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Sounds good to me. On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Mike O'Connor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > hi all, > > Mark McFadden inquired as to whether he could take on the volunteer > "represent MICE at ICANN" role that i used to fill. if that decision were > left entirely to me i would say "absolutely" as Mark is one of the folks i > held in highest regard while i was a participant at ICANN. i'm putting > this request to you in much the same way that i did when i asked whether i > could represent us, back in 2012. this would be a volunteer arrangement in > which Mark would stand ready to provide briefings and insights as MICE > requests - in return for which he would have standing within ICANN to > continue his very long involvement in that organization. > > i did a search on "Mark McFadden ICANN" which turned up all kinds of > stuff. i thought this recent letter from Mark did a pretty good job of > summarizing his qualifications. > > ICANN: > > I am pleased to submit my name for consideration for the AoC Review Team > on Security, Stability, and Resilience of the DNS. I have attached a short > CV and my statement of interest. Note that I have a formal Conflict of > Interests statement, dated 1 August 2016, on file with ICANN. > > I have been a participant in ICANN since its beginnings serving as > Secretariat to the ISPCP constituency, the Chair of the Address Supporting > Organization, member of the RSTEP, and most recently as a member of the > ISPCP constituency. I have also directed work on two of the Independent > Evaluation panels for the new gTLD program. > > I have significant experience working with DNS infrastructure in my time > at BT and subsequently as an advisor for Western European governments on > Internet policy related to the DNS. In that capacity, I’ve worked on > DNSSEC projects, standardization efforts in the IETF, and performance and > security management for large DNS implementations. I believe that the > combination of technical and policy background makes for a very helpful > addition to the SSR2. > > While with BT, I was responsible for policy and technical coordination of > a global DNS implementation and worked on DNSSEC, enum and other > infrastructure related issues. > > My interests in stability issues related to the DNS is broad. I have been > a contributor to DNSOP in the IETF and to the effort to understand name > collision in the context of the expansion of the DNS namespace. > > I believe that the DNS is in the midst of significant evolutionary change > and that the security, stability and resilience of the DNS is under threat > in ways that were not the case during the first SSR. My interest in SSR2 is > in enhancing the security, stability and resiliency of the DNS is > practical, standards-based, data-driven approaches with clear mandates for > ICANN and the community that makes ICANN effective. > > Best regards, > > Mark > > Mark McFadden > > Principal Consultant, Internet Infrastructure and Governance InterConnect > Communications > > > what say you all? can i expand my "absolutely" vote from me to the rest > of you? > > thanks for considering this idea, > > mike > > > WI:(715) 598-4284 MN:(651) 647-6109 Toll Free:(800) 896-0907 Fax: > (866)-280-2356 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:[log in to unmask] Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================