Acceptance of nomination and candidate statement

[Stephanie E Perrin]

First, I would like to thank Tapani Tarvainen for nominating me for a 
council position, Raoul Plommer for seconding, and for the kind messages 
of support that several of you have posted on the list.  I hope to 
reward your trust by working hard on council.  Policy work is really my 
forte; while I have enjoyed the two years I have spent as NCSG Chair, it 
has been difficult and I would not have made it without the excellent 
admin support from Maryam Bakoshi, and the warm and collaborative 
working relationship that I enjoyed with Joan Kerr and Bruna Santos.  It 
makes the job easier when we all pull together, and I hope that spirit 
continues with the new executive leadership team.

Here is my candidate statement:

Name: Stephanie Perrin

Region of residence: North America

Gender: female

Employer: Digital Discretion Company Inc.

Conflict of interest: I work as a privacy and information consultant, 
and I do not take clients who are not acting in good faith to comply 
with law, so I doubt that there are conflicts of interest. Were I to 
have a client whose interests might be in conflict of those of ICANN, I 
would recuse myself from relevant activities.

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

I joined as a volunteer at ICANN in order to assist in bring data 
protection perspectives to the famous WHOIS or Registration Data 
Services Directory. I would like to continue working on that until there 
is a reasonable chance that the work done on the EPDP will not falter. 
While I could certainly do that work on various working groups, there 
are important decisions coming to Council as these matters conclude. I 
also am keenly interested in the potential GNSO Review, and in the 
implementation of PDP 3.0.

We received approval for an additional budget request for this coming 
year, to work on leadership development and training.  I feel strongly 
that we need better transitioning between those like myself who are 
ready to leave active participation in NCSG and make space for new 
blood, and younger folks who are keen to participate and learn but find 
the water just a little cold and deep to jump in head first.  We need a 
better mentoring and training package, and I hope to help the new NCSG 
Chair in developing that.

Qualifications for the position: I have now served as a volunteer at 
ICANN since February 2013, or 7 years. Committees and activities include:

  *   Expert Working Group on the RDS (2013-2014)
  *   GNSO Council 2014-2017
  *   Chair NCSG 2018-2020
  *   WHOIS conflicts with law working group
  * RDS PDP
  * EPDP I & II
  * RDS II Review Team
  * various other committees and pdps

Statement of availability for the time the position requires:

2020 has been a very busy year for me, and the current COVID 19 social 
distancing regime has also caused considerable disruption. In principle, 
the following year should be a little easier, if only because there will 
be much less travel! I am semi-retired, although very active with other 
volunteer activities and some client work. In principle, I have the time 
and the flexibility to adjust to the rigours of ICANN volunteer work.

Stephanie Perrin


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