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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone. Thanks again to the NCUC for nominating me. I am honoured to run for election to the GNSO Council and accept this nomination. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>· Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Joy Liddicoat, Asia Pacific, Female, Senior Project Co-ordinator, Association for Progressive Communications. Chair, Domain Name Commission Limited, the regulator of .nz. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>· Any conflicts of interest;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>No conflicts of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>· Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText>ICANN has a unique role coordinating a global public resource, the DNS. But the legitimacy of this role is being tested by the new gTLDs processes and looming confrontations between likely applicants and governments over contested strings. While a focus of this contest is the outcomes of likely applications, the process of decision-making will also be a measure of ICANN legitimacy. In this complex and tense environment ICANN must have a strong human rights perspective and this must come from the GNSO. ICANN needs leadership from the GNSO and it needs new ideas and that is why I am willing to stand for election now. I believe the time is right, for example, for the GNSO to develop a human rights framework of interpretation to guide ICANN decision-making. The current human rights discourse in ICANN is too narrow and the voices unevenly balanced, focusing on a small range of rights rather than on the universal human rights of all. The GNSO also needs members that bring multiple and diverse perspectives, rather than a singular focus. Council members must be able to listen and be trusted to apply a principled approach when upholding NCUG interests as a whole. I bring these qualities from my own experience as well as from the APC perspectives. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>APC is a global network with members in more than 35 countries that believes in a free and open internet that is accessible to all. I bring a wide range of outreach with the APC network members, staff, and project partners and the ability to highlight issues that are important to developing country delegates or development issues more generally. APC has been a member of NCUC for a long time. While it has not always been active, APC sees that the time is right to re-engage and bring the scope of its membership and activities to specific issues in relation to Internet governance.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>· Qualifications for the position;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>I bring a unique mix of non-commercial user perspectives. I am a human rights lawyer and from 2002 and 2010 was a Commissioner with the New Zealand Human Rights Commission. In 2010 I initiated the inaugural human rights and the Internet roundtable, bringing together technical community representatives and human rights advocates. I currently work for APC coordinating the “Internet Rights are Human Rights” project <a href="http://rights.apc.org">http://rights.apc.org</a>. In 2010 I was awarded the degree of Master of Laws (with distinction) from Victoria University in New Zealand. My dissertation, <i>“Domain name dispute resolution: is private dispute resolution working?”,</i> involved original research into .nz domain name disputes. I am familiar with IPR issues and the UDRP. I am a domain name registrant and member of New Zealand’s local internet community. I am also a member of the Pacific Chapter of ISOC (PICISOC). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>· Statement of availability for the time the position requires.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>I am available to carry out the functions required of a Council member</span> including participating in meetings (by conference call or in person), appropriate working groups, and mailing list discussions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Joy Liddicoat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Project Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Internet Rights are Human Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.apc.org"><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>www.apc.org</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Tel: +64 21 263 2753<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Twitter: @internetrights <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>