Candidate statement - Julf Helsingius

[Johan Helsingius]

I hereby accept the nomination as a candidate for NCSG GNSO Council
Representative.

Here is my candidate statement:

Name: Johan Mikael ("Julf") Helsingius
Region of residence: Europe
Gender: Male
Employer: BaseN Netherlands (IoT services operator)

Conflict of interest:
	The only possible conflict of
	interest is that I am a board
	member of SIY (the Finnish ISOC chapter).

Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position:

	I have always been an advocate of
	 freedom of speech and privacy
 	(see
	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penet_remailer),
	and feel my positions mostly align
	with those of the NCSG. I am also
	keen to protect the governance of
	the global Internet in a way that
	furthers those goals.

Qualifications for the position:

	Reasonable experience with ICANN
	(two years on the council as NCA,
	third year as liaison to the GAC)
	as well as the larger Internet
	Governance landscape (co-chair of
	RIPE co-operation WG, board member
	of Finnish ISOC chapter) and the
	Internet industry (founder of
	several ISPs and former telecoms
	executive).

	I am a former member of CCWG
	Accountability, and current member
	of the EPDP 2 (shoot me now!) and
	CCWG Auction Proceeds. I am also
	currently chair of the GNSO
	Council Standing Selection
	Committee.

Statement of availability for the time the position requires:

	The summer and fall of this year
	are turning out to be really busy
	for me, but things are quieting
	down by the time I would take the
	council seat, so I do believe I do
	have the time needed at that
	point, but I will not volunteer
	for a possible EPDP 3...

	Julf