<div dir="ltr">It's great to have strong candidates! From my experience in IGF and Diplo, I have seen Anriette's work and admired it for years. Her integrity and passion for HR and gender rights are particularly important to me. I strongly endorse Anriette's candidature for <span style="font-size:12.8px">NCUC representative to ICANN's NomCom</span>. With her well-rounded experience in management, organisation, strategies, and capacity building, she's a good candidate not only for Africa, but for all of us.<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Ginger</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Virginia Paque</div><div dir="ltr">DiploFoundation<br><div><div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Helvetica;text-align:-webkit-auto"></p><p style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Statement of interest to be an NCUC representative to ICANN's NomCom<br>
Anriette Esterhuysen, 28 July 2017<br>
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I have been an NCUC member for many years, and have followed the work of<br>
NCSG and NCUC in ICANN even if often from a distance. My position as<br>
executive director of the Association for Progressive Communications<br>
(APC) made it very hard to dedicate as much time to ICANN as I would<br>
have liked to. However, earlier this year I stepped down as APC<br>
executive director and now hold a position focused on global policy and<br>
strategy.<br>
<br>
This will enable me to invest more time in ICANN work.<br>
<br>
While I plan to become more involved in policy work inside ICANN, I feel<br>
I am particularly well-qualified for Nomcom as a result of having served<br>
on several boards of directors, and because I have paid particular<br>
attention to the ICANN accountability processes.<br>
<br>
I care about the ICANN board because it is a very important, and<br>
influential component of the ICANN decision-making system. Making sure<br>
that diverse and critical perspectives are reflected on this board is<br>
vital if ICANN is to address the existing, and evolving and emerging<br>
challenges related to its structure, governance and legitimacy as an<br>
inclusive multi-stakeholder body.<br>
<br>
My experience in the internet governance sector dates back to WSIS<br>
period. I have often been part of collective decision-making processes,<br>
particularly through my membership of the global IGF MAG<br>
(Multistakeholder Advisory Group) and the African IGF organising group.<br>
I have served on various United Nations working groups as well as many<br>
civil society structures.<br>
<br>
My roots are in Africa and most of my working life has been spent<br>
expanding internet access and use on the continent - which is probably<br>
the main reason I was honoured with being inducted into the Internet<br>
Hall of Fame. Working towards affordable, reliable, social justice,<br>
development and human rights-enabling internet access in Africa remains<br>
a priority for me. However, through APC I have had the opportunity to<br>
visit and learn from and about many other parts of the world. For a few<br>
months, in 2007, I lived in and worked from Montevideo. I tried to learn<br>
Spanish while there... with very partial success :)<br>
<br>
I have never had any paid positions in ICANN. I did serve on one of the<br>
ICANN CEO's high-level panels a few years ago. The High-Level Panel on<br>
Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms.<br>
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/cooperation-governance-mechanisms-2013-12-20-en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/pages/cooperation-<wbr>governance-mechanisms-2013-12-<wbr>20-en</a><br>
<br>
During 2016 and early 2017 I was part of an ICANN-commissioned study<br>
into the African DNS study. The contractor who dealt directly with ICANN<br>
was the South African Communications Forum but I was part of the team.<br>
<br>
My organisation has received support from ICANN for the African School<br>
on Internet Governance and, in 2015, we collaborated with ICANN in the<br>
publication of a book to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Working<br>
Group on Internet Governance. No payments have ever benefited my<br>
personally. We received a CROP grant in 2016 to do NCUC Outreach at the<br>
Africa Internet Summit in Gaborone (June 2017). I have only once<br>
received financial support through NCUC to attend an ICANN meeting<br>
(London in 2014).<br>
<br>
I have served on multiple not-for-profit governing boards so I am<br>
familiar with the characteristics and skills a Nomcom should be looking<br>
for. My experience as a CEO of an organisation that has the same legal<br>
status that ICANN has (Section 501c3 incorporated under California law)<br>
will also be helpful.<br>
<br>
If NCUC members entrust me with this role, I will do my best to play it<br>
well and to help making the ICANN board not just representative of the<br>
diversity of stakeholders affected by domain name management, but also<br>
able to be dynamic and creative in serving, at board level the broadest<br>
possible public interest.<br>
<br>
I attach my CV for your information.<br>
<br>
Anriette Esterhuysen<br>
28 July 2017<br>
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Anriette Esterhuysen<br>
Director - global policy and strategy<br>
Association for Progressive Communications<br>
<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.apc.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.apc.org</a><br>
IM: ae_apc<br>
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