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Yes - congratulations Wolfgang - and ready to support you in this
new role!<br>
best<br>
Joy<br>
On 17/11/2013 6:25 a.m., Robin Gross wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Here's the formal announcement
of Wolfgang's appointment to the ICANN Board of Directors.
Congrats, Wolfgang!<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Robin<br>
><br>
> Begin forwarded message:<br>
><br>
>> *From: *Glen de Saint Géry <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Glen@icann.org"><mailto:Glen@icann.org></a>><br>
>> *Subject: **[liaison6c] The Nominating Committee
Announces Selection of a Member to the ICANN Board of Directors*<br>
>> *Date: *November 16, 2013 4:46:20 AM PST<br>
>> *To: *liaison6c <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org"><mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org></a>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15nov13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15nov13-en.htm</a><br>
>> The Nominating Committee Announces Selection of a
Member to the ICANN Board of Directors<br>
>><br>
>> 15 November 2013<br>
>><br>
>> The 2013 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is pleased to
announce the selection of Wolfgang Kleinwächter as a member to the
ICANN Board of Directors.<br>
>><br>
>> The position became vacant following the recent
resignation of Board member Ms. Judith Duavit Vazquez, selected by
the 2011 NomCom. Wolfgang Kleinwächter will take up his position
on the ICANN Board of Directors immediately and will serve for the
remainder of the term vacated by Ms. Vazquez, ending at the
conclusion of the 2014 ICANN Annual General Meeting.<br>
>><br>
>> Yrjo Lansipuro<br>
>> Chair, 2013 Nominating Committee<br>
>><br>
>> -------------------------<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Wolfgang Kleinwächter<br>
>><br>
>> Wolfgang Kleinwächter
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/kleinwachter-150x200-15nov13.png"><http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/kleinwachter-150x200-15nov13.png></a><br>
>><br>
>> Wolfgang Kleinwächter is a Professor for International
Communication Policy and Regulation at the Department for Media
and Information Sciences of the University of Aarhus in Denmark
where he teaches "Internet Policy and Regulation" since 1998.<br>
>><br>
>> He has studied Communication, International Law and
International Relations at the University of Leipzig (B.A. 1971,
M.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1981). His Academic Teaching Experiences includes
courses and lectures on Internet Governance at numerous
universities around the globe, including, inter alia die School of
International Services at American University in Washington D.C.
and the Faculty of Journalism at Lomonossow University in Moscow.<br>
>><br>
>> He is involved in Internet Governance issues since 1997
and has participated - in various capacities - in 45 ICANN
meetings. He served five years in the NomCom (2009/2010 as its
chair) and was since 2011 a member of the GNSO Council, elected by
the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) where he is a member
of the NCUC.<br>
>><br>
>> In the WSIS process he was a member of the Civil Society
Bureau, co-chaired the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) and was
appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as for the UN Working
Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). In the Tunis Summit he was
part of the governmental delegation of Denmark. Between 2006 and
2010 he served as Special Adviser to the Chair of the Internet
Governance Forum (IGF), Nitin Desai. In 2011/2012 he was a member
of the UNCSTD Working Group on IGF Improvement. In 2012 he joined
the German governmental delegation to the World Conference on
International Telecommunication (WCIT) and served in the Informal
Expert Group of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum in 2013.<br>
>><br>
>> He is a co-founder of the European Dialogue on Internet
Governance (EURODIG), the Global Internet Governance Academic
Network (GIGANET), the Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG)
and chair of the ICANN Studienkreis. He served in the Advisory
Board of the dotmobi Registry and became in 2010 an International
Adviser to CNNIC. In the EU, he was involved in the Safer Internet
Action Plan (SIAP), the Task Force on the Internet of Things and
the Inter-Regional Information Society Initiative (IRISI). In the
Council of Europe he chaired the Expert Group on Cross Border
Internet (2009 – 2011).<br>
>><br>
>> For more than 20 years he was a member of the Council of
the International Association for Media and Communication Research
(IAMCR) and served as the president of the IAMCR Law Section
between 1988 and 1998. He was a member of the Program Committee
for INET 2002 in Washington D.C. and a Key-Note Speaker, Panelist,
Moderator and Rapporteur of numerous international conferences.<br>
>><br>
>> His research work includes more than 100 international
publications, including 7 books. Since 2011 he is the editor of
the publication series MIND (Multistakeholder Internet Dialogue).
He also served as member of several advisory boards of scientific
journals, including Transnational Data and Communication Report,
Computer Law and Security Report, The Journal of Media Law and
Practice, Gazette and the Journal for Virtual Reality.<br>
>><br>
>> He testified in Hearings in the Deutsche Bundestag and
the European Parliament. He is Chair of the Board of Medienstadt
Leipzig e.V., a recognized At Large Structure under the ICANN
Bylaws and got the "Internet Award" the highest Internet prize in
Germany, by the German Internet Economy Association (eco) in 2012<br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> Glen de Saint Géry<br>
>> GNSO Secretariat<br>
>> *gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org></a>*<br>
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>> <br>
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