[registrars] Budget Committee Nominations

[Paul Westley]

Hi guys,

I am unfortunately unable to accept Ross' nomination due to other current 
commitments (but your money is totally safe :-).

I do however take great  pleasure in formally seconding each of the other 
nominations by Ross:-

Tom Barrettt
Sig Solares
Mark Jeftovic

Best regards,

Paul Westley
Internetters (UK)
Treasurer - Registrars' Constituency

At 17:34 02/01/2004, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
>I believe that the nominations for the budget committee election closes 
>today. Two important items that need attention;
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>1) If your name is;
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>- Tom Barrett;
>- Paul Westley;
>- Sig Solares, or;
>- Mark Jeftovic
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>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.
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>2) If you would like to support one or all of these candidates, then 
>please make your endorsements heard.
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>Side-note...
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>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.
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>-rwr
>on behalf of me...
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>The following is my original nomination of these candidates...
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> > ...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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