[Advisors] Helen McDonald for CIRA Board Director

[Michael Gurstein]

No question Garth, but my point was that for every Doug Hull there is xxx, and xxx, and xxx... and we need some evidence beyond their (former) position to determine into which category an individual should be placed.

(Note, I don't know or know of Helen McDonald so my comments are directed against her personally.

M

-----Original Message-----
From: Garth Graham [mailto:garth.graham at telus.net] 
Sent: August 2, 2015 5:43 PM
To: Michael Gurstein; advisors advisors
Subject: Re: [Advisors] Helen McDonald for CIRA Board Director


> On Aug 2, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Garth,
> I know that we have all shifted our attention (and animus) over the last number of years from the bureaucrats to the politicians but for those with longish memories I'm not sure that being an Industry Canada insider is a particular reason for endorsement for someone one would like to represent "our" interests in CIRA or elsewhere.

I don’t have to apologize for the price I’ve paid battling with Industry Canada.  Having occupied the no man’s land between the political and bureaucratic arms of public service for most of my working life, I have often been pleasantly surprised to find dedicated people in government who can make things work in spite of the realities they face.  My own approach has always been - if the frame sucks, change the frame.  But I admire people who are practiced within the frame and then they add one more note.  There is creativity even in the current frame where the public seems to agree with the destruction of public administration.

GG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: advisors-bounces at tc.ca [mailto:advisors-bounces at tc.ca] On Behalf Of Garth Graham
> Sent: August 2, 2015 1:46 PM
> To: advisors advisors
> Subject: [Advisors] Helen McDonald for CIRA Board Director
> 
> This is a call for  for those of you who own .ca domains, and are therefore members or potential  members of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to support a candidate, Helen McDonald, for election to CIRA’s Board of Directors. …,,