[ga] FW: Acceptance of Nomination

[R.Gaetano@iaea.org]

Hi, all.

Please find below the text of the message I just sent to "ga-nominations",
according to the instructions.

For the record, I did not have any official answer regarding eligibility in
relation to working for an international treaty organization not in a
policy-making position, but my reading of the Bylaws excludes this
incompatibility.
If ICANN will give a different interpretation, I will of course step back.

Regards
Roberto



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	GAETANO, Roberto 
> Sent:	Friday, 03 December 1999 4:05 PM
> To:	'ga-nominations@dnso.org'
> Subject:	Acceptance of Nomination
> 
> 
> 1a. Full name of the nominee:
> 
> Roberto Gaetano
> 
> 
> 1b. E-mail address of the nominee:
> 
> r.gaetano@iaea.org
> 
> 
> 1c. Background information about the nominee:
> 
> I have more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology and
> Telecommunications, with a major focus on software development.
> I worked for different types of organizations, including private
> companies, multinationals, governmental agencies, and other institutions.
> I have wide international experience, having worked and lived in different
> countries, like Italy, France, and the USA, often in multicultural
> environments. As a consequence, I am able to communicate and to conduct
> business in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German.
> At present, I am responsible for a multicultural Software Development team
> in an international organization that is part of the UN system in Vienna,
> Austria.
> 
> My involvment in Internet policy issues dates from my earlier employment
> with an Europe-based international institute with focus on Telecom, for
> which I was serving as Internet Policy Advisor.
> In that capacity I participated in the current debate in different fora,
> including IETF, CORE, POC, IFWP.
> 
> At present, I am participating only as an individual.
> 
> 
> 1d. Statement of the nominee's objectives in the role as Chair of the GA
> (including his or her views of the role of the GA and its relationship
> with the Names Council and Constituencies of the DNSO):
> 
> If elected, my main objective will be to improve the effectiveness of the
> GA, by favouring an open debate focused on the issues, and making sure
> that the opinions of the GA are properly forwarded to the Name Council.
> 
> In my opinion, the primary role of the GA is to provide an open forum for
> circulation of ideas and proposals on Domain-Names-related issues, in
> particular for, but not limited to, the individuals that do not belong to
> recognized constituencies.
> 
> According to this philosophy, the GA should be independent from the Name
> Council, which is expression of the recognized Constituencies, but should
> have with the latter a relationship that is based upon collaboration and
> mutual understanding of the respective roles, and not upon a conflict
> between the Constituencies and the Individuals.
> 
> Moreover, I do believe that the GA can potentially provide an interesting
> model for the future organization of the At-Large ICANN membership.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>