>Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 01:49:04 -0800
>To: Adam Todd Snr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Bill Lovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: What the ??? ICANN Appoints Independent Review Advisory Committee
>
>At 12:17 AM 4/2/99 +1000, you wrote:
>
>>I now look at the list of names, seems familiar for some reason.>
>>Oh yes - I've never in my life heard of ANY of these people. Not one name
>>seems to show up in any database of names and email addresses relating to
>>DNS prior to mid 1998.
>>
>>Can anyone offer an explanation as to how these people end up being so
>>qualified for a function yet appear to have no background?
>>
>>I also have to question how an ICANN director can be part of the Review
>>Committee.
>
>That part seems to have been part of the original plan, so far as I can see.
>As to these particular people (and, from what you say, their dearth of
>experience in Internet matters), that may be precisely the point. I can't
>believe I am saying this, but there is the old saw about having people who
>can see the forest, and let the working class take care of the trees. One
thing
>I can guarantee is that experience in a particular industry is NOT a
>prerequisite
>to being on the Board of a company within that industry; choices are often
>made entirely upon the expected smarts, VISION and pizazz of a person, not
>on whether or not the person had grubbed in the same hoe line. Those are two
>entirely different animals, and in a function such as Internet governance
>that is
>replete with factional bloodletting, having people that will be above the
>fray may
>be precisely what is needed. And on that standard, from these bios I would
say
>that these people are very highly qualified and may indeed introduce an
element
>of sanity into these august proceedings.
>
>Bill Lovell
>>
>>>LOS ANGELES, March 31, 1999 -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
>>>and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that the following individuals have been
>>>appointed to ICANN's Independent Review Advisory Committee:
>>>
>>> - Linda Wilson, Chair (United States)
>>> - Mads Bryde Anderson (Denmark)
>>> - Ryozo Hayashi (Japan)
>>> - Ethan Katsh (United States)
>>> - Hans Kraaijenbrink (Netherlands)
>>> - Jorge Plano (Argentina)
>>> - Peter Dengate Thrush (New Zealand)
>>> - Jorge Vega (Peru)
>>>
>>>Brief biographical information about the Committee members is set forth
>>>below.
>>>
>>>Expressions of interest were received from over fifty individuals in
>>>response to ICANN's invitation, which was posted on the ICANN website and
>>>distributed to the relevant mailing lists on March 5.
>>>
>>>Those selected meet the goals of geographic diversity and relevant
>>>professional experience. The board appreciates the willingness of so many
>>>people to participate in this important endeavor, and encourages all to
>>>provide feedback and expertise for the committee when its recommendations
>>>are posted for public comment.
>>>
>>>This committee, called for in the ICANN Bylaws, will advise the ICANN Board
>>>on the creation of a structure for independent third party review of
>>>decisions of the ICANN Board of Directors. The committee's work will begin
>>>immediately.
>>>
>>>ICANN offers sincere thanks to all of the enthusiastic and qualified
>>>individuals who expressed interest in joining the committee.
>>>
>>>Contact:
>>>
>>>Andrew McLaughlin
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>+1-617-495-4935
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>----
>>>BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON IRAC MEMBERS:
>>>
>>>LINDA WILSON, CHAIR (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
>>> Linda S. Wilson is currently the seventh president of Radcliffe College
>>>at Harvard University. She also serves as an ICANN Director. Previously, was
>>>vice president for research at the University of Michigan. She is a Trustee
>>>of the General Hospital Corporation of the Massachusetts General Hospital.
>>>She is also on the Board of Directors for Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
>>>Ms. Wilson has served on the National Commission on Research and was chair
>>>of its subcommittee on accountability. She was a member of the Director's
>>>Advisory Council of the National Science Foundation for nine years. As a
>>>member of the Council of the Institute of Medicine, she chaired its Finance
>>>Committee, and served on its Committee on Government- Industry Research
>>>Collaboration in Biomedical Research and Education. She is a member of the
>>>Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of
>>>the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
>>> Ms. Wilson received a Bachelor's degree from Sophie Newcomb College,
>>>Tulane University, and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of
>>>Wisconsin. She received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Newcomb
>>>College, Tulane University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the
>>>University of Maryland.
>>>
>>>MADS BRYDE ANDERSEN (Copenhagen, Denmark)
>>> Dr. Mads Bryde Andersen is a professor of private law at the University
>>>of Copenhagen and author or editor of several books and articles on contract
>>>law, intellectual property law and IT law. For a number of years has been
>>>working actively with legislative issues regarding electronic commerce, in
>>>Denmark (where, among other things, he is chairing the Danish Government's
>>>IT Security Council) as well as in the EU, the ICC and the OECD. In the
>>>years 1997-1998 he was the chairman of the UNCITRAL Working Party on
>>>Electronic Commerce.
