 
> in a leadership capacity for Phase 1.  In that regard, I believe that 
> Phase 1 is very critical because it will largely influence whether 
> Phases 2 & 3 will happen and will set the tone for the rest of the PDP.
>
> I think that most of us realize that the CWG Stewardship and the CCWG 
> Accountability efforts are critical demonstrations of the success of 
> the ICANN bottom-up, multi-stakeholder model.   And, because of how 
> contentious Whois discussions have been over the last 15 years,  I 
> believe that the RDS PDP WG will be another critical opportunity for 
> all of us to prove that the model works.
>
> Please find the requested information below.
>
> Chuck Gomes
>
> _Existing Stakeholder Group affiliations (if any)_
>
> Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG); note that there are other RySG 
> participants who have joined the RDS PDP WG so, if I am selected as a 
> leader of the RDS PDP WG, I will let them be the primary 
> representatives of the RySG.
>
> _Relevant past PDP(s) or WG(s) in which you participated_
>
> I have been actively involved in ICANN policy development since 
> ICANN’s first full year in 1999. During that time I actively tracked 
> all of the Whois activity and led RySG comment development efforts on 
> many of the requests for comments, including most recently the Expert 
> Working Group, but I was not a member of the EWG. Recent involvement 
> has included the following: CWG Stewardship, GNSO Review Working 
> Party, Policy & Implementation WG, and ICANN Finance Ad-Hoc WG.
>
> _Leadership experience_
>
> Here is some of my more recent ICANN related leadership experience:
>
> ·As part of the CWG Stewardship, I served as the lead for the 
> development of the first two sections of the proposal and also led two 
> design teams.
>
> ·I co-chaired the Policy & Implementation WG.
>
> ·I represented the RySG on the GNSO Council from 2007 to 2010.
>
> ·I served as vice chair of the GNSO Council in 2008 and 2009.
>
> ·I served as chair of the GNSO Council in 2010.
>
> _Perspective on the WHOIS issues and RDS_
>
> My personal perspective on Whois issues over the years has been one of 
> balancing the need of access to registration data with the need for 
> privacy.  As an employee of Verisign, the registry for .com, .net, 
> .name and now several new gTLDs, we have customers who are on all 
> sides of Whois issues.
>
> _Ability to devote sufficient time _
>
> First of all let me say that I have approval from my Verisign 
> management to serve on the leadership team if the WG so decides.  
> Second, let me say that two of the other policy related activities 
> that I am still involved with appear to be winding down: CWG 
> Stewardship and GNSO Review Working Party.  Third, let me say that I 
> can only commit to serving in a leadership role for Phase 1 because I 
> am getting close to retirement or at least partial retirement; if 
> possible, I plan to stay active in Phases 2 & 3 but may not be able to 
> serve in a leadership capacity.
>
> _Preference for chair/co-chair or vice-chair position, if any_
>
> I am willing to serve in whatever capacity the WG supports.
>
> My GNSO Statement of Interest can be found at:
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Chuck+Gomes+SOI
>
>
>
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