Here is mine.

Stephanie


On 2016-08-16 17:16, James Gannon wrote:
> Hey Stephanie,
>
> Actually that’s a really good idea on resumes, would like to see the 
> candidates share these as its a critical part of the skill set that 
> they are brining to the table.
> Particularly useful for our members who may not know the candidates 
> personally.
>
> -James
>
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> Date: Tuesday 16 August 2016 at 21:57
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> Subject: Perrin Candidate Statement
>
> 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....:-)
>
> My resume is available to anyone who is interested.
>
> Best regards
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>
>
> *Name:*Stephanie Perrin
> *Region of residence:*  Canada, North America
> *Gender:*  female
> *Employment: *PhD candidate, retired federal public servant
> *Conflicts of Interest: *none that I am aware of
> *Reasons for willingness to take on the position:*
>
> My candidate statement has not really changed from what I submitted in 
> 2014.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.
>
>
> *Qualifications for the position:*
>
> 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.
>
> This experience is very relevant to the policy issues I see at ICANN, 
> for the following reasons:
>
> ·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.
>
> ·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.
>
> ·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.
>
> ·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.. I also worked on the GNSO Review team, and 
> prepared detailed comments on the outside examiners report.I have 
> monitored all the CCWG work on the IANA transition, and I regularly 
> review budget reports.
>
> ·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.
>
> *Statement of availability for the time the position required: *
>
> 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.
>
>
> *Additional information: *
>
> I am studying at the Information School of the University of Toronto.  
> I am writing my PhD dissertationon 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.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.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.
>
> Thanks for your attention.
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>