Hi All In response to the posting by Alan this week I am posting a short position paper. Thank you for the opportunity to explain why I'm interested in volunteering for this committee. When I heard about the availability of the position my first action was to contact Ross Rader of Tucows by email then by phone to gather information about the position, time commitments and obligations of the job. Ross was quite generous with his time and provided a good insight in the position and he emphasized key skillsets which would be of benefit to the overall functionality and performance of the job. He was quite frank on the time commitment and he emphasized the need for all candidates to understand the scope of the job duties but also he emhasized the the individual be diplomatic, flexible, fair and analytical. If I can be a bit arcane, the hopeful candidate shares the qualities of diplomatic skills of Shirley Temple Black( tap-dancing skills) flexibility of Nadia Comenich, fairness of a baseball umpire and lastly the wisdom of Solomon, As per my own experience in above: Key Evaluation Skills -Board member with Habitat for Humanity Metropolitan Toronto which evaluated prospective families to be eligible to receive a Habitat home which required 500 hours of sweat equity, This evaluation required detailed interviews and personal assessments -Project Manager for the Industry Canada VOLNET program for Greater Toronto assessing out of thousands of non-profits their involvement with the Internet Connectivity initiative. This required a grid system to assess their capacity and committment -Director for Linux Professional Institute overseeing the marketing and selection of International Training partners, providing a system for evaluation and followup. ICANN Experience NARALO -monthly calls Mexico meeting in February 2009 -Working Group: Group #2 The Future Structure and Governance of ICANN -Flickr group pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/glennmcknight/sets/72157614698083332/ -Display Table presentation http://www.slideshare.net/gmcknight/icann-presentation-by-fbsc -Taping of Garth and Rudi's Session of Domain name abuse, recording and slideshow posted to Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/gmcknight/mexico-registries-registrars-abuse-domai... and http://www.archive.org http://www.archive.org/details/IcannSpiritedDebateOnDomainRegistrarsAtIcannM... PEDNR -New member upon request I hope this provides more insight into my background and commitment Thanks Glenn -- Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn@gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com