[Chapter-delegates] Announcement of candidates for ISOC Elections
Jahangir Hossain
jrjahangir at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 21:24:02 PST 2016
Hi all ,
I'm absolutely agree with Alejandro comments .
We (ISOC Chapters ) need to know the candidate statement specially who have
got the nomination on behalf of chapter also their future initiative for
chapter development . Besides Nomination committee can organize a remote
session with all candidate for further discussion .
Regards /
Jahangir Hossain
ISOC Bangladesh Dhaka
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Alejandro Pisanty <apisanty at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dave,
>
> in case anyone wonders what we need to know from candidates' background,
> probably the distllate is this: how free and independent are they to speak,
> act and vote on ISOC issues? What are their constraints from employers or
> cllients? What does their track record say about this?
>
> There are degrees of compromise, of course. A person representing a
> government officially in related decisions or policy guidance is very
> heavily compromised; a public servant so-so and to be determined in more
> detail. An employee of a company; an official of the company, severe
> restraints. Any other thoughts?
>
> Better clear this soon.
>
> Alejandro Pisanty
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Dave Burstein <daveb at dslprime.com> wrote:
>
>> Kevin and candidates
>>
>> I hope that biographical information will include details of income
>> received from companies, organizations and governments affected by Internet
>> issues.
>>
>> The medical people have shown quite decisively that funding has affected
>> results and publication bias. All major journals have disclosures at the
>> bottom of most articles of such funding.
>>
>> Taking money does not mean you are biased. Vint works for Google and
>> Jason for Comcast, but both have proven to me they put the public interest
>> first.
>>
>> But transparency is important. Currently, I'm pretty sure that one ICANN
>> board member has close business ties to a entity funded by ICANN,
>> undisclosed. One key actor in IGF refuses to disclose sources of income,
>> which I believe is predominantly a large company. One active ISOC person I
>> believe has been funded directly or indirectly by the U.S. government and
>> taken position nearly always in line with the U.S. Gov. (I'm being obscure
>> because things like this require strong proof before being detailed
>> publicly.)
>>
>> Meanwhile, here are a few basics from my quick web search. I note that
>> several have close ties to the UN, which some of us believe is trying to
>> take over the Internet. (Not me.) Several have ties to what most of us
>> consider authoritarian governments. Several are consultants in our field
>> and I don't know who their clients are. Are they risking their income if
>> they support Net Neutrality?
>>
>> Others receive substantial income, directly or indirectly, from ICANN.
>> The role of ICANN is clearly a top policy question and there are important
>> financial ties between ISOC and ICANN. ISOC strongly supported ICANN
>> against the U.N./ITU. We already receive 80+% of our income as the
>> ICANN-designated .org outfit. We have to be very careful here.
>>
>> None of which disqualifies anyone. I know Narelle well enough to believe
>> she considered these issues.
>>
>> CAVALLI Olga
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>> [image: olga.jpg]Olga Cavalli is an ICT and Internet specialist with
>> large experience in project management, market research, competitive
>> analysis, public policy and regulations.Between 2007 and 2014 Ms. Cavalli
>> was a member of the United Nations Secretary General´s Advisory group for
>> the Internet Governance Forum.She is the Argentina Representative in the
>> GAC of ICANN, where she is Vice-chair. She was GNSO Council Member in ICANN
>> and GNSO Vice chair. As an advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
>> Argentina, she has represented Argentina in the WSIS Second Phase held in
>> Tunis, she was a Member of the Special Commission appointed by the
>> Government of Argentina for the Cybercrime Law and a leading member of the
>> commission that developed the National Digital Agenda of Argentina.
>> Since 2007 she is co-founder and Academic Director of the South School on
>> Internet Governance, pioneering program that grants fellowships to students
>> in Latin America and the Caribbean to receive an intensive face to face
>> training in Internet Governance. (
>> http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/)Since 2012 Dr. Cavalli is the
>> Academic Director of CCAT-LAT and Dominios Latinoamerica, www.dominios
>> latinoamerica.co
>>
>> Ms. Cavalli is a PHD in Business Direction, MBA, Master in
>> Telecommunication Regulation and Electronic and Electric Engineer. She is
>> fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese and German.
>> She lives in Buenos Aires and is the mother of Juana and Federico.
>> Mohamed El Bashir, Msc., MBA
>> Internet Policy, Governance And TechnologyQatar
>>
>> - <http://twitter.com/https://twitter.com/hope4alll>
>> - <http://www.linkedin.com/in/hope4all>
>> - <http://about.me/mohamedelbashir>
>> - <http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Mohamed_El_Bashir>
>>
>> Biography
>>
>> Mohamed is an active Internet user and expert.
