Hi Rob: As you know, I am replacing Elana as the Director of Policy at Register.com. I believe that my conversations with her prior to her departure have given me a good sense of the significant time required in order to serve as the Chair of the constituency. Before accepting the nomination for Chair, I made appropriate adjustments to my work responsibilities to ensure that I would be capable of making the necessary commitment of time and energy to the constituency.
1. How much time can you dedicate to being the Chair of the constituency ?
Register.com is very committed to making my time available to serve the constituency. Since Elana was serving as Chair during her employment at Register.com, we understand that there is a significant time obligation involved with the role, and historically the company has been willing to dedicate whatever time it takes in order to serve the constituency. In practical terms, this means that there may be times (particularly around major ICANN events) where essentially my full time job is as constituency Chair.
2. How many ICANN meetings have you travelled to in the past ?
With the exception of the Rio meeting in 2003, I attended all ICANN meetings between the LA meeting in 2000 and the Carthage meeting in 2003. Because Elana filled the Director of Policy role for Register.com until recently, I did not attend the ICANN meetings so far in 2004; however, I anticipate that I will be at Cape Town and all future ICANN meetings.
3. Are you able to travel to all of the future ICANN meetings ?
Yes. I expect to be at all future ICANN meetings, and as Chair I would also expect to occasionally travel to other functions when required to represent the constituency (or to other constituency meetings separate from general ICANN meetings). Fortunately, my employer has a proven history of making the time and funding available to allow me to be quite certain of my ability to continue to attend constituency functions. Jordyn