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Board of Trustees
2001 Board Election
Candidates
Ballot order of the candidates was determined by random drawing:
- Latif Ladid
- Cynthia Waddell
- George Sadowsky
- Kees Neggers
- Fred Baker
- Kenichi Ohmae
- Florencio Utreras
- O.O. Oruye
- Alan Greenberg
- Jonathan Robin
- Don Heath
- Veni Markovski
- Shalini Venturelli
Sample Ballot
1. Latif Ladid
Biography
Latif Ladid, (latif.ladid@ericssontelebit.com)
President, IPv6 Forum; Vice President, Ericsson Telebit A/S
Morocco/Germany/Luxembourg
Latif Ladid has worked in various managerial and marketing positions at
Nixdorf Computers in Germany, and Hewlett-Packard in the Middle East,
as International Sales Manager at ComputerLand Europe in Luxembourg, and
as Managing Director of ComputerLand Switzerland. Served as Vice President
at Canadian Internet specialist Develcon. Latif joined IPv6-pioneer Telebit
as Vice President (In June 1999, Ericsson acquired a major share in Telebit,
creating Ericsson Telebit A/S). With strong support from the IETF Next
Generation NG -IPv6 & NG Transition Working Groups and the IPv6 Deployment
group, Latif initiated the foundation of the IPv6 Forum in May 1999. Served,
from 1996 to 1998, as chairman of Global-ISDN. Included in 1998 as International
Who’ s Who Professional. Researcher on multiple European Commission
IST Projects ( 6INIT, 6WINIT, ..) on Internet Infrastructure and Next
Generation Technologies. Co-Founder of the Next Generation Networks Initiative
(NGNi,) funded by the European Commission to kick-off Jan 1, 2001. Member
of 3GPP Project Co-ordination Group. He holds an ESCAE (France), and a
Post-Graduate Diploma in business and administration in the UK.
Statement
I believe that the Internet Society, with its new NGO status and its growing
Chapter base and Internet Societal Task Force is in a unique position
to put in place new intiatives to help drive the next generation Internet
to a faster worldwide penetration for the benefit in particular of developing
countries.
My personal expertise and skills in the arena of IPv6 will enable me to
contribute to a greatly expanded visiblity and influence of ISOC. I will:
- Contribute by driving a worldwide vision of deployment of the NEW
INTERNET based on IPv6: Internet For EveryOne!
- Contribute by initiating a worldwide IPv6 native testbed network to
validate IPv6 deployment and identify benefits and barriers.
- Contribute by establishing IPv6 research initiatives among the Next
Generation Networks research centers in the world.
- Contribute by driving Security initiatives to establish security models
for Everyone.
WEB Sites:
http://www.ipv6forum.com
http://www.ericssontelebit.com
http://www.ngni.org
http://www.6init.org
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2. Cynthia Waddell
Biography
See http://www.icdri.org/cynthia_waddell.htm.
Cynthia is a lawyer by training with expertise in national and international
public policy impacting access to electronic and information technology.
As a frequent speaker both in the US and abroad, Cynthia has provided
legal and technical assistance on universal web accessibility. Known as
the author of the first accessible web design standard for local government
in the US, Cynthia’s work is recognized as a “best practice”
by the US government and by the State of California. Named to the “Top
25 Women on the Web” by Webgrrls International, Cynthia is author
of the 1999 seminal paper “The Growing Digital Divide in Access for
People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers to Participation.”
Commissioned by National Science Foundation; selected for re-publication
by the World Economic Development Congress, official business briefings
of United Nations Economic Forum in Geneva; cited in numerous jurisdictions
around the world and undergoing foreign language translations. See http://www.icdri.org/the_digital_divide.htm.
