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Board of Trustees1998 Board ElectionStatement of Candidates
TIM O’REILLYTim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., publisher of computer books and on-line information services. O'Reilly & Associates is best known for its Nutshell Handbooks, down-to-earth books about technical topics, including the best-selling Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog, TCP/IP Network Administration, Programming Perl, Java in a Nutshell as well as many other books on UNIX and Internet use, programming and system administration. In addition, O'Reilly & Associates has been a pioneer in online publishing using the World Wide Web. Its online service, the Global Network Navigator (GNN), was one of the first commercial website, and the inspiration for the development of much of what has followed. Its Songline Studios affiliate publishes Web Review, the perl.com site, and provides content to many other well-known sites. Statement - O’Reilly One of the biggest challenges facing the Internet is the need to commercialize its activities in a way that is consistent with its history and its technology. With so many fortunes being made on the Internet, it's easy to forget that most of its key technologies were developed collaboratively, using an open-source code, open-standards model. The Internet doesn't belong to any one company or one government; it belongs to all of us, and needs to be held in trust for its future users. Because of the nature of my business, I understand the complex relationship between open standards, collaborative innovation, and commercial success. I'm very interested in applying my experience, helping ISOC guide the Internet's transition to a commercial environment. This can be done without sacrificing the freedom and creativity that Internet technology has supported thus far. JIN HO HURDr. Hur has been one of the Internet pioneers in Asia Pacific region since his first involvement in the development of the first Research and Education network in Korea in 1983. Dr. Hur was a principal project member of the System Development Network (SDN) project, the first TCP/IP-based R&E network in Korea. His involvement includes a series of domestic and international expansions (1983-1989), the principal designer and implementor of the domain name under .KR (1987) until 1990 when the SDN project was handed over to a carrier in Korea. Dr. Hur then has started in 1994 one of the first ISP business in AP region: Inet, Inc. Being one of the first and the largest ISP in AP region, Inet has played a pivotal role in developing the Internet market in Korea and AP region. Dr. Hur also has played a key role in Internet market development in AP region, including:
Past and Current Positions:
Statement - Hur The recent growth of Internet may be described in two key words: commercialization and regional development. First of all, the commercial development has been the primary driving force in the recent explosion of Internet, so there are so many diverse stakeholders in the Internet now. In addition, the development outside the US has been much faster than that of the US recently, and the issues like Internet governance is relevant equally to AP and EU region as well as the US. These changes in the nature of Internet may be regarded as the natural process of the evolution of a social system, not a technological system, as Internet is deemed by many. Given this changing environment, the representative organizations like ISOC need to address the issues getting more relevant in the future development of Internet, ie commercialization and regional development. With the background of pioneering the commercial Internet development in AP region, I, if elected for the Board of Trustees of ISOC, would bring in the voice of the AP commercial Internet community in steering future ISOC. For example, Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA), of which I am a chairperson currently, has been active in voicing for AP region on diverse policy issues including Internet governance. This type of experience may bring ISOC an entirely different set of expertise so that ISOC would address as wide issues and regions as possible in order to address the diverse, evolving needs of Internet users. SRISAKDI CHARMONMANProfessor Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman has extensive and well-rounded experience from both developed and developing countries suitable to contribute as an ISOC trustee. With Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 1964, he was McMaster University Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Associate Professor, University of Missouri Director of Graduate Studies in Computer Science, State University of New York Full Professor, Full Professor and Staff Association President at Thailand National Institute of Development Administration, and Distinguished Professor and President of the Faculty Council at KMIT. He has more than 350 publications and lectured in more than 18 countries. In government, Charmonman was Chairman of the Computer Working Group, and Chairman of the Committee to Use Internet to Display Traffic Control at the Office of the Prime Minister, Deputy Chairman of the Extraordinary Committee on Copyright and Advisor to the Education Committee of the House of Representatives, member of the Senate Copyright Committee, and now Electronic Commerce Expert at the Commerce Ministry. In business, Charmonman co-founded and chair KSC--Thailand largest ISP, and was a full-time Advisor to the Bangkok Bank President. Charmonman has been member since 1961, Vice Chairman of the Rochester Chapter and Chairman of Thailand Chapter of ACM; Chairman of Thailand Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society; ISOC Advisory Council Member and Chairman of Thailand Chapter; Thailand IFIPS representative; and member of APNIC Executive Council. Charmonman was voted Asian Computer Man of the Year 1981; Father of the Internet in Thailand; and GM Magazine Man of the Year 1996 and 1997. Statement - Charmonman Prof. Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman will use his extensive and well-rounded experience from academic, governmental and business areas as well as from developed countries like USA and Canada and from developing country like Thailand in promoting the Internet Society in the way decided by the majority of ISOC members. Please let him contribute in:
