Alick, nice thought, but just an FYI, not everyone wants their pic on the bios. :-) Perhaps it needs to be optional. -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Alick Wilson Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:32 AM To: 'Bruce Tonkin'; council@gnso.icann.org Subject: RE: [council] Biographies for GNSO Council members Hello All I support Bruce's request, and would like to suggest that each bio should include a passport photo. Some people remember people by name, but other remember people by sight. A photo also gives additional information about people who we might never meet face to face, only in e-mail lists and on telcons. Regards, Alick Wilson -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2005 4:59 p.m. To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] Biographies for GNSO Council members Hello All, As we begin to meet more with other committees/Boards within the ICANN community: E.g Government Advisory Committee, ICANN Board, ccNSO, etc I think it would be worth having short biographies for each of the Council members. This can save some time when introducing ourselves during face-to-face meetings. We can provide the written bios in advance and then simply identify ourselves by name. Example of existing collections of biographies are: Biographies for the ICANN Board: http://www.icann.org/general/board.html Biographies of the 2004 Nominating Committee: http://www.icann.org/committees/nom-comm/bios-2004.htm For the purposes of the GNSO, I think a biography should include: - qualifications/expertise - home base (city, country) - current employer and position held with that employer, or business type (if self employed) (links to relevant website) - geographic regions of operation for your employer, or your business - associated constituency within GNSO Council (links to constituency information) - membership of task forces etc Essentially we want to demonstrate the breadth of expertise and geographic representation on the GNSO Council. Here is an example for myself: Bruce Tonkin has a B.E and PhD in electrical and electronic engineering, and is based in Melbourne, Australia. Bruce is currently Chief Technology Officer at Melbourne IT Limited (http://www.melbourneit.com.au), which is a global domain name registrar for gtlds and cctlds with offices in Australia, New Zealand, United States of America, United Kingdom, Sweden, France, and Spain. Bruce has been elected to the GNSO Council by the GNSO's Registrars Constituency (http://www.gnso.icann.org/registrars/), which consists of ICANN accredited registrars, and is currently the chair of the GNSO Council. Please provide the GNSO Secretariat with a short biography for use in the ICANN meetings in Mar Del Plata. Regards, Bruce Tonkin