[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC 2013 Election―Statement of Candidacy of Peter Green

[PeterGreen]

NCUC 2013 Election―Statement of Candidacy of Peter Green

 

Dear NCUCers,

 

I am Zhang Zuan (aka Peter Green) from
China Organizational Name Administration Center (CONAC), a pivotal
representative of the Chinese Internet community. I am currently serving as the
EC representative for the Asia and Pacific region and would like to ask you to
return me to this position so I can complete what I've started. The following
is my response to the questions for the election: 

 

1. Why do you want to serve on the EC?

 

I have been lucky to have joined NCSG
and NCUC in March before ICANN 46th Beijing Meeting. New to this Constituency,
I have sensed openness, diversity and integrity. Moreover, I have long been
overwhelmed by and have been cherishing the honor of succeeding Professor
Norbert Klein, the“founding father”of the Internet in Cambodia, in late July,
with extensive appreciation and support from the incumbent EC members and many
NCUC individual members, to serve as the Asian and Pacific representative on
the Executive Committee of NCUC. 

 

There is no denying that the Internet,
out of the other competitive tools, is increasingly growing to be the main tool
connecting the globe, I see the Internet as “the Connector of Souls and
Civilizations” and am personally most concerned about the public interest of
the Internet. I think it is the nature of ‘connectivity’ of the Internet that
has made ‘public interest’ prioritize activities like online “commerce” or
“business”, “advertisement”, etc. We in the NCUC must ensure that noncommercial
users receive the same consideration of their interests that are given our more
commercial partners. I do believe that my concept is the same as that of NCUC.
Thereby, I ask for the opportunity of being awarded a complete term to continue
to serve as the AP rep on the EC of NCUC. I believe that with globalization, evolvement
of the Internet cannot properly be done without participation from Asia and the
Pacific region, which has a quarter of the world’s population as well as more
Internet users than any other region of the world.

 

Being an individual member of ICANN
community and of the NCUC, what I desire is an international vision for the
Internet, with an ongoing concept that keeps paces with the world. I would like
to communicate with those who would like to communicate, and allow others to do
the same, because I think that is what we could do to eliminate
misunderstandings and miscommunications between people, societies and
countries.

 

Based in China, I expect to serve as a
bridge to represent Asia and the Pacific region within NCUC. I expect more
people to come to know and get involved with NCUC and want to help make that
happen. We do not have as many members from my region as we should and, mindful
of my Bylaws obligation to recruit Members from my region, I hope to change
that. With this role, I believe with my passion and enduring efforts and
dedication, I will bring vibrancy to ICANN community as well as to NCUC. 

 

WE need more communication among the
Asian community members on Internet policies to trigger the evolvement of a
unified Internet in Asia and Pacific region.

 

As the incumbent EC member for the
past few months I have already experienced the learning curve and I hope to
continue to serve a formal term to continue where I have started yet
unfinished. I am particularly mindful that I am the only regional EC member
running for re-election, and hope to be able to both provide some continuity on
the EC and also to help our new members just as previous EC members have helped
me.

 

I am aware that the EC is mainly
tasked with duties of serving the members organizationally within this
organization, making it running as a unit and providing support to our
Counsellors. What role I will play is to help more people to get to know the
NCUC and besides, I want people from any corner of the world to come to know China
if they would like. I would like to expand my vision to reach out to others. I
think it is the time and occasion for me to do so and would allow us to build
upon the this year's ICANN Meeting in Beijing. 

 

2. Provide a brief biography of recent
experience, associations, and affiliations relevant to serving on the Executive
Committee. Describe the relevance of your personal and professional experience
to serve on the NCUC Executive Committee, and identify any conflicts of
interests you might have.

 

I do not have any conflicts of
interests.

Within my current position and
capacity, I am:

 

A) Representing Asia and Pacific
Region and working on the NCUC Executive Committee, responsible for
administrative and coordination affairs of NCUC.

 

B) Serving as NCUC’s Pilot Program
Coordinator (PPC) for ICANN’s Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program (FY14)
along with NCUC’s current Chair, William Bill Drake.

 

C) Participating on the NCSG Privacy
Group, discussing issues of Internet privacy issues with NCSG as well as NCUC
members.

 

In addition, I participate in the
Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group, which
is tasked to provide the GNSO Council with a policy recommendation regarding
the translation and transliteration of contact information in gTLD Directory
Services (WHOIS). I’m also composing my Statement of Interest (SOI) to
participate in another GNSO Council Working Group which will develop policy
recommendations on issues relating to the accreditation of privacy and proxy
service providers for domain name registrations.

 

I have a MA degree of Linguistics
& Applied Linguistics from Beihang University, Beijing China, where I also
studied Western Culture and Philosophy for several years. I do think the fact
that my education and development has largely been within my own country and
region, which allows me to better understand the needs of those I am and hope
to continue to represent on the EC.

 

3. The EC performs several functional
responsibilities for the Constituency.  What  level of time
commitment can you bring to your EC role on a weekly and overall basis?
 Describe any concerns or limitations on your ability to attend online
meetings of the Executive Committee and ICANN Meetings in person.

 

I could contribute approximately 10
hours per week to attend conference calls and participate in discussions on the
NCUC-DISCUSS lists. 

 

I don’t expect my other duties would
prevent me from participating in ICANN meetings in person if funding is
available, but I may not be able to arrange funds by myself. Remote
participation should be no problem.

 

4. Communication with the membership
is critical. How would you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?

 

As a member of the EC, I shall post
notices of coming activities, ICANN policy development processes, activities of
Working Groups etc. on the NCUC-Discuss list, as the activities approach,
reminders will be also sent to the list. When the activities are over, I will
communicate with them regarding any questions about the activities. As a native
Chinese speaker and well-connected among Chinese Internet users I should be
able to enlarge NCUC's Chinese membership and keep them informed about our
activities.

 

5. How do you foresee NCUC’s function,
scale, or role changing in the future? What areas of ICANN policy, if any, need
more attention and why?  Be concise (200 words maximum).

 

I would like to reiterate here that
the reason why I come to NCSG and especially NCUC is that the nature of
existence of our organization graciously conforms to my personal concepts for
the internet. Within ICANN, there is not another Constituency which represents
the interests the NCUC does, just owing to the nature of ‘connectivity’ of the
Internet while it is this nature that NCUC is built into. 

 

As ICANN is enormously expanding the
name space, non-English speaking communities will have a large part to play, so
in the future I think NCUC will need to diversify in terms of functions and
expand in scale, especially in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. More Internet
users need to be protected. 

 

Therefore, I hold the belief that NCUC
will take a lead in the ICANN Policy Development Process as well as in GNSO
Council. We represent the voices of the Internet users. We need to make our
members structured and well-organized. I think we could concentrate on such
areas as global and regional outreach, security and resiliency of Internet,
privacy protection issues, Internet localization etc.

 

Thanks for your attention. I would be
happy to answer any questions you may have and would appreciate your support in
the upcoming election.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Best Regards


Peter Green

  		 	   		  
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