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You have my vote -----Original Message----- From: MICE Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike O'Connor Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 10:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] would MICE be willing to designate me as it's representative to ICANN? thanks Dan! hm… Dan's note made me realize that it's not the Old Days any more and that many of you don't know me at all. so my terse little request comes out of the blue. let me remedy that. i'm extra thankful that Dan fired off that note. i've been a fan and observer of MICE since the beginning, but except for lurking on the list and showing up at some of the meetings i haven't done a lick of work on this project. i'd be happy to pull a little harder on the oars in exchange for your allowing me to pay for your membership in ICANN and being one of your representatives. here's a link to my bio -- http://www.haven2.com/index.php/bio here's a link to my page on ICANN-wiki (where you can find out about all kinda ICANN stuff) -- http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Mike_O%27Connor you'll see on the ICANN page that i do a bunch of work on working groups -- mostly focused on the security and stability kinda stuff. my problem with the Business Constituency has always been that it is quite tilted towards the interests of intellectual property owners and large corporations fending off cybersquatters. it's not that i disagree with them, but i've always felt that the view of the business community should be broader than that. and besides, there's a whole 'nother constituency that's supposed to be looking out for the interests of intellectual property. so i've been toiling away for years trying to carry that broader agenda inside the constituency. but this past few months have seen the constituency backslide a bit. first with the way we were playing both sides of the fence in the US Congress on the introduction of new gTLDs and then with the SOPA/PIPA legislation. so i'm getting tired of the ambiguity. the nice thing about the ISP constituency is that their agenda is much less political and a lot better aligned with my interests. so there's a bit more of the story, and a better job of introducing myself to those of you who don't know me. sorry about that, mikey On Jan 22, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Dan Boehlke wrote: > Greetings, > > Having known Mike for a long time, I know his work at ICANN would benefit the entire MICE community. I support Mike's proposal and would recommend that we allow mice to go forward with our designation and support. It is in our interests to have individuals from our community in Internet governance. > > Thank you. > > -- > Dan Boehlke > 651-341-6880 > > > On Jan 22, 2012, at 6:52 AM, "Mike O'Connor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> hi all, >> >> i'm hunting for a different home-base in the ICANN scheme of things (long story, happy to share, but probably boring for y'all). right now i'm in the "Business constituency" which you can read about at http://www.bizconst.org/. i'm trying to swing over to the ISP constituency (http://www.ispcp.info/) mostly because it's a better fit for my interests, but also because the Business constituency is making me sick to my stomach and i don't want to be a part of that gang any more (another really long story). >> >> so i was wondering if MICE (or any of you individual members) would be willing to designate me your ICANN representative so's i could switch. this will be a pretty light burden for y'all -- i'll pay all the expenses, give you reports on interesting stuff having to do with DNS and IP-address policy issues, collect your views, carry them off to ICANN, etc. >> >> i just need a new place to stand inside of ICANN and you're the gang i'd like to stand with. >> >> questions? comments? ideas? >> >> mikey >> >> >> - - - - - - - - - >> phone 651-647-6109 >> fax 866-280-2356 >> web http://www.haven2.com >> handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.) >> >> ##################################################################### >> ### >> >> To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: >> http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > > ###################################################################### > ## > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 - - - - - - - - - phone 651-647-6109 fax 866-280-2356 web http://www.haven2.com handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.) ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1