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

[Ross Wm. Rader]

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!

-- 
Regards,


	-rwr






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