[At-Large] [ALAC] Welcome to our New ALAC Nom Com appointees!!

[Patrick Vande Walle]

Indeed, welcome to Carlton, James and Dave. Looking forward working with
you.

Patrick Vande Walle



> Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:
>> we have our new NomCom appointees from the Africa, Asia Pacific and
>> Latin american & Caribbean regions see
>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28aug09-en.htm   a
>> Huge Welcome aboard to all of you I look forward to working with all
>> of you in the ALAC and I'm sure I speak for everyone else in the
>> Regional, ALS, and wider At-Large when I say we look forward to
>> incorporating your expertise, views and energy into our policy
>> development work and discussions over the next 2 years...
>>
>> Staff can we ensure they are joined to our lists and that an Announce
>> message goes out ASAP
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheryl Langdon-Orr
>> (CLO)
>>
>>
>> announcement text for ALAC  NomCom appointments 2009-2011 is copied
>> below... 
>> *<snip> ALAC*
>>
>> *James Seng* has been appointed as an At Large Advisory Committee
>> member from Asia/Australia/Pacific. James will bring his significant
>> expertise on IDN (internationalized domain names) to bear on At Large
>> discussions, and can also share his experience of Internet issues in
>> several Asian countries; including Malaysia, Singapore and China
>> where he now resides.
>>
>> James is the CEO of Zodiac Holdings, a company focused on IDN gTLDs
>> in Asia. James is also Chief Technology Officer of the Shanghai
>> Synacast Media Tech. Co, a member of the Executive Committee of the
>> Singapore Advance Research and Education Network, and a committee
>> member of the Internet and New Media Committee of Media Development
>> Authority of Singapore.
>>
>> Previously, James has been a partner in Thymos Capital LLP 2007-2008,
>> and worked as Assistant Director, Next Generation Network, Infocomm
>> Development Authority of Singapore from 2003-2006. James is or has
>> been involved in numerous Internet-related groups and committees
>> including the Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force, Internet Engineering Task
>> Force, ICANN's IDN Registry Implementation Committee, Domain Name
>> Technical Committeeof the Singapore Network Information Center, Asia
>> Pacific Internet Association. He also served as Co-chair of the IDN
>> Working Group, Internet Engineering Task Force, 1999-2003 and Chair
>> of the iDNS Working Group, Asia Pacific Networking Group, 1998-2000.
>>
>> James' educational background includes a Bachelor of Information
>> Technology, Software Engineering, Australian National University,
>> 1996-1999
>>
>>
>> *Carlton Samuels* has been appointed as an At Large Advisory
>> Committee member from Latin America / Caribbean. Carlton brings
>> significant Caribbean experience and knowledge, and also an ability
>> to facilitate consensus-building with the Latin American Internet
>> community from his work as LACRALO secretariat.
>>
>> Carlton works as a consultant and an adjunct lecturer at the
>> Information Science Faculty of Humanities & Education in the
>> University of the West Indies at Mona Kingston, Jamaica. He is a
>> Jamaican and US national.
>>
>> Previously, Carlton has worked as CIO & University Director of IT,
>> University of the West Indies, Managing Director, Mona Informatix, as
>> a registrar for the .jm ccTLD and VP, Network Systems, Neal & Massy
>> Corporation as a senior executive with responsibility for regional
>> network and telecommunications business segment for the largest
>> Caribbean-based multinational.
>>
>> Carlton's current and previous volunteer positions include being a
>> foundation member of and the current secretariat for the Latin
>> America and Caribbean Regional At-Large Advisory Organization
>> (LACRALO), member of the advisory boards of Microsoft Partners in
>> Learning and the Project Advisory Board of the Caribbean Universities
>> Project for Integrated Distance Education (CUPIDE). Carlton has also
>> been a member of the CARICOM ICT Task Force, a regional ICT
>> leadership position charged with developing a cohesive ICT policy
>> framework for Caribbean governments.
>>
>> Carlton's educational background includes a degree in Natural
>> Sciences from The University of the West Indies, a postgraduate
>> degree in management information systems from George Mason
>> University, US, and a postgraduate diploma in corporate strategy from
>> the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
>>
>>
>> *Dave Kissoondoyal* has been appointed as an At Large Advisory
>> Committee member from Africa. Dave will be an invaluable asset to the
>> ALAC given his experience in Internet governance and the Internet
>> Society, whose Mauritius chapter he founded. Dave is Director of
>> Information Technology at Teleforma (Mauritius), Ltd - A US Upstream
>> Company.
>>
>> Previously, Dave was Group Technical Director and Chief Technology
>> Officer for the Bowman Group of Companies. Dave is a member of the
>> Public Interest Registry .ORG Advisory Council, a member of the
>> African Stakeholders Network (ASN) of the United Nations Information
>> and Communication Technologies Task Force and has been an Ambassador
>> of the Internet Society to the World Summit on the Information
>> Society (WSIS).
>>
>> Dave's other volunteer work includes acting at different times as
>> Secretary, Treasurer and President (CEO) of Save the Children
>> Mauritius. He also founded the Internet Society of Mauritius and is
>> its president.
>>
>> Dave's education background includes a qualification in electronics
>> from the University of Mauritius, in information systems management
>> from the Mauritius Institute of Management / University of Surrey,
>> United Kingdom, and in electronics from the City and Guilds of London
>> Institute. He speaks English, French and Hindi. <end snip>
>>
>

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