[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC representative SoI

Cedric Laurant cedric at laurant.org
Fri Jul 28 22:11:57 CEST 2017 

+1.
Cédric

On 7/28/17 11:59 AM, Ginger Paque wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>     <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 <mailto:anriette at apc.org>
>     www.apc.org <http://www.apc.org>
>     IM: ae_apc
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