[Chapter-delegates] Public Interest Registry Welcomes New Worldwide Internet Leaders to the .ORG Advisory Council

[Veni Markovski]

Congratulations to all - great to see so many friends and professionals there!

Good work on the PIR part, too (I am CC Ed Viltz, CEO/President of PIR)

best,
veni

At 04:27 PM 04.5.2006 '?.'ЪЪ┬Ж  +0200, Patrick Vande Walle wrote:
>Congrats to all and especially to Sebastian and Hans Peter who are on
>the chapter delegates list !
>
>Patrick
>
>Full press release at http://pir.org/News/PressRelease.aspx?id=40
>
>*RESTON, VA ╜ May 3, 2006.* The Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced
>today the appointment of seven new Worldwide Advisory Council members
>and a new representative from the ICANN Non-Commercial Users
>Constituency (NCUC) to fill expiring term open seats. The Advisory
>Council, created in 2003, is one of PIR's key resources established to
>solicit input from and be responsive to the needs, concerns and views of
>the global noncommercial Internet community in the management of the
>.ORG generic top-level domain registry.
>
>New members include:
>
>     * Maarten Botterman: Europe (RAND Corporation)
>     * Hans Peter Dittler: Europe (Internet Society)
>     * Michael Mann: North America (Grassroots.ORG)
>     * Sebastian Ricciardi: South America (Jauregui & Assoc.)
>     * Sadiq Hussain: Asia (Majan University College)
>     * Angela Stuber: North America (Ohio Community Computing Network)
>     * Jaechul Sir: Asia Pacific (Korea NIC)
>     * Frannie Wellings (NCUC Representative)
>
>⌠Advisory Council members continue to provide PIR with sound advice on a
>wide range of registry issues and opportunities affecting the .ORG
>community,■ said Edward G. Viltz, president and CEO of PIR. ⌠As we
>expand our focus on Internet privacy, registrant education and
>Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), we are fortunate to have new
>members who bring a good balance of global diversity, technological
>expertise and experience in the noncommercial sector to the current
>membership. We appreciate the wise counsel received from members whose
>terms are expiring and look forward to the contributions of our new
>appointees.■
>
>Previous .ORG Advisory Councils have been instrumental in advising PIR
>on issues central to the .ORG community, including global outreach and
>data protection models. For more information on PIR, .ORG and the
>Advisory Council, visit www.pir.org.
>
>
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