Re: [ga] CIRA Board Elections

[Jonathan Weinberg <weinberg@mail.msen.com>]

         If we're discussing the CIRA elections here, I want to put in a 
good word for Michael Geist.  Michael was elected to the CIRA Board last 
year, in CIRA's first online election, and is now running for 
re-election.  In his day job, he's a professor at the University of 
Ottawa.  He's a tremendously solid guy.  He played an important role in 
CIRA's adoption of a Canadian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy that is 
superior to the UDRP, with more free speech protection, a better approach 
to arbitrator selection, and the prospect of compensation by reverse domain 
name hijackers.  He's worked to maintain CIRA's financial stability and 
promote dot-ca.  Vis-a-vis the relationship with ICANN, he writes:  "I will 
not support any agreement with ICANN unless Canadian interests are 
adequately protected. I believe that ICANN must represent the interests of 
all stakeholders by ensuring that there are appropriate levels of 
accountability and public participation. Without such assurances, CIRA 
should be wary of entering into any permanent obligations with ICANN."

         Bio and statement at 
http://www.cira.ca/cira/election?FN=PUB_VIEW_CAN_STMT&cand_id=423455&first_name=Michael&middle_name=&last_name=Geist&lang=en&status=CNB

Jon


Jonathan Weinberg
weinberg@msen.com



At 09:01 AM 6/7/2002 -0400, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
>CIRA is currently running it's elections for the open seats on the board of
>directors. If you are a CIRA member, read on:
>
>There are three excellent candidates running that need your support - they
>certainly have ours:
>
>1. Mark Jeftovic (bio -
>http://www.cira.ca/cira/election?FN=PUB_VIEW_CAN_STMT&cand_id=423556&first_n
>ame=Mark&middle_name=&last_name=Jeftovic&lang=en&status=CNM)
>2. Denis Tanguay (incumbent, bio - http://www.cira.ca/en/about_ca.html)
>3. Rick Anderson (bio -
>http://www.cira.ca/cira/election?FN=PUB_VIEW_CAN_STMT&cand_id=425464&first_n
>ame=Richard&middle_name=M.%20&last_name=Anderson&lang=en&status=CNM)
>
>Instructions on voting and process can be found here -
>http://www.cira.ca/en/elections-2002.html
>
>Vote early and Vote often.
>
>Best of luck to the candidates!
>
>
>                        -rwr
>
>
>
>
>"There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an
>idiot."
>- Steven Wright
>
>Please review our ICANN Reform Proposal
>Old Skool DNS Address: http://www.byte.org/heathrow

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