All in all, Dr. Charmonman is ready and willing to serve you. IN ADDITION TO YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE, PLEASE GIVE CHARMONMAN A CHANCE BY VOTING FOR HIM. Charmonman has been highly successful in academic, governmental and business areas. So, let him prove to you that he will be successful in serving you as your ISOC Trustee. DECLAN McCULLAGHDeclan McCullagh is the Washington correspondent for TIME's The Netly News Network and a reporter for TIME Magazine. An award-winning journalist, he covers Washington and the Internet, writing and speaking frequently about encryption, antitrust, free speech, privacy, hackers, Internet governance, and copyright. Before moving to TIME in 1996, McCullagh worked for Wired and HotWired. His interests include the Internet in developing countries; he's visited and written about Burma, Chile, Malaysia, and Indonesia, among others. Currently McCullagh is writing a paper for the Cato Institute on anonymity online and is collaborating on a near-future science fiction novel. A former programmer and system administrator, McCullagh worked at and was a registered developer for NeXT Computer. He was a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Communications Decency Act and received the American Civil Liberty Union's 1996 freedom award. McCullagh moderates the politech (http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/) mailing list and is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and the National Press Club. His articles have appeared in publications from Playboy to cnn.com. McCullagh ran a BBS in the 1980s and studied cognitive science at Carnegie Mellon University. He and his tropical fish now live in Adams Morgan in Washington, DC. Statement - McCullagh As a reporter, programmer, and civil libertarian, I'm keenly interested in preserving the stability and freedom of the Internet. This means completely open standards, flexibility, and continued protection of individual freedoms online. We've already seen a slew of examples of governments gone astray: the reviled Communications Decency Act in the U.S., Thailand's plan to license content providers, and restrictions on encryption in China, Israel, and Russia. But some of the lesser-known examples are just as disturbing. Recently I've been writing about the proposed U.S. V-Chip for computers and attempts by sports leagues to interfere with peering arrangements in hopes of cutting off online gambling sites. Congress recently passed a bill that could make owning a computer virus a federal crime, and might ban encryption products without a "key recovery" backdoor -- which would, of course, stifle development of IPSEC and IPv6. I'm also concerned that anonymity will come under siege. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has dubbed anonymous remailers a "threat," and Singapore once demanded that a remailer operator divulge the identity of a user who criticized the government. Anonymity, however, is key to letting minority voices be heard: human rights workers and Baptist missionaries use remailers daily in countries with unsympathetic governments. EDMUNDO VITALE1. University Titles and Activities:
2. Administrative Activities.
3. Organized Events and Projects.
Statement - Vitale As a BoT member I will work for the development of Internet infrastructures around the world, specially for developing countries. I believe that an extraordinary effort should be done to attend regions more needed from social, economic and technical point of view, taking into account public policy, technology, training, cultural and regulatory restrictions. This could be done in some way with the development of Internet in those regions but also with the help of appropriate policy from the BoT that can make effective relations with governments and commercial organizations, for community benefits. I think that BoT should work to increase individual and organizational affiliations around the world. The same consideration should be taken for the creation of local and regional ISOC chapters. Also to promote some state policy definitions on governments in order to measure the social impact as a result of the application of communications and new information technologies. I will become an interlocutor that bring to the Board the region necessities; such as the establishment of agreements to build regional backbones (specially for LA&C and African countries), and access to Criptographic Technology and Information, Privacy, Democratization and Governability, Security, Copyrights protection, Local and regional access, DNS policy, NIC for specific regions, Promoting Contents and Universal Services in LA&C, health, etc. For the special case of Education, the promotion of Educations Resource Centers, National Networks for Schools, Distance Educations and community programs should be strongly emphasized. VINTON CERFVinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Engineering at MCI Communications. Cerf, who was with the company in the early eighties, currently is responsible for developing MCI's Internet system through which data, voice and video services can be delivered to businesses and consumers with equal ease. Prior to rejoining MCI, he served as vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) where he conducted national research efforts on information infrastructure technologies. With Bob Kahn, Cerf co-developed the computer networking protocol, TCP/IP, widely used in the industry for communications between the diverse university, government and commercial data networks, known collectively as the Internet. He also served as the founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995, and is currently serving as its Vice President for Chapters. From 1982 to 1986, Cerf was vice president of MCI Digital Information Services serving as the chief engineer of MCI Mail. He also