Dear All,
I wanted to share some news. As some of you might know, I am no
longer with PIR. I certainly loved being there, but have moved on
to other projects (please see statement below). I delayed in
sharing the news with you because we were uncertain of my status
within the Review Team. It is the one area I was most concerned
about because we are a team, and I did not want to leave midway
through our very important work.
I value working with you everyday, and I know that our work serves a
very important purpose for ICANN, for the Community and for the
Internet.
With ICANN Staff, David Maher (chair of the Registries Stakeholder
Group) and others we reviewed the appointment to the Review Team. Is
the appointment a personal one or a representative one? In the end,
I asked David Maher to return to the Registries Stakeholder Group to
ask if I should continue or if a current-Registry-representative
should be appointed.
I wanted to share that it looks as if the Registries will be
appointing a new representative; they have asked for volunteers
amidst the fulltime Registry community. Emily and I will let you
know of their response.
Let me share with you my departure statement below, and while I am
not saying good-bye yet, I truly want to share with you my great
respect and appreciation for every member of our Team, and for our
incredible collective effort. We are creating new ground, and I
think we are doing it well.
All the best,
Kathy
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The Public
Interest Registry announced today that Kathy
Kleiman, the Director of Policy, resigned from her position
with the company effective May 6, 2011.
Kathy
leaves PIR to finish her documentary on the work of the ENIAC
Programmers, the six women who programmed the first
all-electronic, programmable computer during WWII. With the
passing of Jean Bartik on March 23rd, Kathy felt
it was critical that she finish her long term project in this
area and share this powerful story.
PIR
appreciates Kathy’s contributions to .ORG and the public
interest and wishes her well.
Kathy
can be reached at kathy@kathykleiman.com. Her ENIAC
Programmers Project can found at www.eniacprogrammers.org.