- Member, Internet Society Task Force ISSG
- Author, commentary on US Digital signature law that led to joint ISTF
and ISOC press release on accessibility concerns; contributor to UNESCO
paper presented by Christine Maxwell
- Speaker and Trainer on accessible web at INET 99 and INET 2000; Global
Everyone Access in Yokohama, Japan; W6, W7, FedWeb and GovTech
- Member, ISFT WGs on Special Needs and Privacy
- Member, National Task Force on Disability and Technology (a 20 member
body created through former President Clinton’s Digital Divide
initiative)
- Member, National Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS)
V2 IT Access Interfaces Technical Committee
- Member, Advisory Boards for the HTML Writers Guild AWARE Center
- Member, International Accessibility Board, Portuguese Accessibility
Guidelines
- Participant, 1999 and 2000 “Boosting the (UK) Digital Economy-
A Virtual Think Tank”
- Participant, World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative
Interest Group and present at launch in 1997
- Chair, Santa Clara Advisory Commission for People with Disabilities
since 1994 (Advise elected officials on disability policy)
- Co-Chair, Santa Clara County Committee to Prevent Violence Against
People with Disabilities
- Vice-Chair, State of California Access Code Committee of the Building
Standards Commission
Statement
At this time The Internet Society has reached a critical crossroad where
our policies and decisions will determine whether or not everyone will
be able to participate in the global Internet society. It is clear that
the digital divide will continue to separate us all unless we work together
to address universal web accessibility.
Although my interest in accessible web design grew out of advocacy for
people with disabilities, it has become very clear that universal web
accessibility will enable everyone to participate, regardless of age or
disability, regardless of the limitations of our computer equipment, and
regardless of our choice of alternate internet access devices (cell phones
and palm pilots).
A stable and sustainable global Internet community can only be achieved
by embracing our diversity. Jonathan Robin’s campaign recognizes
these priorities. A vote for Cynthia means a significant step towards
closing the digital divide.
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3. George Sadowsky
En français: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/elections/2001/sadowskyfr.html
Biography
I received an A.B. degree in Mathematics from Harvard College and M.A.
and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from Yale University.
My career has concentrated on applying computers to economic and social
policy, leading academic computing and networking organizations, and making
the Internet useful throughout the world. During 1966-1970 I directed
the Computer Center at the Brookings Institution in Washington; from 1970-73
I did economic research at the Urban Institute.
During 1973-86 at the United Nations, I supported the transfer of information
technology to developing countries. I’ve done work in over 40 developing
countries and continue to do so. Among other things, I introduced the
use of microcomputers for census data processing in Africa in 1979, and
I worked in China for 5-6 months supporting 1982 Population Census activities.
Since 1986 I directed academic computing activities first at Northwestern
University and then at New York University, from where I recently retired.
I’m a Board member of AppliedTheory Communications, Inc. and was
a Trustee of CREN and NYSERNet. I’m actively involved in World Bank,
Markle Foundation, UNDP and USAID activities. Larry Landweber and I formulated
the USAID’s Leland Initiative for Internet connectivity in 20 African
countries, and I’ve followed up with assignments in Ghana and Madagascar.
I’m a Pioneer member of ISOC. I’ve been a member of the Internet
Society Board of Trustees during 1996-1999 and 2000-2001 and have served
as Vice President for Conferences (1996-1998) and Vice-President for Education
since then.
Please look at my web site, http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky,
for further information.
Statement
I want to remain on the Board of the Internet Society to ensure that it
remains actively focused on helping the developing world exploit the Internet
and benefit from it to the maximum extent possible. One of the most important
things that the Internet Society can do is to ensure that the benefits
of the Internet reach as many people as possible in all countries of the
world. That doesn’t happen automatically.
During the past 8 years Alan Greenberg and I, as the principal organizers
of the Network Training Workshop for Developing Countries since 1993,
have worked with many dedicated ISOC volunteers to cause ISOC to train
intensively about 2500 participants from nearly all developing countries
of the world. These participants have returned to their home countries
to help build viable national networks and to educate people how to use
the rich information content and communications possibilities now available
to them.
That’s as important as anything else your Society has accomplished,
and we want to keep up the momentum by moving now to support regional
and national training activities, as well as work with governments to
understand and welcome Internet access for all.
I ask for your support in this election to continue my active involvement
on the Board. If you elect me, I will do my best to ensure that it recognizes
through both discussion and action that the digital disparity is real
and that the Society can make a fundamental difference in how quickly
it can be narrowed.
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4. Kees Neggers
Biography
Kees 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 played a leading role in the process to merge RARE (Reseaux
Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne) 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 in the Internet Society from 1992 until June
1996 and from July 1998.