has played a major role in sponsoring the development of Internet-related data packet technologies during his stint with the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) from 1976 to 1982. He served on the Stanford University faculty in the computer science and electrical engineering depart-ments and worked on the ARPA network development at UCLA. Cerf holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Stanford University and a masters of science degree and PhD in computer science from UCLA. Cerf, together with Bob Kahn, has received many awards and honors for his work on the Internet and continued promotion of its use worldwide. Statement - Cerf The Internet is leading a revolution in telecommunications which will ultimately result in a new substrate for all media including radio, television, telephony and new forms of computer-augmented communication. The Internet Society has played an important role in that revolution and still has much work to do. I have served as a trustee of the Internet Society since its inception in January 1992 and believe a key to the Internet Society's effectiveness lies in increasing its membership through the development of chapters worldwide. Internet Society, through its sponsorship of the Internet Architecture Board and Internet Engineering Task Force, already serves the Internet Community well. It has and must also provide leadership in the formulation of policies for the use, governance and administration of the Internet. To accomplish these goals and to promote the principles that have made the Internet the vibrant and adaptable system it has become, the Internet Society must refine its own business model, and adapt to the needs of a changing environment. With Internet penetrating rapidly into the general public, the Society must broaden its appeal to a larger audience as it helps to create a global society linked together through the Internet. If I am elected to serve once again as trustee, I will exert my best efforts towards that objective. CHRISTIAN HUITEMAChristian Huitema is the chief Scientist in Bellcore Internet Architecture research laboratory, where he works on Internet Telephony and Internet Quality of Service. Before joining Bellcore, he was a senior scientist at INRIA in France, leading research in networking, working on topics such as directories, message handling, data representation protocols, high speed transmission control and multimedia transmission control. With Thierry Turletti, he pioneered transmission of video on the general Internet with the IP based H.261 videoconferencing system, IVS. Christian Huitema is the author of several books (Routing on the Internet, IPV6: the new Internet Protocol, Et Dieu crea l'Internet), research papers and Requests for Comments (RFC). He was a member of the Internet Architecture Board from January 1991to April 1996, its chair from April 1993 to July 1995. He was elected a trustee of the Internet Society in 1995. Statement - Huitema I believe that the Internet should become ubiquitous network that links the entire planet, the nervous system of mankind. It should promote free communication between people, for business, education and recreation. It has a tremendous potential for innovation. To foster this innovation, we need to encourage free competition between products and idea. To encourage communication, the Internet Society must promote the open standards developed by the IETF. It must also make sure that the central services of the Internet, such as addressing and naming coordination, are provided in a stable way, for the benefit of the whole community. LAINA RAVEENDRAN GREENELaina Raveendran Greene is currently Managing Director, GetIT Pte Ltd (Global Empowerment Through Information Technology)www.getit.org, and Secretary General, Asia & Pacific Internet Association www.apia.org. I have a law degree from Singapore and a Master in Laws from Harvard University. I have also pursued graduate International Law studies from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland and the Hague Academy of International Law, Hague, The Netherlands. I speak French, English, Malay and a little of Malayalam (Indian). I come from a science background before law (Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology) and therefore felt very comfortable with telecommunications and the Internet. Began my career in this field working at the International Telecommunications Union, with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, with the International Satellite Organisation (INTELSAT), with Singapore Telecommunications, etc since 1986. My best work was working on developing country issues. I started my own consulting firm in 1996 and since then worked with the Asia Pacific Network Information centre (APNIC), started the Asia Pacific Policy and Legal (APPLe) Forum under the auspices of APNIC as a SIG, run the Policy and Legal Track at APRICOT, and run the Secretariat for the Asia and Pacific Internet Association, as some of the recent Internet activities. Most recent work includes doing a workshop for regulators of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos on how to regulate or not regulate the Internet. Recently also at APRICOT, I brought together a BoF session on Women in IT discussing about how IT is indeed a great level playing field for women in many ways. It was well received by all, men and women alike. Statement - Greene "Having a varied background, being a Singaporean Indian woman, who has lived in Europe and the United States, and is married to an American has helped me try to bring a broader perspective to many issues. I am very committed to the concept of unity in diversity, and the exponential growth of the Internet has brought the need for this issue to the forefront within the Internet Society." GEOFF HUSTONGeoff Huston is the Technology Manager for Telstra Internet, a major Internet Service Provider within Australia. He has been closely involved with the development of the Internet for the past decade, particularly within Australia. He was fortunate enough to play a central role in the introduction of the Internet to Australia in 1988, and