Thanks for your statement.  You do have lots of good experience and connections.  I have a commitment right now, but will try to post my information and statement very soon.  

In the meantime, can anyone tell me what the funding is currently for the NCUC?  How much does it get from ICANN?  And are there any other sources of revenue available to the constituency?  Robert, does Sage fund your efforts to stay involved in the NCUC?  I am looking for ideas on how to fund the time and expenses of being involved in these very critical activities.

Cheryl B. Preston
Edwin M. Thomas
Professor of Law
J. Reuben Clark Law School
Brigham Young University
424 JRCB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-2312
[log in to unmask]

>>> Robert Guerra <[log in to unmask]> 10/24/2007 2:25 pm >>>
Neal:

While most of the other positions open for election have been filled  
by acclamation , that is not the case for the position of the North  
America rep on the Executive committee.

For that position, there's a contest - Cheryl and I are the two  
candidates.

Let me share a quick bio blurb as well as my objectives for NCUC  
should I have the opportunity to be re-elected as the North American  
representative on the executive committee.

Short Bio:

http://www.icannwiki.org/Robert_Guerra 

I am based in Toronto, Canada and am one of the founding directors of  
Privaterra - an ongoing project of the SAGE Charitable foundation  
that works with NGOs to assist them with issues of data privacy,  
secure communications and information security. In that capacity, I  
am frequently invited to speak at events to share the challenges  
being faced by  a variety of social justice NGOs in regards to  
surveillance, censorship and privacy.

I am currently the NCUC representative for Computer Professionals for  
Social Responsibility (CPSR), acting also as their board secretary. I  
was actively involved in the the UN World Summit - being an active  
member of civil society bureau , the internet governance caucus as  
well as being the NGO advisor to the official Canadian Government  
delegation.

In terms of disclosure -  I currently  advise  several non-profits  
and/or their related projects , including Taking IT Global,  
DiploFoundation's Internet Governance and Policy Capacity Building  
Programme, The Open Net Initiative and The Internet Corporations for  
Assigned Names and Numbers's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and  
its Security and Stability Advisory Committee - to name a few.

Objectives I envision for NCUC in 07/08:

- NCUC needs to further develop its efforts to make sure that ICANN  
stays focused on its narrow core mission of technical co-ordination.
- While ICANN is to be congratulated on its efforts to implement IDN,  
it must not get in the business of being a content regulator.  KTCN  
needs to be supported - and strongly by NCUC members without  
reservation.
- Yes, there are strong opinions on censorship and "inappropriate  
content" , however ICANN is not the  place nor the venue where the  
issue should be discussed. Content regulation is inconsistent with  
Freedom of expression principles.  NCUC's message on this must be  
strong and clear.
- Funding needs to be obtained to ensure that get NCUC members can  
participate in ongoing ICANN policy areas such as GNSO
- Support idea that funding should be drawn from ICANN's ever  
increasing surplus to fund (without strings) participation of GNSO  
members who do not have he financial means to do so. Financial  
support should be based only on  financial need.
- Support idea that NCUC officially and unofficially engage other key  
icann stakeholders on issues of common interest and concern. Building  
strategic alliances is important - NCUC should pursue this to the  
best of its ability.
- Outreach activities should be pursued to help promote NCUC message.  
These should including blog postings by NCUC excom members as well as  
speaking engagements at fora where non commercial users and/or groups  
might be present.


Should you have any questions  - please, feel free to post a comment .

it would be an honour to be re-lected to the NCUC excom.

regards

Robert



On 24-Oct-07, at 10:58 AM, Neal McBurnett wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 03:32:42PM -0600, Cheryl Preston wrote:
>> I am interested in getting involved in the NCUC leadership.  I  
>> would be happy to run for any office.  Perhaps the best way for a  
>> new person to start is to be the North American rep on the  
>> Executive Committee.  Any ideas?