[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC representative SoI

Fri Jul 28 19:30:33 CEST 2017

+1 to Ginger and my support to Anriette.

Cheers to all.

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On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Flávio Rech Wagner <flavio at inf.ufrgs.br>
wrote:

> +1 to Ginger and my full support to Anriette!
>
> Best,
>
> Flavio
>
>
> 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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