subsequently worked as the Technical Manager to the Australian Academic and Research Network. With the sale of the network to Telstra in 1995 he moved into the commercial sector, working for Telstra as the Technology Manager for their backbone Internet service operation. Geoff Huston has served as an inaugural Trustee for the Internet Society from 1992 to 1995, and subsequently has served as Secretary to the ISOC Board of Trustees. He is currently the President of the Australian Chapter of the Internet Society. As a track leader of the Internet Society's Developing Countries Workshop he has taught on the technical, policy and management issues concerning the development of the Internet in the lesser developed parts of the world. He has also been active member of the IETF, principally in the area of operational deployment, as well as being an active member of a number of Internet operational groups. Statement - Huston It is now a critical time in the development of the Internet Society to ensure that it has a coherent and effective voice within the changing Internet environment. The Society's role within the IETF Standards Process is one which does provide an essential organizational environment to assist the IETF in the production of Internet technical standards which carry the full imprimatur of international standards. The Society's role within the area of public policy is also of considerable value, and its educational programs, particularly within the Developing Countries Workshop, have also been valued and fruitful roles for the Society. But the Internet's value, even in this increasingly commercial world, is that of the millions of individuals who are the Internet. We have created an environment where individuals are uniquely empowered to communicate, and we must recognize this as the essential characterization of the Internet. Unfortunately the size of our Society's individual membership base does not reflect this basic reality of the Internet, and we must act to correct this. If elected, I will strive to ensure that ISOC undertakes an active and effective program which will be of direct relevance and benefit to each of us as individuals. The ISOC Chapter program needs strong encouragement to be an effective local base for membership, and the Society itself should strive to continue to undertake activities which are of direct relevance and benefit to its membership base. We should not shirk as a membership Society from an objective to have one million individual members by the year 2000. KEES NEGGERSKees Neggers has been Managing Director of SURFnet bv, since its establishment in 1988. SURFnet is the national research network organisation in The Netherlands and is a founding member of the Internet Society. SURFnet was the local organiser of the first European IETF in July 1993 in Amsterdam. Kees has been a key player in international research networking activities since 1984. He served as treasurer, vice-president and president for RARE (Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne) from 1986-1994 and played a leading role in the process to merge RARE and EARN (European Academic and Research Network) into TERENA (Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association). He is the European co-chair of the CCIRN (Co-ordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networking) since 1990. He was the initiator in 1991 of the Ebone initiative to create the first pan-European IP backbone and served as the first chairman of the Ebone Consortium from 1991-1994. He has been playing a major role in the organisational set-up of the RIPE-NCC. In 1997 he was one of the founders of the Dutch Chapter of the Internet Society. Kees served as a trustee (appointed by RARE/TERENA) in the Internet Society since the inception of the Board of Trustees in Kobe in 1992 until June 1996. Present positions held in Internet related international activities include:
Statement - Neggers I have been lucky to be at the heart of the Internet evolution for more than a decade now. In that period the Internet has evolved from network research, to a network for researchers to a ubiquitous network spanning the globe and serving all parts of Society. The success and significance of the Internet are now recognised by many, including those that tried to stop its evolution in the past. Nevertheless, despite this success, the Internet is still very much at the start of its growth curve. A new phase of the information and communications revolution is just emerging. As a result the Internet is facing many new challenges, including increased interests from Governments and Public Telecommunication Operators. And the challenges will not just be technical. Protection of the privacy of users, consumer rights and the supranational nature of the Internet will need attention too. The Internet has been the result of a voluntary and enthusiastic co-operation of many individuals and organisations around the world. I am convinced that without such co-operation the Internet would cease to exist. To allow for a continuous development and scaling of the Internet it will be vital to keep this self-governance system healthy. The Internet Society supported by its Chapters will have to play a key role in this process. If elected as a Trustee I will be delighted to contribute my international experience and energy towards this effort. GLENN RICARTI believe most of you are aware of my earlier pioneering work on the Internet:
Now, at Novell, I'm driving the development of software for the creation of a new intelligent internet infrastructure, trading off computation for bandwidth. I'm also engaging in the encryption debate in the United States with the goal of encouraging world-wide electronic commerce. My career spans government (11 years), higher education (13 years), the military (2 years), and now private industry (2 years and counting). I can draw on this experience to understand issues facing the Internet and the Internet Society from all of these points of view. In addition, I still travel globally on networking issues and have an appreciation of Internet issues from many national and cultural viewpoints. |
