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



From: NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Stephanie Perrin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Reply-To: Stephanie Perrin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

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 dissertation  on 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