[bestbits] Steering committee nomination process: NOMINATE NOW

[Dave Burstein]

Folks

I'm volunteering because I care deeply about policy, particularly as it
affects how rapidly people are connected to the Internet.

I'm a tech reporter, specializing in broadband, now including wireless.
I've written two books. One is on DSL and one on web video. You can see my
work at fastnet.news and wirelessone.news.

My strength is technical,but I've been involved in policy as well. I
attended and reported from the WCIT and the ITU Plenipot and have met most
of the principals in those groups. I'm active in ISOC, where I am a chapter
officer and have worked to make ISOC a more chapter and member
organization.

I support a development agenda, which has not been the primary focus of the
"Internet Governance" discussion. In particular, I care about issues that
affect the cost of the Internet is developing countries, such as backhaul
and transit costs. I've reported the increasing flow of funds to a handful
of multinationals.

I'm particularly interested in standards, where 3GPP, not ITU or IETF,
makes the most important decisions that affect the cost of access. Choices
made there have a powerful effect on the cost of telco equipment and mobile
phones.

My personal politics are on the left, but I've found I can work
constructively with conservatives on issues like rural access.

Dave Burstein

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:56 PM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:

> I vote in favor of the 4 doing lots of work for Best-Bits! : )
>
>
> Voluntarily of course.
>
>
> Congrats?
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> *From:* bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net <bestbits-request at lists.
> bestbits.net> on behalf of Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 16, 2017 4:34 PM
> *To:* bestbits
> *Subject:* Re: [bestbits] Steering committee nomination process: NOMINATE
> NOW
>
> On 4/8/17 2:08 pm, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>
> The procedure and the associated deadlines will be as follows:
>
>    - If you are interested in running for a position in the new steering
>    committee, please forward the following details to me personally by *14
>    August 2017 *(you may cc the list, but you don't have to).  ...
>    - If at least 5 nominations are received, I will proceed to set up an
>    online election and distribute voting tokens to all those have been
>    subscribed to the list for 2 months prior to the election being called.
>    The voting tokens will be distributed on *21 August 2017*.
>
>
> Nominations were received from Renata Aquino, Nighat Dad, Antonella
> Perini, and Poncelet Ileleji.  There was an enquiry from a fifth person
> about nominating, but due to some ambiguity over whether their organization
> would be accepted as civil society, they declined to nominate.
>
> This does, however, mean that we did not receive the minimum of five
> nominations needed in order to run an election process.  Does anyone else
> wish to run?  I'll also be reaching back out to the other person who
> enquired, in case they wish to reconsider putting themselves forward.
>
> Otherwise, maybe we can just draw upon the nominees as volunteers without
> actually electing a steering committee?
>
> --
> Jeremy Malcolm
> Senior Global Policy Analyst
> Electronic Frontier Foundationhttps://eff.orgjmalcolm@eff.org
>
> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 <(415)%20436-9333>
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