Present positions held in Internet related international activities include:
- Member of the Internet Society Board of Trustees
- Member of the Executive Committee of the ISOC-BoT
- Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board
- Vice-President Technical Programme of TERENA.
- European Co-Chair of the CCIRN.
- Director Network of the GigaPort Project
- Founding member of the Internet Society
Statement
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 continue to contribute my international
experience and energy towards this effort.
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5. Fred Baker
Biography and Statement
Fred Baker, who is stepping down in March after serving five years as
IETF Chair, has had two consistent career goals. One has been technical:
to enable people to make network applications run well with a minimum
of fuss and bother. The other has been to empower people to use the resulting
network to accomplish goals that are much more human.
As a Trustee of the Internet Society, Mr. Baker would like to help the
Internet Society to be more effective in its primary mission, which is
enable people to communicate more effectively using the medium of the
Internet. In short, we need the Internet to work everywhere and serve
everyone; this includes each nation and every people. Communication facilitates
understanding and commerce; these in turn offer the hope of a better world
for our children to live in. For Mr. Baker, this has meant a continuing
interest in education, and in providing opportunities for people to discuss
issues relating to the operation and us of the Internet. It has also meant
cooperation and communication with governments.
Mr. Baker would also like to promote continuing relationship and dialog
with the technical community of the IETF. As a technologist, Mr. Baker
has been heavily involved in making improving routing, network management,
and quality of service. This has meant a deep involvement in the development
of protocols and functionality related to that. Recognition of his understanding
of these areas comes in many quarters, not the least of which is his employer,
Cisco Systems, which promoted him to the position of “Fellow”
in 1998. As a Cisco Fellow, Cisco Systems expects him both to mentor engineers
and engineering teams, and provide industry awareness and guidance to
all levels of management.
In the IETF, a large part of his work has also been organizational, chairing
working groups and the IETF at large. He is recognized in that context
as one who builds consensus, and seeks to find ways for parties to win
together. Among the challenges he faced during his term as IETF chair
included the growth of the Internet community, growing relationships with
other standards organizations, and the necessity of making the IETF International
in scope.
Mr. Baker lives in Santa Barbara California, with his wife and four teen-age
children.
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6. Kenichi Ohmae
Biography and Statement
Described as “Mr. Strategy” worldwide, Dr. Kenichi Ohmae is
regularly sought out as a public speaker and management consultant. He
is also known as the creator of the framework of the borderless economy.
As an author he has published over 100 books, many of which are devoted
to business and socio-political analyses. He has also contributed numerous
articles to major publications. The Mind of Strategist (McGraw-Hill),
Triad Power (Free Press), Beyond National Borders (Dow Jones
Irwin), The Borderless World (Harper Business), and The End
of the Nation State (Free Press) are among the most popular of his
books printed in English. His new book The Invisible Continent –
Four Strategic Imperatives of New Economy (HarperCollins) was published
June, 2000.
For a period of twenty-three years, Dr. Ohmae was a partner in McKinsey
& Company, Inc., the international management consulting firm. As
a co-founder of its strategic management practice, he has served companies
in a wide spectrum of industries, including industrial and consumer electronics,
financial institutions, telecommunications, office equipment, photographic
equipment, industrial machinery, food, rubber, and chemicals. His special
area of expertise is formulating creative strategies and developing the
organizational concepts to implement them both for private and public
sectors. Some of Japan’s most famous and internationally successful
companies continue to seek his help in shaping their competitive strategies.
Likewise, his counsel is also much in demand among Asian, European and
North American-based multinational and governmental institutions. He has
also played a vital role in assisting Asian Governments to develop future
oriented-regional strategies.
Dr. Kenichi Ohmae is the Founder of “Reform of Heisei”, a citizen’s
political movement established on November 25, 1992, to promote and catalyze
the fundamental reform of Japan’s political and administrative systems.
