[registrars] Budget Committee Nominations
Ross Wm. Rader
ross at tucows.com
Fri Jan 2 17:34:08 UTC 2004
I believe that the nominations for the budget committee election closes
today. Two important items that need attention;
1) If your name is;
- Tom Barrett;
- Paul Westley;
- Sig Solares, or;
- Mark Jeftovic
and you would like to represent registrar interests on this important
committee, then please acccept your nomination. I firmly believe that
each of you would be excellent representatives.
2) If you would like to support one or all of these candidates, then
please make your endorsements heard.
Side-note...
I am personally frustrated by the seemingly endless increases in the
fees that registrars must pay and also by what seems to be a lack of new
participants from our constituency on these types of committees. I
really believe that we need some fresh ideas at the budget table in
order to ensure that the fees that registrars pay are appropriate and
well utilized.
-rwr
on behalf of me...
The following is my original nomination of these candidates...
> ...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!
>
--
-rwr
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