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2008 NANOG Steering Committee Candidates
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Terms Expiring :
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Terms Not Expiring:
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Randy Bush, IIJ*
Joe Provo, ITA Software
Philip Smith, Cisco*
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Steve Feldman, CBS Interactive
Jared Mauch, NTT/VERIO
Chris Morrow, Google
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* Has served two consecutive terms so, as per the charter, person cannot be considered for re-election until October 2009.
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Nominations for the 3 Open 2008 SC Positions are:
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Jim Deleskie |
I started working on the Internet in 1994, with one of the original
CA*NET nodes, a small Canadian ISP, NSTN. Over the last 14 years I have
worked primarily in the Service provide arena with both large and small
providers. I spent time working for a few vendors specializing in
helping them to understand the SP market place. During this time I
worked for several global providers as well as Canadian and US national
providers. I have experience working on networks around the world and
understand the global picture as well as the North American landscape. I
have presented at NANOG and several Security conferences. My main focus
has been on routing, peering and security affording me the opportunity
to work with many Service Providers on interconnections and operational
issues. I have been involved with NANOG since the 90's and would like
the opportunity to share my experience and knowledge gained over the
years to help NANOG grow. I have seen NANOG grow over the years and am
extremely interested to see that growth continue and I would truly like
to help steer that growth in the right direction with focus on the
entire community at large. I have worked at the following companies:
Internet MCI, Avici, Rogers, Teleglobe, VSNL International, Force 10,
and currently work for a VAR called NBI.
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Patrick W. Gilmore, Akamai Technologies
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I am Principal Architect at Akamai Technologies where I have worked
for eight years. I oversee the Network Architecture department.
Prior to Akamai, I worked at Onyx Network, Concentric Networks, and
Priori Networks.
I am a member of the Board of Directors of the London Internet
Exchange, a member of the Board of Directors of the Seattle Internet
Exchange, and an Administrator of the PeeringDB.
I care deeply about NANOG and the Internet community. Back in the 90s
I was active in the ISP/C. I have been to every single NANOG save one
since 1998, and was one of the very first members of what became NANOG
Futures.
I am also active in the Internet peering community, attending every
Global Peering Forum and all but one of the European Peering Forums,
as well as RIPE, APRICOT, and many other conferences around the world.
I have presented dozens of times on topics from routing to peering and
even at policy conferences.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Martin Hannigan, Verne Global
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I've been part of the Internet since
1988 and have been priveleged to "ride the wave". I was the first
chair of the NANOG MLC prior to the creation of the SC, and am
currently the ARIN appointed member to the NRO NC, a part of the IP
numbering check and balance system that is working to insure a smooth
global policy based transition from v4 to v6. I am an attendee of
North American (NANOG, ARIN), Caribbean (LACNIC), European (RIPE), and
global (ICANN) engineering and policy meetings and would be an
effective liaison for the purpose of furthering the success of NANOG.
My main interest in serving the NANOG community is to bring more
relevancy back to the organization by interacting directly with the
community, being up to date on topics that are not only pressing to
tier 1 operators, but any "level", and being an advocate for the
community in all matters required while insuring that Merit, the SC,
(and PC) were as open and transparent to the community as possible.
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Joe Provo, ITA
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As a long-time manager of communication systems, I wish to see the
organizational infrastructure of NANOG remain healthy and strong. I
have always seen myself as a representative of the regional, mid-sized
and small providers, and wish to continue providing that perspective.
I don't think good practices have to suffer when scaling a system up
or down, be that for networks, servers or teams. I'm active in the
security/abuse, peering, datacenter and hosting realms mostly in the
North American and European regions.
Collaborative approaches are my forte, as I've applied them both
personally (building intentional communities and in activist circles)
and professionally (managing talented national staff in multidisciplinary
engineering projects) for twenty years. Such approaches and level-headed
decisiveness is needed to both effectively produce results and represent
NANOG. I have a proven record of managing people, projects and staff
over the long-haul, where the real test lies. Setting things up or
tearing them down is easier than maintaining and refining.
Among other things, I have been an integral part of the current NANOG
progress regarding
- SC transparency
- NANOG's independent server infrastructure
- the NANOG website redesign and archive automation
I would like to help the NANOG SC move more projects forward, such as
- establishing additional sponsorship models and approaches without
compromising our integrity
- formalizing objective criteria for conference network experiments
- bringing additional operators into the NANOG community
- working with Merit to continue modernization of NANOG-specific
infrastructure
- working with Merit and the PC on automation of the in-conference
program and event-handling
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Alex Rubenstein, Net Access Corporation
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I founded Net Access Corporation in 1995, and have operated it since that time. I have also served on the ARIN AC from 2005 to 2007.
I am interesting in serving on the SC as I have been a long time supporter of NANOG, coming to meetings since around 1997. I believe that NANOG needs guidance to gain much better relevance in the current environment, and that I have the business and technical experience to aid in this.
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Robert Seastrom, ClueTrust
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I've found NANOG (both the mailing list and the conference) to be a
valuable resource since its inception. I have already served a
two-year term on the Mailing List Committee (half of that as chair)
and am standing for election to the Steering Committee in an effort to
continue giving back to the community that it has been my privilege to
know and work with.
I have a proven track record of building consensus, leading by
example, and demonstrating forbearance when dealing with contentious
issues. If elected to serve on the SC, I will not only work to
further those goals that are universally desired (e.g. transparency,
good presentations, cost-control, meeting planning and sponsorship
improvement) but also towards improving less-visible community
resources, from web servers and wikis to internal processes. As a
former MLC chair, I am particularly sensitive to the need for
processes that are reasonable, realistic, and serve the community's
interests without turning into a straitjacket for committee volunteers
who are constantly doing their best to perform a thankless job in as
evenhanded a fashion as possible.
My professional background includes over twenty years of system
administration, network design, roll-out, and operations (including
pioneering networks in Japan and the Republic of Georgia), building
data centers and content distribution networks, and service as a
corporate officer and cofounder of both Internet-related and
non-Internet-related non-profit corporations. I am presently serving
my second term on the ARIN Advisory Council.
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Josh Snowhorn, Terremark - NAP of the Americas
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I would like to humbly serve on the NANOG Steering Committee to help bring balance to the process of creating the best meetings for the community. I have been attending NANOG since 2000 and have been an avid participant in the Peering Community associated with NANOG. In all of the years I have been going to NANOG I have seen the dynamic of what makes NANOG change and feel I can facilitate this even further.
I am a Vice President at Terremark Worldwide responsible for all Peering
related services for the company. I have been with Terremark since the
inception of the NAP of the Americas (NOTA), the largest carrier neutral
Data Center in the Western hemisphere, including being involved with the
site selection, design and construction of the facility. I have been a
member of the global Peering community for many years including being
the founder of the Global Peering Forum events. I am currently a member
of the NANOG Program Committee and an avid participant on all issues
related to the global networking community. I have the pleasure of
living in Austin, Texas with my wife and two daughters.
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