Waoooo! Stephanie. This is a good cover letter. I mean to say good SOI. Best! On Aug 16, 2016 9:59 PM, "Stephanie Perrin" < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 >