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== ICANN and Internet Governance Participation ==
 
== ICANN and Internet Governance Participation ==
  
* 2007 - Began attending ARIN policy meetings and other RIR meetings
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* 2007 - Began attending ARIN policy meetings
* 2014 - Elected to the ARIN Advisory Council
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* 2014 - Elected to the ARIN Advisory Council, also began attending other RIR meetings
 
* 2017 - Appointed to Vice Chair (through 2020)
 
* 2017 - Appointed to Vice Chair (through 2020)
 
* 2021 - Elected to Chair  (through 2022)
 
* 2021 - Elected to Chair  (through 2022)

Revision as of 20:34, 1 August 2022

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Organization: GCI Communications, Corp
Affiliation: Fellowship Program
Region: North America
Country: USA
Email: lsawyer.ak@gmail.com
Website:
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   akhepcat.com
Facebook:
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   Leif Sawyer
LinkedIn:
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   Leif Sawyer
Twitter:
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   @ak_hepcat
Github:
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   Github.com/akhepcat

Name and Pronunciation

Name: Leif Sawyer

Pronunciation: I go by /ˈleɪf/, which is the dipthong "æ", thus rhyming with "safe."

Biography

Leif has worked in the digital telecommunications industry since 1991, with experience spanning systems administration, IP resource management, network engineering and architecture, and IT/OT security architecture. An avid Linux user since 1992, Leif contributes to a variety of open-source projects, both personal and public. In the global space, he contributes to the Galmon project, in order to track GNSS satellite performance for both time and position accuracy, as well as various ADS-B aggregation sites for air-traffic monitoring.

Leif holds a general-class amateur radio operator license in the US, call-sign KL5BN.

ICANN and Internet Governance Participation

  • 2007 - Began attending ARIN policy meetings
  • 2014 - Elected to the ARIN Advisory Council, also began attending other RIR meetings
  • 2017 - Appointed to Vice Chair (through 2020)
  • 2021 - Elected to Chair (through 2022)
  • 2022 - Fellow for ICANN 75 (first meeting)

Region / Timezone

Leif is located in the central Alaska timezone (AKST/AKDT) which is UTC-9