[icann-endorsements] Endorsement for Nomination of Jonathan C. Cohen

[Victoria Carrington <vcarrington@shapirocohen.com>]

3a. Full name of the endorser: Victoria Carrington
3b. E-mail address of the endorser: vcarrington@shapirocohen.com
3c. Full name of the accepted nominee you wish to endorse: Jonathan C. Cohen

As Jonathan Cohen's associate, I am fortunate to have had the opportunity 
to collaborate closely with him on his Internet and ICANN-related work over 
the past few years, and thus know firsthand the degree of effort and 
dedication that he has put into his participation in the process, from the 
earliest days of the international discussions about DNS reform, through 
the formation of the DNSO, the IPC, and eventually his service on the ICANN 
Board.  I also know that his commitment to seeing the process through and 
performing his duties as Director has come at a price, namely, the enormous 
investment of personal and professional time (and the consequences it 
entails), which is undoubtedly familiar to the many others who share the 
desire to make the ICANN process and DNS management work to the benefit of 
all stakeholders.

While Jonathan's expertise is in intellectual property law, and he 
accordingly led the efforts to establish the IPC as a DNSO constituency 
which reflected the broad range of concerns and interests present in the 
international IP community, he has always recognized that these interests 
must be addressed in the context of the often competing concerns of other 
stakeholder groups.  He has therefore been committed to understanding the 
issues of importance to, and facilitating dialogue among, all the 
constituencies, which he has continued to do while serving on the 
Board.  As a member of the Board of CIRA, Jonathan has played a part in 
helping to shape the reform of Canada's top level domain, and he brings 
this experience and perspective to the ICANN Board as well.

I know that as a member of the ICANN Board, he has worked hard to fulfill 
this duty to represent not only all members of the DNSO, but to balance the 
interests of the entire Internet community as a whole.  He has also made 
considerable effort to reach out to other potential stakeholders around the 
world in areas which have not had the opportunity to participate as fully 
to date, by actually travelling to countries such as Japan, Korea, South 
Africa, Thailand, India, and, later this year, the Philippines and Israel, 
to personally meet with interested groups and assist them in understanding 
and joining the process.

I believe that Jonathan has clearly demonstrated his commitment and, more 
importantly, his ability to serve all members of ICANN well as a Board 
member, and feel that by virtue of this, as well as his thorough 
familiarity with relevant issues and the benefit of continuity at this 
still early stage of the process, his continued service as a Director 
during a second term would continue to be an asset to ICANN and all of its 
participants.




Shapiro Cohen
Group of Intellectual Property Practices
Ottawa, Canada

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