Being a new Regional Liaison is a challenging task (esp. when there are Regional Liaisons like Giovanni Seppia, who have served longer;-).
My region is fascinating: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
I know many people in many of those countries, but I am looking forward to meet many more. I am excited about the endless possibilities we’ll have in our attempts to make the relations between ICANN and the Internet communities in these countries the best possible. By “Internet community” I mean everyone – governments, citizens, businesses, non-governmental sector.
I will be looking for information from every and each of the ccTLD (country-code top level domain) administrators, from the academic networks, the government, the Internet Service Providers, the Internet Society and last, but surely not least, from individual Internet users. I plan to continue building the traditionally good relations with all governments and their representatives at the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). I hope also to see what we can do with regards to the Internationalized Domain Names (IDN).
To find out what the Regional Liaisons do, please, see the President’s report (PDF, 364 Kb) from Sao Paulo. Regional Liaisons are responsible for engaging with and responding to stakeholders and participants in relation to ICANN’s mandate. Responsibilities include outreach, support to and engagement with respective regions and stakeholders – civil society, business, governments; partnering with respective organizations; and deliver against business plans consistent with ICANN’s operations and strategic plan (PDF, 76 Kb; more on the process here).
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Paul Levins 01.30.07 at 6:24 pm
Veni
Thanks for this post. I’d encourage others to look closely at the work of the Regional Liaisons led by Theresa Swinehart, ICANN’s Vice President Global and Strategic Partnerships.
The work they do is fundamental to outreach, engagement and feedback globally.
We look forward to your contribution Veni in this incredibly important area.
vicky 01.31.07 at 7:57 pm
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rugs 07.28.07 at 6:30 pm
Congratulations. This sounds like an excellent opportunity for you and a very significant post. In general, as I have learned about ICANN I have become more and more convinced of its importance in the development of a global economy and international relations generally. No one could deny that the web has brought us all closer together, uniting people across borders. Yet not as many people realize that ICANN is behind the scenes making sure this process works. Further, it seems to me that liaison officers have an especially important part to play since they coordinate cooperation among various nations in terms of the internet. If, as I do, you believe that the web is increasingly where all social and economic development will occur, then in many ways this position represents a kind of proto-ambassador of sorts, a chance to dictate how the world will develop in the future. And finally, this is a particularly tricky part of the world to deal with, and so I would imagine that anyone who was selected for this position would have to be incredibly skilled at the job.
family portrait artist 11.26.07 at 8:10 pm
Congratulations on your new assignment or position. You must be someone who is very responsible and keen on even minute details of your work. That is why you were assigned to take on that position. I wish you all the best and perhaps soon enough you can share with us your experiences, problems encountered, and all other stuff like that.
Kieren McCarthy 11.29.07 at 11:34 am
Family Portrait Artist,
You are trawling this blog, typing in pleasantries related to the blog post but with no value or knowledge whatsoever in order to provide links to your website.
From now on your comments will be deleted. Unless of course you gain a sudden real interest in ICANN and its work and start posting relevant comments. We hope you do.
Kieren McCarthy
General manager of public participation
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