[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC representative SoI

[Ginger Paque]

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 NCUC representative to ICANN's
NomCom. 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.

Thanks!
Ginger

Virginia Paque
DiploFoundation



On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
wrote:

> Statement of interest to be an NCUC representative to ICANN's NomCom
> Anriette Esterhuysen, 28 July 2017
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I have been an NCUC member for many years, and have followed the work of
> NCSG and NCUC in ICANN even if often from a distance. My position as
> executive director of the Association for Progressive Communications
> (APC) made it very hard to dedicate as much time to ICANN as I would
> have liked to. However, earlier this year I stepped down as APC
> executive director and now hold a position focused on global policy and
> strategy.
>
> This will enable me to invest more time in ICANN work.
>
> While I plan to become more involved in policy work inside ICANN, I feel
> I am particularly well-qualified for Nomcom as a result of having served
> on several boards of directors, and because I have paid particular
> attention to the ICANN accountability processes.
>
> I care about the ICANN board because it is a very important, and
> influential component of the ICANN decision-making system. Making sure
> that diverse and critical perspectives are reflected on this board is
> vital if ICANN is to address the existing, and evolving and emerging
> challenges related to its structure, governance and legitimacy as an
> inclusive multi-stakeholder body.
>
> My experience in the internet governance sector dates back to WSIS
> period. I have often been part of collective decision-making processes,
> particularly through my membership of the global IGF MAG
> (Multistakeholder Advisory Group) and the African IGF organising group.
> I have served on various United Nations working groups as well as many
> civil society structures.
>
> My roots are in Africa and most of my working life has been spent
> expanding internet access and use on the continent - which is probably
> the main reason I was honoured with being inducted into the Internet
> Hall of Fame. Working towards affordable, reliable, social justice,
> development and human rights-enabling internet access in Africa remains
> a priority for me. However, through APC I have had the opportunity to
> visit and learn from and about many other parts of the world. For a few
> months, in 2007, I lived in and worked from Montevideo. I tried to learn
> Spanish while there... with very partial success :)
>
> I have never had any paid positions in ICANN. I did serve on one of the
> ICANN CEO's high-level panels a few years ago. The High-Level Panel on
> Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms.
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/cooperation-
> governance-mechanisms-2013-12-20-en
>
> During 2016 and early 2017 I was part of an ICANN-commissioned study
> into the African DNS study. The contractor who dealt directly with ICANN
> was the South African Communications Forum but I was part of the team.
>
> My organisation has received support from ICANN for the African School
> on Internet Governance and, in 2015, we collaborated with ICANN in the
> publication of a book to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Working
> Group on Internet Governance. No payments have ever benefited my
> personally. We received a CROP grant in 2016 to do NCUC Outreach at the
> Africa Internet Summit in Gaborone (June 2017). I have only once
> received financial support through NCUC to attend an ICANN meeting
> (London in 2014).
>
> I have served on multiple not-for-profit governing boards so I am
> familiar with the characteristics and skills a Nomcom should be looking
> for.  My experience as a CEO of an organisation that has the same legal
> status that ICANN has (Section 501c3 incorporated under California law)
> will also be helpful.
>
> If NCUC members entrust me with this role, I will do my best to play it
> well and to help making the ICANN board not just representative of the
> diversity of stakeholders affected by domain name management, but also
> able to be dynamic and creative in serving, at board level the broadest
> possible public interest.
>
> I attach my CV for your information.
>
> Anriette Esterhuysen
> 28 July 2017
> ----------------------------------------
> Anriette Esterhuysen
> Director - global policy and strategy
> Association for Progressive Communications
> anriette at apc.org
> www.apc.org
> IM: ae_apc
>
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