Acceptance of nomination and candidate statement

[Joan Kerr]

Excellent Stephanie.  You will make a great Councillor.  It was a pleasure
working with you as the NCSG Chair.
Regards,

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 1:53 PM Stephanie E Perrin <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> 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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Joan Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian

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Chair, Climate Smart Victory Garden Team

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