Dr. Ohmae is also founder and Managing Director of the Ohmae & Associates,
Jasdic Park (a software development house in joint venture with three
Indian companies), EveryD.com, Inc. (an internet platform for living rooms),
and Business Breakthrough (an around-the-clock interactive satellite television
for business and management). He is also Dean of two private schools in
Tokyo: Isshinjuku focussed on public policy and Attacker’s Business
School focussed on entrepreneurship. From January 1997, he joined the
UCLA School of Public and Social Research as Chancellor’s Professor
of Public Policy. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors
of Softbank Corp., Square Co. Ltd.,and e-System Corporation, as a councillor
and director of Bond University, and is on the board of SEI (Center for
Advanced Studies for Management) at The Wharton School (University of
Pennsylvania).
Dr. Ohmae attended Waseda University (BS), the Tokyo Institute of Technology
(MS), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. in nuclear
engineering). Prior to joining McKinsey, he worked for Hitachi as a senior
design engineer on fast breeder reactor. He received an honorary doctorate
from Notre Dame University in 1995.
He now resides in Tokyo with his wife, Jeannette, and two sons, who share
his spare-time interest in music, sailing, marshal arts, motorcycles,
and scuba diving.
URLs
http://www.kohmae.com
http://www.bbt757.com
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7. Florencio Utreras
Biography and Statement
Name: Florencio Ignacio Utreras Díaz
Age: 48
Profesional Title: Mathematical Engineer
University of Chile, 1975
Academic Degree: Doctor of Engineering,
Applied Mathematics
University of Grenoble, France, 1979
Academic Position: Full Professor of Applied Mathematics
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Schoolf of Egineering)
University of Chile
Present Positions: Executive Director (since 1990)
Red Universitaria Nacional (REUNA), the
National Universities Network
Member of the Presidential Commission on Information Technologies
President of the Board of Directors ORION 2000 S.A.
Member of the Board of Directors ProgrEx S.A.
Member of the Board of Directors PYME21.
Academic Positions: Visiting Associate Professor , University of Miami,
1984
Visiting Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, 1984-1985
Visiting Associate Professor, UCLA, 194
Visiting Professor, Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, France,
1990
Visiting Professor, Università di Firenze, 1990
Visiting Professor, IBM Research, New York, 1988
Administrative Positions: Director Dept. of Mathematical Engineering 1981-83
Director Academic Computing Center, 1986-1988
Vicedean College of Physicial and Mathematical Sciences, 1988-1989
Director of Academic Computing and Networking
U. de Chile, 1990-1995
Professional Positions: Consultant Electricité de France, 1978
Consultant National Congress, 1990
Director BITNET Proyect for Chile, 1987-1991
Director ATM Proyect University of Chile, 1994-1995
Director FONDEF Proyect Enhancement of Chile’s National Network,
1992-1996
Other Positions: Member of the Information Sciences Committee of FONDEF
(National Fund for Development) 1996
Member of Programm Committee of INET’96
Member of CCIRN, Coordinating Committee for Internacional Research Networks,
1995-
Executive Secretary of the Foro Latinoamericano de Redes Académicas,
1996-
Member of the Board CTC Internet S.A. (1997-1999)
President of the Organizing Committee ICANN Meeting, Santiago, August
1999
Member of the Scientific Committee INET 2000, Yokohama, Japón.
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8. O.O. Oruye
Biography and Statement
It is my hope that serving at the level of the board shall empower me
to reach out to policy makers in Nigeria and possibly in other West African
countries to propagate the internet. The Global Village shall be incomplete
without the African Continent. There is every need to awaken people who
are not sufficiently aware of the new Information Age.
The earlier we get Africans on to the net, the quicker we shall get them
on to the development wagon. It shall then be easier for the rest of the
world to tap from the unknown resources in Africa or to direct much needed
assistance for development to Africans.
As the Social/Programs Secretary of ISOC Nigeria Chapter, I have been
touring Nigeria with other members to organise awareness campaigns and
basic courses. We had useful discussions with the Ministry of Science
and Technology in relation to generating government policies on internet.
The then Minister of Science and Technology attended the first ISOC Conference
in Nigeria in 1999.
The efforts so far made in Nigeria have paid off. The Nigerian Telecommunications
Plc., whose staff went through our awareness courses set up an ISP that
slashed connection rates to half the rates charged by other service providers
in the country.