>>
>> He has been active within ICANN since 2001 were he managed Sudan's ccTLD ".SD"
>> Re-delegation process, .SD is currently managed by Sudan Internet Society,
>> an organization which he established.
>>
>> Mohamed served as a Council member in ICANN's Country Code Supporting
>> Organization "ccNSO" (2004 to 2008), member of ICANN's Board At Large Advisory
>> Committee "ALAC" (2007 to 2011) and was a member of ICANN's nominating
>> committee (2011-2012).
>>
>> He was a founder and vice president of Africa's Top Level Domains
>> Organization "AfTLD" (2004 to 2008). Mohamed is a founding member and
>> currently vice chair of the Arab Internet Governance Multi-stakeholder
>> Advisory Group.
>>
>> He is actively involved in the Internet governance, Domain names and
>> Internationalized Domain Names "IDN" issues and policy developments.
>> Mohamed is a founder/former president of Sudan Internet Society, also he is
>> a founder and a current board member of Qatar Internet Society chapter.
>>
>> He has participated in the UN World Summit for Information Society "WSIS"
>> process ( Geneva and Tunis Summits ) and attended most of the IGF meetings,
>> Mohamed has been a regular panelist and organizer of workshops and events
>> related to Internet governance issues.
>>
>> Since 2008 Mohamed joined Qatar's Supreme Council of Information and
>> Communication Technology "ictQATAR" managing its Technical Affairs
>> Department, he is responsible for Numbering, Internet Domains, broadband
>> Infrastructure access and sharing. He has also established Qatar's Country
>> Code Top Level domain new Registry and implemented the launch of Qatar's
>> Arabic domain.
>>
>> Mohamed is also responsible for the development of national IPv6
>> migration plan, technical regulatory policies and procedures related to the
>> Internet/Telecom. He Developed and Managed Qatar's National Numbering Plan,
>> lead the implementation of mobile numbering portability .
>>
>> Communications Regulatory Authority
>> Manager, Technical Affairs Department - Information Technology and
>> Services
>> The Emir of Qatar issued an Emiri Decree (27) in February 2014
>> establishing an independent Communications Regulatory Authority "CRA", CRA
>> was part of The Supreme Council of Information & Communications Technology
>> "ictQATAR" ( Same position as since 2012 but a change of organization
>> structure ). Managing the Technical Affairs Department and Reporting to
>> Regulatory Authority President, responsible for all technical
>> matters/regulations related to the Telecom sector and licensed service
>> providers in the State of Qatar. Managing the following functional units :
>> - Internet Section ( Qatar Domains Registry, IPv6 Migration, Internet
>> Technologies, ..etc) - Numbering Management Section ( Numbers Allocations,
>> Mobile/Fixed Numbering Portability ) - Interconnection and Access Section (
>> Infrastructure Roll-out, Mobile Sites, ..etc ) - Next Generation
>> Technologies Section ( IXP, NGN, ..etc ) - Quality of Service Section (
>> Establishing a new Monitoring/Compliance function of the QoS Framework )
>>
>> -
>>
>> 2014-02-01 - Present
>> - [image: 0ef6563]dotAfrica TLD Project
>>
>> Chairman, The Steering Committee - Internet
>>
>> Chairing the Steering Committee of dotAfrica TLD project, the
>> steering committee consist of Internet Experts and Pioneers from Africa
>> representing all the African Internet Community stakeholders ( Private
>> Sector, Government, Academia, Technical, ..etc ) . The dotAfrica TLD is
>> proposed as a new gTLD (Generic Top Level Domain) for the promotion
>> of African business, people and culture on the Internet. The Project is
>> endorsed by The African Union "AU", AU strongly believes that the
>> introduction of the dotAfrica gTLD will create an attractive regional
>> home for the Pan-African Internet community. As the first sponsored
>> registry to be operating from Africa and, therefore, serving the specific
>> needs of its communities, dotAfrica will echo ongoing operation and the
>> successes of other community TLDs such as dotEU (dotEuropa) and dotAsia
>> that have created a new Internet identity for their users and businesses
>> which seek more regional presence without being confined within the limits
>> of one country.
