Hi again,
Here's the notes that I made, re. the various candidates. These
are just my thoughts, drawn from the various bios; clearly, I may
have overlooked/mistaken things, and it's not meant to be a character
judgement!!
But, in the interest of discussion, here are those thoughts.
Preferrably, read them after you've had time to do your own
thinking on the questions...
Leslie.
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"Reality with a delicate splash of the imaginary...
... or was that the other way around?"
-- ThinkingCat
Leslie Daigle
leslie@thinkingcat.com
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HS = Helmut Schink
JFA = Jean François Abramatic
OJ = Ole Jacobsen
Assertions: Strong, Moderate, Weak, Unknown
0. Specific background data requested
Internet technologies
JFA[Strong] . particularly hands-on in X-Windows workstation
. very involved in W3C
. more Internet than telecomm
HS [Strong] . broadband internetworking & telephony
. product & standardization efforts
. BUT: focused on technology/product development,
not so much operational experience, or experience
at the naming/number level
OJ [Strong] . extensive (spanning decades), though primarily from
the position of writing about/using (areas: DNS in
particular)
International standards or other international development bodies
JFA[Strong] . W3C Chairman
HS [Strong] . ITU, ETSI (TIPHON), ISOC advisory council, IETF
OJ [Strong] . IETF, ISOC advisory council
Other corporate Boards of Directors
JFA[Strong] . ICANN(!), Ilog (INRIA startup)
HS [Unknown]
OJ [Strong] . APIA
Government bodies -- local and international
JFA[Strong] . Involvement with French government; others?
HS [Unknown] . other than international standards bodies
OJ [Unknown] . clearly, though, a multi--cultural background
(Norway, England, Japan, US....)
1. Internet Culture
Vision -- ICANN & Internet
JFA[Strong] . universal access -- above & below IP layers
. ICANN challenges: stabilize organization &
establish trustworthiness; contribute to deployment
of a truly international infrastructure
HS [Strong] . convergence through IP
. continued open, non-monopolistic services
. "to maintain the Internet´s decentralized structure,
to lever the interoperability provided by the Internet
protocols and ensure further evolvability."
. ICANN challenges: finances, and positioning/role
OJ [Unknown]
Develop appropriate partnerships with wide variety of organizations:
experience with wide variety of organizations
JFA[Strong] . as chair of W3C, and W3C confernce committees,
has had to bring many organizations together
. developed business liaisons for INRIA
. BUT: these are all fairly focused within tech/dev
organizations
HS [Unknown] . works within Siemens & specific technical bodies
OJ [Strong] . multiple international conferences (Interop founder)
Asia & Pacific..., etc
Adaptable, in the light of ICANN's evolving role: demonstrated
breadth of experience
JFA[Moderate] . quite a range, within a specific field
HS [Moderate] . semiconductor physics research to broadband
product development -- quite a range within a
specific field
OJ [Strong] . has written about, experienced, covered many
areas,
. BUT, claim is technical focus, a-political (some
political appreciation is necessary...!)
2. Accountability -- to Internet community and Society at large
Public accountability/openness: e.g., board experience, etc
JFA[Strong] . don't know about openness, but has board experience
(ICANN, Ilog) and other positions of responsibility
(W3C Chair, International WWW Conference Committee)
HS [Strong] . don't know about specific board experience, but
has evidently held positions of responsibility
within Siemens, for eg.
OJ [Strong] . APIA board,
Legacy regulations -- understanding/appreciate/awareness of
differences between and across countries: experience with
international bodies
JFA[Unknown] . though, obviously some exposure through I year on
ICANN board
HS [Unknown]
OJ [Moderate] . don't know about awareness of existing legacy
situations, but certainly an understanding of
cultural differences, and the effects of bringing
multiple cultures together
Internationalization: experience/demonstrated awareness
JFA[Unknown]
HS [Unknown]
OJ [Moderate] . don't see demonstrated experience, but certainly
that multilingual, multicultural experience is real
3. ICANN as organization
Business model: experience with business/financial plans (theory
and practice!)
JFA[Moderate] . has primarily worked in research; though he did
work on business liaisons for INRIA
HS [Strong] . Extensive corporate (and corporate consulting)
experience
OJ [Unknown]