I wish to appeal to you to support me in my campaign for the 2001 Board
Elections. I am very much unknown, but I am one of the pioneers of ISOC
Nigeria Chapter.
It has not been easy to popularise the internet on our shores despite
the marvellous concession of drastically reduced rates for Africa. Even
our government has not come up with policies relating to internet connectivity
and use. A lot of effort is still required to raise the awareness.
It is my hope that serving at the level of the Board shall empower me
to reach out to policy makers in Nigeria and indeed in West Africa. The
Global Village shall be incomplete without the African Continent. With
the help of Engr. Massari, I have been organising internet awareness courses
for staff and students of various universities and the staff of some companies.
A branch of one of such companies, the Nigeria Telecommunications Plc.,
Port Harcourt, today offers the cheapest rate for connection in Nigeria.
Over fifty of their staff attended our awareness course, which kindled
their interest in the internet service providing venture.
The earlier we get Africans on to the net, the quicker we shall get them
on to the development wagon; the easier it shall be for the rest of the
world to tap from the unknown resources in Africa, or to direct the much
needed assistance for development.
I am a fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, an Inspector for the
Engineering Regulation Monitoring Scheme of the Council for the Regulation
of Engineering in Nigeria, a Managing Director of Web World Ltd., and
a Director of NSE Publications Ltd., a publications outfit of the Nigeria
Society of Engineers. I am the Social and Programmes Secretary of ISOC
Nigeria Chapter.
I shall very much like to count on your support.
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9. Alan Greenberg
En français/español: http://www3.sympatico.ca/alan.greenberg/isoc-f.html
Biography
Until recently, I was Director of Computing and Telecommunications for
McGill University in Montreal, Canada, responsible for the university's
computing and communications infrastructure. My 30 years at McGill not
only provided technical and administrative challenges, but also included
the creation and marketing of several very successful software products,
providing valuable commercial experience. Several years ago, on leave
from McGill, I held the position of Visiting Scientist at IBM's Watson
Research Center working on computer inter-networking.
I have also been very active in regional and national networking initiatives.
I was a founding member of NetNorth, the original Canadian education and
research network, and chair of its management committee for four years;
a founding member and first management committee chair of RISQ (Réseau
interordinateurs scientifique québécois), the Quebec education
and research network; a founding member and Board member of CA*net, the
first Canadian TCP/IP-based education and research network; and a founding
member of CANARIE, a consortium of the federal government, the research
community and the private sector facilitating collaboration in stimulating
Internet development in Canada.
Since 1995, I have been involved with the Internet Society Network Training
Workshops teaching Internet skills to people from developing countries.
I was the local host of the 1996 workshop in Montreal, and principal organizer
of the 1997-2000 workshops.
I spent four years as a Board member of a large US-based non-profit computer
organization gaining extensive knowledge of not-for-profit operations
and major conference organization.
I hold a B.Sc. (Physics) and a M.Sc. (Computer Science) from McGill University.
Statement
I seek a position on the ISOC Board of Trustees with several passions:
- As the organizer of the last four ISOC Network Training Workshops,
I know firsthand what a major impact ISOC has had on the spread of the
Internet throughout the developing world. Although we no longer need
centralized workshops of that type, there is still a great need and
opportunity for ISOC to help the Internet continue to spread with major
positive impact in these countries.
- ISOC and its active participants have been instrumental in the success
of the Internet, but outside of the "inner circle", this work
is neither well understood nor recognized. ISOC must work to strengthen
its credibility and visibility.
- ISOC must adjust its business model to ensure financial stability
and viability.
With credibility, visibility, stability and viability, ISOC can have
a major impact on the continued beneficial spread of the Internet worldwide.
We are still very far from declaring victory based on our motto of "The
Internet is for everyone".
ISOC is the organizational home of the IETF and the IAB. We need to be
as successful in our other areas of endeavor as these groups have been
in Internet standards!
I have the skills and background to help ISOC grow and flourish. The major
commitment of time and effort I have put into the ISOC workshops over
6 years proves that I am both motivated and will work hard for you and
ISOC.
For further discussion, contact me at alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca.
