Hi Grace, Brenda, and Bernie,

I would be happy to serve on the IRP implementation oversight group that Thomas mentioned Nov. 5th, subject to more qualified candidates stepping forward.

I have been involved in the ICANN community for around eight years: as a policy manager for Verisign (present position), a journalist for Bloomberg covering ICANN, and as a staff member at ISOC.

Prior to that I was a corporate lawyer/manager in the software field.

I have trial experience as an advocate; in addition arbitration experience as an arbitrator in about five commercial arbitrations (none recently, however). I have not participated in an IRP proceeding in any capacity but have reported on them and reviewed many IRP decisions, both final and interim.

Best regards

David McAuley