>>
>> 2012-01-01 - Present
>> - [image: 3774a0d]Regulatory Authority - Qatar's Supreme Council for
>> Information & Communications Technology
>>
>> Manager, Technical Affairs Department - Information Technology and
>> Services
>>
>> Managing all the technical affairs related to licened service
>> providers in the state of Qatar and the telecom sector in General in the
>> Communications Regulatory Authority. Responsibilities include : -
>> Fixed/Broadband Infrastructure Roll-out - Numbering Allocations Management
>> - Qatar Domains Registry ( www.domains.qa ) - Mobile and Fixed
>> Numbering Portability Implementation - Internet Infrastructure/Technologies
>> ( e.g VoIP, Broadband, ..etc ) - Interconnection Management - Next
>> Generation Technologies - Mobile Sites Construction and sharing
>> -
>>
>> Andrei Kolesnikov
>> -
>>
>> As a telecommunications engineer in the joint venture of All-Union
>> Research Institute of Applied Automatic Systems (AUIAAS) and
>> "San-Francisco-Moscow Teleport" (SFMT), in 1991, he introduced an e-mail
>> system with direct terminal access and internet channel connecting
>> computers of AUIAAS and research networks in the USA. In 1992, this system
>> became the part of national e-mail system that united Demos, Relcom,
>> Glasnet and other internet service providers.
>>
>>
>>
>> In 1993, Andrei Kolesnikov was among the 8 representatives of the
>> internet service providers who signed an agreement, which led to the
>> delegation of country code top level domain .RU.
>>
>>
>>
>> In 1994, Andrei Kolesnikov participated in development of the first
>> license for telematics, and in 1995, he led the launch of the first Russian
>> mass internet service "Russia-On-Line". ROL was the largest internet
>> dial-up access service provider in Russia with access services deployed in
>> more than 80 cities nationwide.
>>
>>
>>
>> In 2000, Andrei Kolesnikov represented Russia in ECOSOC where he
>> participated in development of the first international concept on
>> information and communications technologies subsequently adopted by the
>> leaders of G8 countries in Okinawa as "Okinawa Charter on Global
>> Information Society.”
>>
>>
>>
>> From 2005 to 2009 Andrei Kolesnikov was a Council member of
>> Coordination Center for TLD RU, Russian national registry. He served as
>> deputy media director of VympelCom, the Russian telecom giant. Since March
>> 2009, Andrei Kolesnikov has become CEO of Coordination Center for TLD RU.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrei Kolesnikov is a recognized expert and internet activist, and a
>> "Runet veteran.” He is a member of program and expert committees of major
>> Russian internet forums and conferences. In 2010, he became one of
>> initiators of launching Euro-Asian Network Operators Group (ENOG).
>>
>>
>>
>> At the international level, Andrei Kolesnikov advocates Russia’s more
>> active engagement in governance and development of the Internet, represents
>> interests of Russian internet community and regularly contributes to
>> international conferences and global forums, such as IGF, ICANN, RIPE,
>> CENTR, APTLD, ITU meetings, and others. In 2009, Andrey Kolesnikov was
>> elected to gNSO Board and became the first Russian expert who joined
>> ICANN’s governing bodies.
>> John Laprise
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/3738519?trk=prof-exp-company-name>Editor,
>> Contributor, and Advisor
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/title/editor%2C-contributor%2C-and-advisor?trk=mprofile_title>Gildshire
>> Magazines
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/3738519?trk=prof-exp-company-name>October
>> 2015 – Present (5 months)
>>
>> Gildshire is an innovative portfolio of online magazines. As a
>> startup Internet media company, we are moving into the angel investment
>> phase.
>>
>> As editor of and contributor to Gildshire's Politics and Science &
>> Technology online magazines, I write interesting and informative articles
>> on topics of the day drawing upon my deep knowledge and experience as well
>> as coordinating submissions. Additionally, I manage related social media to
>> expand readership and interest in published content and our overall brand.
>> As advisor, I offer counsel to the executive team on corporate
>> strategy.
>>
>> Freelance
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?company=Freelance&trk=prof-exp-company-name>August
>> 2014 – Present (1 year 7 months)Greater Chicago Area
>>
>> As a Consulting Scholar I provide research, analysis and
>> communication strategy and execution expertise on a range of technological,
>> social, and political subjects. Working with the leadership of the U.S.
>> Internet Governance Forum, I helped develop and execute its social media
>> strategy for the national 2015 meeting by analyzing social media trends,
>> identifying key actors and hashtags, sharing relevant content, and creating
>> new content for targeted audiences resulting in a successful strongly
>> attended conference with significant follower and interaction growth.
>> Working with the Good Judgement Project and TechCast Global, I conducted
>> rigorous open source research to forecast social, political and
>> technological trends. My accurate insights led to continued participation
>> in both groups along with invited blogs. As a columnist and OpEd writer for
>> InsideSources, I have written cogent essays on pressing technological and
>> political issues which have been picked up in wider syndication.
