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Cheryl is currently a Vice Chair of the ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), after serving the At-Large Community for three terms (2007-10) as Chair. Within At-Large she represents ISOC-AU as an ICANN accredited At-Large Structure (ALS) in ICANN's Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation (APRALO) and APRALO in the ALAC, has been reappointed to serve a second two year term (2009 - 2011) for APRALO in the ALAC. As Chair of the ALAC she was appointed to serve on the 1st Affirmation of Commitments Review Team for ICANN looking at Accountability and Transparency. http://icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/review-1-en.htm; on behalf of the ALAC she has recently been appointed as Liaison to the ccNSO (2010 -2011) http://ccnso.icann.org/
About me:- Thirty(ish) years ago I left my Post-Grad research and career as a tutor in Physiology (although I am still a Teaching Associate at the Asia Pacific Research Institute of Macquarie University) to operate our then micro enterprise, Hovtek Pty. Limited. http://www.hovtek.com.au/
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Our clients in Australia are Micro Businesses and SMEs - and internationally mainly SMEs and Government or Aid Funded bodies; We service and communicate with them almost exclusively online and the majority of our importation of raw materials and products as well as export documentation bookings etc. is now handled that way. I am a Director in several Associations and a NFP company interested in Global Trade and SME growth, facilitated by Internet use, under the auspices of UNCTAD.
I believe the Internet should be seen as a public asset and needs to be developed and maintained as a cost-effective and accessible resource for communication, education, community, social and business opportunities by the Australian and wider global community; my work within ICANN with its remit as the coordinator of the unique identifiers (addressing) across i.e. in the Naming, Numbering and Nomenclature withing the Internet Ecosystem with its commitment to a multi-stakeholder, bottom-up consensus driven policy development model is an essential part of this aim.
My focus and ongoing interests are not specifically technical but rather more consumer and end user focused. Until May 2009 when the Council was dissolved I represent ISOC-AU in the Australian Communication Alliance Consumer Advisory Council) See http://www.acif.com.au/ with a keen interest in Policy Development, Access, Outreach and Regulatory issues.
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