<div dir="auto">+1 @Anriette.<div dir="auto">We couldn!t have a better candidate into the NCUC for this crucial position.</div><div dir="auto">My 2 cents.</div><div dir="auto">Olévié</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 28 juil. 2017 8:12 PM, "Cedric Laurant" <<a href="mailto:cedric@laurant.org">cedric@laurant.org</a>> a écrit :<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+1.<br>
Cédric<br>
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On 7/28/17 11:59 AM, Ginger Paque wrote:<br>
> It's great to have strong candidates! From my experience in IGF and<br>
> Diplo, I have seen Anriette's work and admired it for years. Her<br>
> integrity and passion for HR and gender rights are particularly<br>
> important to me. I strongly endorse Anriette's candidature for NCUC<br>
> representative to ICANN's NomCom. With her well-rounded experience in<br>
> management, organisation, strategies, and capacity building, she's a<br>
> good candidate not only for Africa, but for all of us.<br>
><br>
> Thanks!<br>
> Ginger<br>
><br>
> Virginia Paque<br>
> DiploFoundation<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a><br>
</div><div class="elided-text">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Statement of interest to be an NCUC representative to ICANN's NomCom<br>
> Anriette Esterhuysen, 28 July 2017<br>
> ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>--<br>
><br>
> 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>
> <<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>
> ------------------------------<wbr>----------<br>
> Anriette Esterhuysen<br>
> Director - global policy and strategy<br>
> Association for Progressive Communications<br>
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