>> Quantitatively, I conducted statistical analysis of a large data set to a
>> research client measuring global Internet readiness. This analysis revealed
>> unseen relationships within the data set resulting in a significant
>> revision of the final research before its publication and a strengthening
>> of its findings. As a contributor to the hi:project, I have identified new
>> start-up funding sources through online research and brought a global user
>> perspective to discussions of UX, influencing project messaging.
>> (Open)1 project
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/1860?trk=prof-exp-company-name>Internet
>> Governance Forum Secretariat Best Practices Consultant
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/title/internet-governance-forum-secretariat-best-practices-consultant?trk=mprofile_title>United
>> Nations
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/1860?trk=prof-exp-company-name>July
>> 2014 – October 2014 (4 months)Greater Chicago Area
>>
>> As a consultant to the Best Practice Fora of the Internet Governance
>> Forum Secretariat operating under the auspices of the United Nations, I
>> managed and coordinated global communications and research in the areas of
>> multistakeholder mechanisms, online child protection, and facilitating the
>> local content creation. I participated in online and face-to-face meetings
>> of key international stakeholders, developed multiple drafts of global best
>> practice findings in these area, wrote press releases, consulted on a
>> regular basis with the Secretariat and wrote final reports for each forum.
>> The IGF Secretariat published and disseminated them and they were
>> well-received, leading to the renewal of the Best Practice Fora’s mandate.
>> (Open) Child Protection
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/66303?trk=prof-exp-company-name>Consulting
>> Scholar
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/title/consulting-scholar?trk=mprofile_title>
>> ictQATAR
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/66303?trk=prof-exp-company-name>June
>> 2012 – July 2014 (2 years 2 months)Doha, Qatar
>>
>> As a Consulting Scholar for ictQATAR, the information technology and
>> telecommunications regulator and policy maker of the State of Qatar, I
>> provided a range of expertise and capacity building to the organization and
>> nationally. As a member of the National Broadband Plan steering committee,
>> my efforts and contributions led to the adoption of a low income tariff.
>> Advising on intellectual property, I produced policy guidance that
>> incorporated local cultural norms into national policy and law. As an
>> internal expert, I managed quantitative projects and insured product
>> quality and applicability for ictQATAR resulting in improved reporting of
>> key national metrics. As a facilitator, I ran multiple internal seminars
>> and classes for staff members on policy analysis and policy making
>> processes as well as commenting on existing processes. This work resulted
>> in improved efficiency and effectiveness of policy making processes.
>>
>> Experience
>>
>>
>> Mr. Harish Pillay
>> Global head of Community Architecture and Leadership
>> Red Hat Inc. <http://www.redhat.com/en>
>>
>> Harish has been in the IT industry for over 25 years. He is currently
>> with Red Hat heading up a team that engages with the global open source
>> community. He holds a BS and MS in Computer Science and Electrical and
>> Computer Engineering both from Oregon State University. He is a pioneer of
>> Internet related activities in Singapore since 1991 and is also the founder
>> of the Linux Users’ Group (Singapore) setup in 1993. Harish is a Fellow of
>> the Singapore Computer Society and a Distinguished Partner awardee from
>> SPRING Singapore. Presently, he is also serving as president of Internet
>> Society Singapore Chapter.
>> ----------------------
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Kevin Craemer <craemer at isoc.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Raúl,
>>> Biographical information on all the candidates will be available here
>>> soon:
>>> http://www.internetsociety.org/2016-board-trustees-nominees
>>>
>>> The Elections Committee will also again hold a Candidate Forum for
>>> Chapters on Connect, enabling you to ask questions of the candidates.
>>> Watch for information on the Forum once the petition period ends.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Kevin Craemer
>>> craemer at isoc.org
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Feb 22, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. <crg at isoc-cr.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Thank you Narelle!
>>> >
>>> > for the benefit of our local chapters Board, would you be so kind as
>>> to offer the links of each candidates Statements of Interest, endorsements
>>> and related affiliation please?
>>> >
>>> > thank you very much
>>> >
>>> > Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
>>> > ISOC Costa Rica
>>> > +506 8837 7176
>>> > Skype: carlos.raulg
>>> > Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)
>>> > On 22 Feb 2016, at 13:22, Narelle Clark wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> [Reposting]
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> After careful deliberation by the Nominations Committee, I am pleased
>>> to
>>> >> announce the following candidates for election.
>>> >>
>>> >> Chapters Election
>>> >> Olga Cavalli
>>> >> Mohamed El Bashir
>>> >> Andrey Kolesnikov
>>> >>
>>> >> Organizations Election
>>> >> John Laprise
>>> >> Desiree Miloshevic
>>> >> Harish Pillay
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Best regards
>>> >>
>>> >> Narelle Clark
>>> >> Chair Nominations Committee
>>> >> ISOC Board of Trustees
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>>
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