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<P><font face="Arial">The Advisory Committee on Independent Review advised the
ICANN Board on the creation of a structure for independent third party review
of decisions of the ICANN Board of Directors. With the presentation of its <a href="http://www.icann.org/santiago/irac-final-report.htm">Final
Report</a> in August, the Committee has completed its work. </font>
<h3><font face="Arial"><b>Announcements:</b></font></h3>
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<LI><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.icann.org/santiago/irac-final-report.htm">Principles
for Independent Review: Final Report of the Committee</a> (August 6, 1999)</font></LI>
<LI> <font face="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.icann.org/irac-interim-report.html">Interim
Report of the Committee, with Draft Principles for Independent Review
(May 7, 1999)</A></font></LI>
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<LI> <font face="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.icann.org/irac-addendum.html">Click
here for Addendum, posted 26 May</A></font></LI>
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<LI> <font face="Arial"><A HREF="irac-appoint.html">ICANN
Appoints Independent Review Advisory Committee (March 31, 1999)</A></font></LI>
<LI> <font face="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.icann.org/irac-interest.html">Call
for Expressions of Interest (March 5, 1999)</A></font></LI>
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<p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial"><B>Biographical Information on IRAC Members</B></font>
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<P><font face="Arial">LINDA WILSON, CHAIR (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) </font>
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<P><font face="Arial"><a href="mailto:lswilson@free.midcoast.com">Linda S. Wilson</a>
is president emerita of <a href="http://www.radcliffe.edu/">Radcliffe College</a>,
presently on sabbatical leave after serving as president for a decade. Previously,
she was was vice president for research at the <a
href="http://www.umich.edu/">University of Michigan</a>, and served in the senior
administrations of the University of Illinois and Washington University, St.
Louis. </font>
<P><font face="Arial">She is a Trustee of the Committee on Economic Development,
a member of the Board of Directors for Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Inacom,
Inc., and Value Line, Inc. A charter member of the National Academy of Sciences'
Government-University- Industry Research Roundtable, she served on its Task
Force on the Academic Research Enterprise. She chaired the National Research
Council's Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel for six years. She
also served on the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government
Task Force on Science, Technology and the States. Ms. Wilson served on the
National Commission on Research and was chair of its subcommittee on accountability.
She was a member of the Director's Advisory Council of the <a
href="http://www.nsf.gov/">National Science Foundation</a> for nine years. She
served on the Council of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy
of Sciences, on the IOM Committee on Government-Industry Research Collaboration
in Biomedical Research and Education, and on the IOM Committee on the National
Institutes of Health Research Priority-Setting Process. She is a member of
the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. </font>
<P><font face="Arial">Ms. Wilson received a Bachelor's degree from <a
href="http://www.tulane.edu/~newcomb/">Sophie Newcomb College</a>, Tulane University,
and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the <a
href="http://www.wisc.edu/">University of Wisconsin</a>. She received an Honorary
Doctorate in Humane Letters from <a
href="http://www.tulane.edu/~newcomb/">Newcomb College</a>, Tulane University,
and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the <a
href="http://www.umcp.umd.edu/">University of Maryland</a>. </font>
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<P><font face="Arial">MADS BRYDE ANDERSEN (Copenhagen, Denmark) </font>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font face="Arial">Dr. Mads Bryde Andersen is a professor of private
law at the University of Copenhagen and author or editor of several books and
articles on contract law, intellectual property law and IT law. For a number
of years has been working actively with legislative issues regarding electronic
commerce, in Denmark (where, among other things, he is chairing the Danish Government's
IT Security Council) as well as in the EU, the ICC and the OECD. In the years
1997-1998 he was the chairman of the UNCITRAL Working Party on Electronic Commerce.</font></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><font face="Arial">RYOZO HAYASHI (Tokyo, Japan) </font>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font face="Arial">Ryozo Hayashi is Director-General for Machinery
and Information Industry Policy at the Machinery and Information Industry Bureau
of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry. </font>
<P><font face="Arial">Mr. Hayashi received an L.L.B. from Kyoto University in
1970, and an L.L.M. from Harvard Law School in 1976. In 1991, Mr. Hayashi
served as a Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, Centre for Business and Government
of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1994, Mr.
