[icann-nominations] Acceptance Form

["White, Rick-SEA" <WhitR@PerkinsCoie.com>]

1. Full name:

Rick White

2. E-mail address:

whitr@perkinscoie.com

3. Organization you work for (if apply):

Perkins Coie LLP

4. Snail-mail address (street, city, country): 

1201 Third Ave., 48th Floor, Seattle WA  98101, USA

5. The region that includes the country of which you are a citizen:

North America

6. The region that includes the country in which you reside:

North America

7. A clear statement of acceptance of the nomination:

I accept the nomination for membership on the ICANN board.

8. If you are a Member of the Names Council, state your intention (*)
    to resign from the Names Council if you are elected to the ICANN Board:

n/a

9. A Curriculum Vitae (no more than 500 words long):
Rick White is a partner in the firm Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle, where he
works in the electronic commerce and public policy areas.  From 1983 to
1994, he practiced in the firm's bankruptcy and insolvency group.  He
received a bachelor's degree in government and French at Dartmouth College,
studied at the Pantheon-Sorbonne, and received his law degree from
Georgetown University.
At Perkins Coie, White has worked with some of the Internet's most
innovative companies.  He also served four years in the U.S. House of
Representatives, where he worked with all segments of the Internet
community, including noncommercial organizations, the entertainment
community, and academic institutions.  He was a co-founder of the
Congressional Internet Caucus, a leading opponent of the Communications
Decency Act, and a prime sponsor of the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
Throughout his time in Congress, White strove to prevent government
regulation of the Internet.  He encouraged the people who work with the
Internet every day to resolve issues through a self-regulatory approach.
White has been a frequent speaker on Internet issues, and was included among
"The 25 Most Intriguing Minds of the New Economy" by Business 2.0 magazine
and "The 10 Most Net-Friendly Members of Congress" by Yahoo!Internet Life.

10. A statement indicating your ideas, intentions and/or the reason why
     you consider you should be elected to serve in the ICANN Board
     (no more than 500 words):
ICANN has a task that is limited in scope, very important, and enormously
difficult.
To succeed over the long term, the ICANN board must be able to bridge the
gaps between constituencies and serve as a forum to work out differences.
Board members should be able to work with all individuals and groups to make
ICANN a success.  Most issues should be resolved through a bottom-up
process.  When board members are called upon to resolve differences, they
should focus on solutions that promote goals such as stability and
competition, and should not act as partisans for specific factions.
Issues like the addition of new gTLDs and a dispute resolution policy will
generate a great deal of dissention.  It is important that board members be
able to work cooperatively with each other and with every constituency
group, remembering that their ultimate purpose is to make the Internet
thrive as an open, decentralized medium.
If elected, I will have three goals as a board member.  First, I want to
make sure that the board plays a unifying role.  I have been very successful
in the past at working with people who don't agree and finding solutions
that benefit everyone.  I will listen to the needs and concerns of all the
constituencies, and work with them to make decisions that recognize those
needs and concerns.
Second, I want to help ICANN adopt policies and procedures that will allow
it to become a more efficient, organized, and businesslike organization,
using sound financial and management practices on an ongoing basis.
Third, I want to ensure that ICANN stays true to its limited mission and
avoids the temptation to deal with extraneous issues.
It is important that ICANN succeed.  Otherwise, governments may feel the
need to step in and regulate the Internet directly.  I believe very strongly
that the best decisions for the Internet will be made by the people who have
a direct stake in it - that is to say, by the constituencies of the DNSO and
ICANN.
There are real challenges facing ICANN.  But there is also a tremendous
opportunity to create an example of how difficult issues can be resolved in
a way that is true to the fundamental principles of the Internet.  I hope I
can contribute to meeting that challenge.





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