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10. Jonathan Robin
In Dutch/Nederlands: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/elections/2001/robinnl.html
Biography
Jonathan Robin jrobin@atelier.fr
53, born London, in Paris since 1973, studied in Geneva and Toronto. Founder-member
ISOC England, former Vice-President ISOC France, Jonathan initiated and
piloted ISOC’s recognition as UNESCO Operational Level NGO and, with
Christine Maxwell, achieved ISOC’s INFOethics conference lead role:
http://webworld.unesco.org/infoethics2000/index.html
The ISOC Board, via its Chairman, has commended these efforts, thanking
Jonathan for continuing work on behalf of the Internet Society.
http://www.couleurs.com 1998 IBM
e-business trophy: best website France category Innovation.
Since 1972: Fellow, Japan Society of London, http://www.japansociety.org.uk/main.html
Zoological Society, http://www.zsl.org/ioz/index.html
1994: member, France’s IT Think Tank, Club de l’Arche.
1996: Organizer Internet Forum 50th Anniversary MENSA International.
1997: Festive Committee Internet Fiesta http://www.internet-fiesta.org
1999: Vice-President French Teleworking Association http://www.aftt.net
Nominated to initial ISTF Steering Group by Vint CERF, http://www.istf.org
Jonathan initiated ISTF online election procedure with http://www.election.com
Author, Chair Internet Societal Task Force Privacy Security WG.
http://www.istf.org/wg/privsec/index.shtml
Co-Author ISTF Special Needs WG.
http://istf-docs.norrnod.se/tpd/wg-special-needs-1-tap.html
Scientific Committee UNESCO/UNITAR.
IPv6 for LATIF LADID, initiated several European conferences and meetings.
AFRICA for WAWA NGENGE organized ISOC Cameroon partnership http://www.yaoundenet.com
and for ISOC Uganda invitation European Parliamentary Education Conference
Jonathan initiated various ISOC MOU’s:
Newropeans Congress http://www.newropeans.org
International Federation for Information and Documentation http://www.fid.nl
Global Information Alliance http://www.kb.nl/infolev/fid/conicyt/reseng.htm
ISOC’s presence UK Government Balkans Conferences
ISTF Speaker: French and European Parliamentrary Conferences
Secretary General ISOC European Chapters’ Coordination, Jonathan
enhanced intrachapter communication and international ECC recognition:
Swedish Government Conference http://itvisions.amb-suede.fr/index.php3?lang=fr&page=3
He introduced proposals for UNESCO, European Commission and E-Europe presentations
INET2001 and ISOC OECD Forum participation.
Statement
500 words leave little room for Election Statements. Responses to your
questions will shortly be posted to http://www.JonathanRobin.net
I, and other candidates and petitioners, seek YOUR support for a more
interactive BoT societal strategy.
The BoT needs both Standards AND Societal advocates. Informed, transparent,
democratic debates are essential. Jonathan actively campaigned for Petitioners
seeking space for sharing ideas: Cynthia Waddell: Special Needs, Shalini
Venturelli: Global Internet policy, Hans Klein, ICANN transparency.
Ndeye DIOP, Veni Markovski and I agree: ISOC’s Mission Statement
is of paramount importance.
Key issues: PRIVACY and IPv6/IETF focus as Kees Neggers and LATIF LADID
so rightly say, and SPECIAL NEEDS, deserve more proactive ISOC support.
Increased awareness of the societal implications of the way in which the
Internet will evolve through convergency between IPv6 deployment must
be shared. Higher bandwidth availability, as in Scandinavia, the increasing
importance of e-learning, and the commercialization of nanotechnological
applications, will accelerate the challenges of a radically different
environment for all, especially those in less-favoured nations, needs
to be explained.
Better visibility and perceived relevancy are needed, especially regarding
relationships with Governance, I-SIG encouragement, stronger intrachapter
communication, a closer look at Chapter roles, online ISOC elections next
year, Association-Level, and ISOC at-large memberships.
By-law amendment: Article VI.4 deserves rethinking, even if this leads
to increased costs for ISOC, because less than 8% of the world’s
population uses English as a mother tongue. Greater support should be
given to other languages.
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/bylaws.shtml
Best regards, Jonathan Robin.