>>>
>>>RYOZO HAYASHI (Tokyo, Japan)
>>> Ryozo Hayashi is Director-General for Machinery and Information
>>>Industry Policy at the Machinery and Information Industry Bureau of Japan's
>>>Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
>>>Mr. Hayashi received an L.L.B. from Kyoto University in 1970, and an L.L.M.
>>>from Harvard Law School in 1976. In 1991, Mr. Hayashi served as a Fellow and
>>>Visiting Lecturer, Centre for Business and Government of Harvard
>>>University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1994, Mr. Hayashi was
>>>Visiting Lecturer in the Law Department of Kyoto University.
>>>
>>>ETHAN KATSH (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA)
>>> Ethan Katsh is Director of the Center for Information Technology and
>>>Dispute Resolution and a Professor of Legal Studies at the University of
>>>Massachusetts at Amherst. He is author of two books on law and technology,
>>>The Electronic Media and The Transformation of Law (Oxford University Press,
>>>1989) and Law in a Digital World (Oxford University Press, 1995), as well as
>>>articles that have appeared in many law reviews and periodicals. He is a
>>>graduate of the Yale Law School and is co-founder of the Online Ombuds
>>>Office, a project funded by the Hewlett Foundation to explore dispute
>>>resolution in cyberspace.
>>>
>>>HANS KRAAIJENBRINK (The Hague, Netherlands)
>>> Hans Kraaijenbrink is a Member of the Executive Board of ETNO, the
>>>European Telecommunications Network Operators association, located in
>>>Brussels. He is also Manager, European Policy and Regulation with Royal KPN
>>>N.V., the Netherlands where he is responsible for European and international
>>>regulatory strategic affairs. He is a Member of the ICANN Board of
>>>Directors.
>>>Previously, he worked for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs,
>>>responsible for information technology and the services sectors, and for the
>>>Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. He was also a
>>>member of the management team of the Telecommunications and Posts
>>>Directorate in the initial phase of the Dutch Telecommunications Regulator.
>>>Mr. Kraaijenbrink graduated from Delft University (1966).
>>>
>>>JORGE PLANO (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
>>> Jorge Plano is adviser of the Camara Argentina de Bases de Datos y
>>>Servicios en Linea (CABASE). He is professor at the Universidad Tecnologica
>>>Nacional, Buenos Aires and member of the board of the Fundacion Ictys. He is
>>>engaged in the study and diffusion of the social impact of the digital and
>>>network technologies and was an organizer of the IFWP-LA&C Buenos Aires
>>>where he acted as scribe in some sessions. He was National Director of
>>>Informatics Policies at the government of Argentina (1989-96). In the 80s he
>>>worked in consultancy on information systems and technological development
>>>in the computer industry. Previously he held managerial positions in data
>>>processing in international companies and the state administration. Mr.
>>>Plano is graduated in Information Systems.
>>>
>>>PETER DENGATE THRUSH (Wellington, New Zealand)
>>> Peter Dengate Thrush is a barrister, in practice in New Zealand,
>>>specialising in intellectual property, IT and competition causes. He has
>>>been counsel to Internet New Zealand, and its operating company Domainz,
>>>since their inception in 1995/6. He is a former member of the New Zealand
>>>volleyball team, and currently a director of Innovus Ltd, a consulting and
>>>software development team. He is an expert on intellectual property rights
>>>of indigenous peoples.
>>>
>>>JORGE VEGA (Lima, Peru)
>>> Jorge Vega is the General Manager partner at the law firm Estudio
>>>Osterling, Arias-Schreiber, Vega, Orbegoso & Asociados.
>>>Born in Lima, Peru in 1944, Mr. Vega was educated at the Catholic University
>>>of Peru and admitted to Peruvian bar in 1969, Peru. Mr. Vega concentrates in
>>>Civil, Banking, Corporate, Litigation, Constitutional Law, International
>>>Contracts, Real Estate and general legal practice.
>>> Professional experience: Member, Trainee Program Shearman & Sterling
>>>(New York), Banking Legal practice, Citicorp (Main Office) 1969-1970.
>>>Professor, Catholic University of Peru, 1971-, and University of Lima,
>>>1982-. Counsel, Commission Appointed to Reform the Civil Code. Member,
>>>Commission Appointed to Reform the Civil Procedures Code. Former Director,
>>>Lima Bar Association.
>>>
>>>
>>
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