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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