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11. Don Heath
Biography
Heath is just retiring as president and CEO of the Internet Society where
he served for the past five years. He was Chair of the IAHC, a coalition
of participants from the broad Internet community, working to resolve
issues with the Internet’s global DNS, which led to the formation
of ICANN. He was a member of the Advisory Committee on Telecommunications
to the government of Ireland; a member of the WIPO Panel of Experts to
develop recommendations concerning intellectual property issues associated
with Internet domain names including dispute resolution; a member of the
ITU Reform Advisory Panel; and, is a member of the U.S. State Department
ACICIP committee where he is co-Chair of a Working Group. Heath was previously
EVP/COO of TNS, a network company specializing in transaction oriented
communications; at BTNA as VP of Product Management and Marketing with
responsibility for BT’s data services worldwide; VP, Data Marketing
for MCI; president/COO of XtraSoft, a Silicon Valley software company;
VP of Development and Operations for ISSCO, a mainframe graphics software;
VP of Tymnet, the worldwide data network company. He has served on the
board of directors of DSSI, a large-scale software firm, for the past
15 years, the board of advisors for SoftZoo.com, an Internet company for
the marketing and distribution of applications software, and is a member
of the Chairman’s Council of Alcatel. A graduate of the University
of Minnesota, Heath earned a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the Institute
of Technology.
Additional biographic info available at "/isoc/general/trustees/board.php?id=28".
Statement
I joined ISOC five years ago as president and CEO planning to stay a few
years. However, ISOC’s purposes took me over and my commitment was
complete; that is, the “job” became my life, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. It is, therefore, exciting to have been nominated to continue
that commitment as a candidate for the Board as I retire from full time
employment. ISOC must become more aggressive in pursuing global cooperation
and coordination in the establishment of Internet policy. Not that policy
should be created for its own sake, but when certain issues arise, ISOC
must be intimately involved. We have over 60 official chapters; another
80 plus, in various stages of formation; individual members in over 170
countries. The established activities and technical resources of the IETF,
the growing and evolving capabilities within the ISTF, are additional
assets that should be tapped. Our history in the education and training
of key individuals within developing countries has established a talented
and influential cadre of people capable of significant accomplishment.
With our members, we are uniquely equipped to provide knowledge, perspective,
diversity, and education - reflective of our culture - to the parties,
and the processes they employ, in the development of policy, globally.
I believe my commitment in fulfilling the goals and objectives of ISOC
can be more sharply focused as a Trustee, than is possible as the president/CEO!
I would be honored to serve as a Trustee and would be grateful for your
support.
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12. Veni Markovski
Biography
Born on April 3, 1968 in Macedonia, living in Bulgaria. Married. Wife
Addie, one daughter - Alexandra - the youngest member of ISOC.
Personal Web Site: http://www.veni.com
Education:
Masters degree in Law. Currently working on my PhD “information warfare
and international law”.
Work and Internet-related activites:
Founder and Chairman of ISOC - Bulgaria (http://www.isoc.bg).
CEO of BOL.BG. Member of the ISSG to ISTF, vice-president of the European
Coordination Council of the Internet Society chapters, chairman of the
MITF of ICANN for East Europe (http://www.icann.org/at-large/index.html),
member of the Bulgarian: Internet Association, IT Association, chamber
of commerce and industry.
ISOC - Bulgaria:
Since the foundation of ISOC-Bulgaria we’ve been putting efforts
in promoting Internet and free exchange of information. Our organization
became well-known in Bulgaria and worldwide in 1999, when we filed a case
against the government to fight the proposed licensing of ISPs - procedure
aimed at ensuring police control of content and Internet users. We won
the case in November 1999, by forcing the government for an out-of-court
agreement with ISOC-Bulgaria (www.isoc.bg/kpd).
In the year 2000, Bulgarian President Peter Stoyanov became the first
head of state - member of ISOC. ISOC-Bulgaria also initiated the first
Internet Fiesta (www.isoc.bg/fiesta),
which was the most successful event from its kind and drew the attention
of all nation to the Internet.
Statement
If I am elected...
