[EURO-Discuss] Nominations - update

William Drake drake at hei.unige.ch
Fri Apr 20 03:56:32 EDT 2007


Hi,

>Vittorio Bertola vb at bertola.eu
>Thu Apr 19 18:11:11 EDT 2007

>Bill Drake (Wolfgang) (?)

Thanks Wolfgang for the nomination.  I would be happy to stand and to serve
if elected.  However, I suppose there¹s an antecedent policy question for
the group, which is whether it¹s ok that I¹m from the US (I tried to get
Italian citizenship, but since my grandparents gave theirs up I didn¹t
qualify).  I¹ve been living in Geneva for four years though, am pretty
familiar with the Euro landscape re: Internet governance and civil society,
and am intellectually and politically not your standard gringo, if there is
such a thing.  So if residency and outlook trump passport I¹ll stand, if
not, then not.  

BTW I¹ve read through the list archive, so while I¹ve not been involved in
the process here previously, I think I have a decent sense of what¹s what
and could fill in any blanks as I go.

For those who don¹t know me, I¹m an academic and work on ICT/Internet global
governance issues.  With respect to civil society involvements, I¹ve been an
active member of the Internet Governance Caucus throughout the WSIS/IGF
processes, served as a CS participant on the WGIG and now on the advisory
board of the Global Alliance for ICT4D, etc.  I also spent three years on
the board (with Desiree, also nominated here) and two years as President of
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, a global NGO that had
about 1,000 members, 70 + in Europe (not sure of the numbers now).  Given
this and other aspects of my background I think I could handle the demands
of promoting ALS outreach and involvement.  If anyone wants to know more
about me, see the URL in my sig file below.

Cheers,

Bill

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William J. Drake  drake at hei.unige.ch
Director, Project on the Information
  Revolution and Global Governance/PSIO
  Graduate Institute for International Studies
  Geneva, Switzerland
http://hei.unige.ch/psio/researchprojects/Drake.html
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