As an early member of Internet Society (94) Rudi has been interested in policy and governance of the Internet at regional, national and international level. For almost 8 years he has helped building ALAC (ICANN) the DNS house of many of the ISOC chapters. More recently moved into the policy development body (GNSO) and became chair of NPOC. Through his presence at the BoT he has learned more about the inside of the organisation and was able to participate in an exceptional CEO transition.
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