My aim in ISOC Board will be to enlarge the scope of its activities in
its main task - to assure the open development, evolution and use of the
Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world. I believe
also that East European representation in the board will bring some new
ideas and some wind of change (please, don’t be scared too much:-).
All my life I’ve been trying to be independent in my opinions and
views, and have committed my life to serve the community. I am really
happy that back in 1990 I discovered the 1200 bps modem and this + the
Internet made it possible for me to bring the world at a keyboard distance.
I will also focus on 2 issues that are very important for everyone, not
only for emerging nations: bridging the digital divide and bringing Internet
in education worldwide.
For additional motives and ideas, please visit http://veni.com/isoc-elections.html.
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13. Shalini Venturelli
Statement
As a research and policy expert with a multicultural and multilingual
background who has knowledge and first-hand life experience of Asia, Europe,
and North America, I offer myself as a nominee for the ISOC Board of Trustees
to strengthen its international and cross-cultural knowledge of the social,
cultural, and political development of the Internet. I believe I can bring
to ISOC my expertise on global policy issues that are crucial to the international
structure of the Internet, and a knowledge and experience of international
organizations.
My work internationally has shown me that there is an acute need for an
organization such as the Internet Society which can represent in a universal
manner, the interests and values that are vital for the development of
the Internet. The Internet Society is in a unique position to articulate
minimal standards for global Internet evolution in the areas of technical
standards, economic policy, social policy, and information rights guarantees.
I would work energetically to support this unique role without which the
future of the Internet may devolve into the national and territorial fiefdoms
that characterized conventional communication technologies.
To that end, I would seek to collaborate with others in developing a strong
publications strategy for ISOC. Finally, my international experience and
knowledge of East-West, North-South issues allows for working closely
with ISOC chapters around the world in order to strengthen membership
and participation.
Biography
Dr. Shalini Venturelli is Associate Professor of International Communication
Policy at the American University, Washington, D.C. She is also Chair
of the internationally constituted Communication & Human Rights Committee
of the International Association of Media & Communication Research
(IAMCR), the largest international association of scholars and scientists
in communication research, and serves on the association’s governance
board. She is on the editorial board of leading journals in international
communication research. She has served as expert advisor to UNESCO, UNDP,
the World Bank, the European Commission, and the Council of Europe.
Dr. Venturelli has conducted extensive research and analysis on the social,
political, cultural and economic dimensions of Internet policy, especially
in the context of transnational and global challenges over intellectual
property rights, content regulation, cultural rights, freedom of expression,
competition policy, universal service and access, conflicts over legal
and regulatory traditions, ecommerce, legal jurisdiction, and information
economics.
Dr. Venturelli has conducted comparative studies of e-regulation in Europe,
Asia and North America and provided an analysis that addresses the cultural,
social, and legal differences that must be overcome in order to develop
common regulatory standards for the Internet. Dr. Venturelli advises a
number of international organizations on Internet policy in developing
countries, and is regularly invited to speak in many countries on what
steps each nation must undertake to exploit the full potential of the
Internet. Dr. Venturelli is the author of many books and journal articles
on the Information Society.
Contact information: International Communication Division, School of International
Service, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW. Washington,
DC 20016, USA. Phone: 202-885-1635, Fax: 202-885-2494, Email: sventur@american.edu.
For a list of publications and further information, see: http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/sis/facinfo/venturelli.html.
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SAMPLE BALLOT
BALLOT
2001 Internet Society Board of Trustees Election
- You may vote for no more than five (5) candidates and you may cast
only one (1) vote per candidate.
- To vote for the candidate(s) of your choice, mark the box next to
the name(s) of the candidates with an X. Please make a heavy, dark mark.
- Ballots with more than 5 candidates marked will not be counted.
- Ballot order of the candidates was determined by random drawing.
- Latif Ladid - Morocco/Luxembourg
- Cynthia Waddell - USA
- George Sadowsky - USA
- Kees Neggers - The Netherlands
- Fred Baker - USA
- Kenichi Ohmae - Japan
- Florencio Utreras - Chile
- O.O. Oruye - Nigeria
- Alan Greenberg - Canada
- Jonathan Robin - UK
- Don Heath - USA
- Veni Markovski - Bulgaria
- Shalini Venturelli - USA
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