Waoooo! Stephanie. This is a good cover letter. I mean to say good SOI.

Best!
On Aug 16, 2016 9:59 PM, "Stephanie Perrin" <
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> 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
>