NCUC annual election

[Alex Gakuru]

Hi Cedric,

I second your nomination.

All,

Before the nominations period closes, allow me to add something on my
consumer advocacy:-

"Controle privado da Internet e os prejuízos para o desenvolvimento da África"

<http://www.politics.org.br/edicao_02/m2.html>

regards,

Alex

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Cedric Laurant <cedric at laurant.org> wrote:
> Hi NCUC-ers,
>
> I would like to stand as a candidate to be a representative for Europe of
> the NCUC Executive Committee.
>
> I have had several times the opportunity to work on Internet governance
> issues as a public policy expert and consumer protection advocate.  I have
> been active in ICANN-related policy debates since 2001 through my work for
> various non-profit organizations, and particularly from the perspectives of
> freedom of speech and privacy. Between 2001 and 2006, when I was the
> Director of the International Privacy Project with the Electronic Privacy
> Information Center (http://www.epic.org), a Washington, DC-based non-profit
> organization, my main focus was to advocate strong protections for
> individual domain name registrants so that ICANN policies respect their
> freedom of expression and privacy.  I also directed the publication of an
> annual survey of privacy developments ("Privacy and Human Rights") between
> 2003 and 2006, which included Internet governance and ICANN-related issues
> across multiple jurisdictions around the world
> (http://preview.tinyurl.com/4zcnd).
>
> As a member of the following associations or expert groups, I expect from
> time to time to have the opportunity to bring forward to them some of the
> issues to debate within the NCUC:
>    * District of Columbia Bar (2002-)
>    * Asia-Pacific Privacy Charter Council (international privacy expert
> group) (2003-)
>    * International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications
> (international privacy expert group) (2005-)
>    * UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Dynamic Coalition on Privacy (2006-)
>    * Vaultletsoft, Board of Advisors (cryptography software company) (2006-)
>    * Grupo de Estudios en Internet Comercio Electrónico Telecomunicaciones e
> Informática (GECTI), Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de los Andes
> (Colombian university expert group) (2007-)
>    * IP Justice, Cyberlaw Legal Advisory Board (2007-)
>    * American Bar Association (Section of International Law, Young Lawyers'
> Interest Network) (2007-)
>
> More information about me can be found in my online profile and resume/CV,
> available at http://www.linkedin.com/in/cedriclaurant.
>
> I am looking forward to any of your questions and to working with all of you
> at the NCUC.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Cedric Laurant
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