<p>Waoooo! Stephanie. This is a good cover letter. I mean to say good SOI.</p>
<p>Best!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 16, 2016 9:59 PM, "Stephanie Perrin" <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Attached is my candidate
statement in Word, also copied below. I fear not much has
changed since my statement in 2014....in particular I would
have hoped that my dissertation would have been finished!! Soon
though....<span><span>:-)</span></span><br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">My resume is available
to anyone who is interested.<br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Best regards</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Name:</span></b><span> Stephanie Perrin</span><span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222">Region of residence:</span></b><span style="color:#222222"> Canada, North America</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222">Gender:</span></b><span style="color:#222222">
female</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222">Employment: </span></b><span style="color:#222222"> PhD candidate, retired federal public
servant</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222">Conflicts of Interest: </span></b><span style="color:#222222"> none that I am aware of</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222">Reasons for willingness to take
on the position:</span></b><span style="color:#222222"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>My candidate statement
has not really
changed from what I submitted in 2014.<span> </span>I
still believe that ICANN is a wonderful experiment in
multistakeholder
management of a key resource. I still want it to work, but
after two
years of hard work on Council and various PDPs I understand
the threats and
challenges better. I believe that my experience and knowledge
can be
useful at ICANN. I am a hard worker and a passionate advocate,
and I would like
to try to make a difference here. There is a great team at
NCSG, many
different characters with all kinds of talents and skills, and
I would be proud
to represent them and the non-commercial users we all
represent at the
GNSO. I have a lot of international experience, I understand
key
stakeholders like the GAC, and I would love the challenge of
trying to help
find solutions for some of the policy and procedural issues
with which the GNSO
struggles.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222">Qualifications for the
position:</span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I have spent 30 years
in the Canadian
federal government, most of it in the Department of
Communications and the
Department of Industry, in the areas of telecom policy, and
international trade
in telecommunciations, media and broadcasting, and
intellectual
property. I worked in Canada-US trade and technology impact
assessment, during the 90s when the Internet was developed,
and have broad
experience working with governments on e-commence. I
represented Canada
at the OECD working group on security and privacy for ten
years, and was a
vice-chair of the group which developed cryptography policy
guidelines.
During the 90s, I also worked for ten years on Canada's
privacy standard
(CAN/CSA-Q830-96) and was Director of Privacy Policy
responsible for turning
that standard into Canada's private sector privacy law. After
the law
passed, I took leave and went to work as Canada's first Chief
Privacy Officer,
for Zero Knowledge Systems, a privacy enhancing technology
company that
developed anonymous browsing and email software. I have also
worked, back in
government, for six years in risk management, integrity, and
values and
ethics. I also was Director of Research and Policy at the
federal Office
of the Privacy Commissioner, and worked to steer the office to
examine Internet
issues, including the ICANN WHOIS issues of the day (2005-7).
I have done
a lot of public speaking, and believe I can intervene
effectively to represent
you. I am fluent in English and French. </span><span><br>
<br>
<span style="color:#222222">This experience is very relevant
to the policy
issues I see at ICANN, for the following reasons: </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>ICANN is at an
inflection point in terms of its maturity. It needs to mature
and develop
better risk management, better accountability and values and
ethics, and better
compliance with human rights law. I think my practical
government
experience in these areas could be useful.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>There are
serious privacy issues at ICANN, and a lack of expertise.
This is my
principal area of expertise, and I have a keen desire to
contribute and to make
things better.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>During
2013-2014 I worked on the Experts Working Group on directory
services for new gTLDs,
(WHOIS replacement) where I learned quite a lot about the
issues behind this
key debate. I have now joined the GNSO/RDS PDP where it is
critical to
have someone who understands the EWG report, as it is clearly
the template for
future work.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>During the past
two years I worked on the working group on accreditation of
Privacy Proxy
Services, and on the working group on policy and
implementation as well as the
working group looking at WHOIS conflicts with law.. <span> </span>I also worked on the GNSO
Review team, and
prepared detailed comments on the outside examiners report.<span> </span>I have monitored all the
CCWG work on the
IANA transition, and I regularly review budget reports.<span> </span></span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Again, my
government policy and management experience, and the many
years that I have
volunteered on standards development groups and shadow groups
have, I think,
given me insight into these processes that has proven useful.
</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Statement of
availability for the time
the position required: </span></b><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I am no longer working
fulltime, and my
studies are focused on issues related to ICANN. I therefore
have abundant
time to devote to ICANN work, particularly the GNSO. Over the
past two
years I have devoted approximately half my work week to ICANN.</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222">Additional information: </span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I am studying at the
Information School
of the University of Toronto. I am writing my PhD
dissertation<span> </span>on why
ICANN has refused to adopt privacy
policy or law. I have spent my career either applying law or
developing
solutions, including technology and law, so my return to
school is largely to
satisfy that hunger to understand things at a more theoretical
level. I continue
to work to also fix that problem, and get some practical
implementation of
commonly accepted privacy policies at ICANN.<span>
</span>This is my focus in much of the PDP work I have done,
because there is a
lot happening on privacy issues, but it is certainly not my
only area of
interest.<span> </span>It is
important that we pace
our work to avoid burnout, but I am also keenly interested in
attracting new
talent to work at ICANN, and in mentoring. </span><span><br>
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<span style="color:#222222">Thanks for your attention.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Stephanie Perrin</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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