Hayashi was Visiting Lecturer in the Law Department of Kyoto University.</font>
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<P><font face="Arial">ETHAN KATSH (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA) </font>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font face="Arial">Ethan Katsh is Director of the Center for Information
Technology and Dispute Resolution and a Professor of Legal Studies at the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is author of two books on law and technology,
The Electronic Media and The Transformation of Law (Oxford University Press,
1989) and Law in a Digital World (Oxford University Press, 1995), as well as
articles that have appeared in many law reviews and periodicals. He is a graduate
of the Yale Law School and is co-founder of the Online Ombuds Office, a project
funded by the Hewlett Foundation to explore dispute resolution in cyberspace.</font></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><font face="Arial">HANS KRAAIJENBRINK (The Hague, Netherlands) </font>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font face="Arial">Hans Kraaijenbrink is a Member of the Executive
Board of ETNO, the European Telecommunications Network Operators association,
located in Brussels. He is also Manager, European Policy and Regulation with
Royal KPN N.V., the Netherlands where he is responsible for European and international
regulatory strategic affairs. He is a Member of the ICANN Board of Directors.
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<P><font face="Arial">Previously, he worked for the Dutch Ministry of Economic
Affairs, responsible for information technology and the services sectors,
and for the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. He was
also a member of the management team of the Telecommunications and Posts Directorate
in the initial phase of the Dutch Telecommunications Regulator. Mr. Kraaijenbrink
graduated from Delft University (1966).</font>
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<P><font face="Arial">JORGE PLANO (Buenos Aires, Argentina) </font>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font face="Arial">Jorge Plano is adviser of the Camara Argentina
de Bases de Datos y Servicios en Linea (CABASE). He is professor at the Universidad
Tecnologica Nacional, Buenos Aires and member of the board of the Fundacion
Ictys. He is engaged in the study and diffusion of the social impact of the
digital and network technologies and was an organizer of the IFWP-LA&C Buenos
Aires where he acted as scribe in some sessions. He was National Director of
Informatics Policies at the government of Argentina (1989-96). In the 80s he
worked in consultancy on information systems and technological development in
the computer industry. Previously he held managerial positions in data processing
in international companies and the state administration. Mr. Plano is graduated
in Information Systems.</font></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><font face="Arial">PETER DENGATE THRUSH (Wellington, New Zealand) </font>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font face="Arial">Peter Dengate Thrush is a barrister, in practice
in New Zealand, specialising in intellectual property, IT and competition causes.
He has been counsel to Internet New Zealand, and its operating company Domainz,
since their inception in 1995/6. He is a former member of the New Zealand volleyball
team, and currently a director of Innovus Ltd, a consulting and software development
team. He is an expert on intellectual property rights of indigenous peoples.</font></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><font face="Arial">JORGE VEGA (Lima, Peru) </font>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font face="Arial">Jorge Vega is the General Manager partner at the
law firm Estudio Osterling, Arias-Schreiber, Vega, Orbegoso & Asociados. </font>
<P><font face="Arial">Born in Lima, Peru in 1944, Mr. Vega was educated at the
Catholic University of Peru and admitted to Peruvian bar in 1969, Peru. Mr.
Vega concentrates in Civil, Banking, Corporate, Litigation, Constitutional
Law, International Contracts, Real Estate and general legal practice. </font>
<P><font face="Arial">Professional experience: Member, Trainee Program Shearman
& Sterling (New York), Banking Legal practice, Citicorp (Main Office) 1969-1970.
Professor, Catholic University of Peru, 1971-, and University of Lima, 1982-.
Counsel, Commission Appointed to Reform the Civil Code. Member, Commission
Appointed to Reform the Civil Procedures Code. Former Director, Lima Bar Association.</font>
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