1993 ISOC Trustee Elections Nominated Candidate Howard Funk funk@vnet.ibm.com Howard L. Funk Background I would like to apply the considerable experience I have had in professional society and conference management to ISOC. My interest in professional societies started when as an undergraduate I became president of the student chapter of the American Association of Electrical Engineers. It has continued ever since as detailed below. The reason for my interest and willingness to serve was has been well stated by Francis Bacon in the preface to "The El- ements of the Common Lavves of England" published in 1636. I hold everyman a debtor to his profession, from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour them- selves by way of amends to be a help and ornament thereunto. My specific interest in Internet began about 8 years ago when I was working in a staff position whose mission it was to promote technical vitality. It seemed to me then that technical insularity was the status quo in the development laboratories of my employer. As they say, the rest is his- tory. In May of 1990 I opened up an Internet gateway for all employees of my corporation. The growth of the gateway has been spectacular. At this writing, December 1992, we have over 21,000 users and the growth rate continues at over 1200 new users per month. The widespread use of the Internet in my corporation has led to profound changes in the culture. A paper on this topic was presented at INET '92 in Kobe. When ISOC was formed, I signed up my company as a charter member. ISOC is now recognized by my firm as an "official society" which means that our business units may reimburse employees for membership dues. I have had over 40 years of experience in the computer in- dustry with IBM. A significant portion of my work experience has been in the communications field. One of my major con- tributions to the field resulted in the basic patent for au- tomatic equalization of modems. For a number of years I chaired the Data Communications Interdivisional Technical Liaison Committee within IBM. Professional Society Management o American Federation of Information Processing Societies - Director - Chairman of the Government Activities Committee - Vice-president - President o International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) - General Assembly Delegate - Trustee - Chairman Marketing Committee - Vice-president (with special responsibility for con- ferences) o Internet Society (ISOC) - Regular contributor to the Newsletter (for IFIP) o Society for Information Display - Local chapter vice-chair and chair - Director - Chair of Inter-society Committee - Chair of New Chapter Formation Committee - Long-range planning committee - Monthly Patent Column in Journal -- International Display Conference, Seminar, and Exhibits o Executive Committee o Seminar Chair o Best Paper Awards Chair o Technical Program Chair o General Chair - Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers (Now IS&T) -- Long-range Planning Committee o The Second International Congress on non- Impact Printing Technologies * U.S. Program Chair o International Symposium and Exposition on Electronic Imaging Devices and Systems * Technical Program Chair Other Relevant Experience o Editorial Board of the IBM Journal of Re- search and Development o Paper Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Computers o Chairman of an EIA Standards Committee o Managed a successful bid to the Swiss PTT