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APRALO Secretariat Position is a discretionary appointment

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(2016-2017)

(APRALO ROPs V 1.4 following the original Operating Principles) 

ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for

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2016-

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2017

See criteria for Selection of NomCom Candidates -  see:  Article VII- Section 4 ICANN By Laws

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Here is my background to explain why I believe I can contribute as an ALAC voting delegate to the NomCom.

I have been active in the global Internet community for over 15 years with participation in the Internet Society, globally, regionally and nationally and through this to ICANN and the IGF.

My professional life started with library and information management qualifications in Australia before heading to Europe where I led and participated in projects at the Telematics and Disability Centre of Telia (Swedish Telecom) and European Union-funded projects such as COST 219 and CARDIAC. I have researched and written policy on accessibility to information and communications technologies for the past 25 years.

I am a Director of the Internet Society of Australia since 2000 and a member of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society since 2008. I have been successful in applying for ISOC Community Grants workshops that have been delivered in Sri Lanka for Chapter Leaders and in Pacific Island countries as part of annual Pacific INETs.

I was the inaugural Australian IGF ambassador (2013) and before and since that time, have succeeded in proposing workshops and organising speakers for national, regional and global IGFs. I am currently a member of the APrIGF Multistakeholder Steering Group.

I am a member of ICANN’s APRALO, the At-Large Accessibility Taskforce and the Technology Taskforce and was Assistant Moderator at ATLAS II’s Thematic Group 3. I was selected in 2013 be part of inaugural At-Large Mentor Program. 

I am Principal of GSA InfoComm and a Fellow of the RSA, 21st enlightenment. I am an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems at Griffith University and have taught Information Policy and Governance to postgraduate students in Griffith University’s Department of International Business and Asian Studies.

I contribute to the Internet community through writing Issues Papers and award-winning articles, organising capacity-building workshops and speaking at Internet and telecommunications conferences and events throughout the world.

In 2012, I was invited to join ISOC’s NomCom to identify and select candidates for the Board of Trustees.

All these activities have given me the opportunity of building a large network of colleagues globally in technical, legal, social and academic circles. I believe that this experience and network will be a useful foundation to contribute to ICANN’s . I look forward to your support

Role Previously Held By	Nomination	Nominated by / Supported By	Date Accepted	Nominee's Statement (optional)	Regional Candidate(s) Recommended to the ALAC	ALAC Appointed Delegates to the NomCom
Satish Babu (not eligible for re-selection)	Gunela Astbrink	Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Maureen Hilyard	21 April 2015 (APRALO monthly call)
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Amir Qayyum by election	Amir Qayyum by endorsement vote
		Amir Qayyum	Amir Qayyum, Siranush Vardanyan, Jahangir Hossain, Lianna Galstyan, Aris Ignacio, Muhammad Yousaf, Bikram Shrestha	09 May 2015	I am associated with Internet since early nineties, as a user and a technical person. I did my Masters and PhD from France, and also worked as a researcher at the renowned lab: INRIA Rocquencourt, France. It always gives me a refreshing feeling when I see myself as part of a large connected community! I am ICANN Fellowship alumni, and got involved into ICANN activities since 2012, through the local ISOC Chapter. I am currently the Chair Executive Council of ISOC Islamabad Chapter, which is one of the registered ALS in ICANN/APRALO. I am quite much involved in capacity building activities (IPv6, DNSSEC, etc.) with ISOC, APNIC and ICANN's Middle-East regional team, and conducted numerous training workshops, informational seminars and general awareness talks on ICANN's activities and policy, APNIC's technical stuff and ISOC's Internet Governance theme. Being a professor and researcher at a university, I enjoy working on networking protocols (I am also a co-author of the RFC 3626), and often involve my students to build working solutions for various societal issues. In this regard, I lead many funded R&D projects in the domain of wired and wireless networks for social applications, funded by ISOC USA, Govt of France in ICT-Asia program and also in PHC program, Govt of Pakistan through its ICT R&D Fund, and by the local industry too. I am also serving since 2011 as the Chair IEEE Computer Society Islamabad Chapter, and since 2007 as the Founding Director, Center of Research in Networks and Telecom (CoReNeT - www.corenet.org.pk). Being a French alumni, I am also the founding member of the Board of Directors and the Vice-President of Pak-France Alumni Network (PFAN - www.pfan.org.pk). With my technical and research experience, active involvement in Internet organizations and associations, a large connected circle of friends, colleagues and students, and a strong motivation and enthusiasm to serve the community, I feel that I can contribute in ICANN as a NomCom member from APRALO. Hoping to serve the community better.

 

TIMELINE: 

•30 April - Announcement of call for nominations and Nominee's Statement.**

•30 April - 9 May  - Nomination period (nominations accepted for 10 working days).

•16 May - Deadline for nomination acceptances

•18 May - 28 May 2015 - Elections (If required, elections will begin no later than one week after the deadline for nomination acceptances and end no later than two weeks after that deadline).

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