[EURO-Discuss] WG: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- The Nominating Committee Announces Selection of a Member to the ICANN Board of Directors

Sat Nov 16 18:24:29 UTC 2013

Wolf 

Greetings; from a "European" stance would indeed add my congratulations to
Wolfgang and joy that the ICANV Board should have the benefit of his
experience, knowledge and intellect.

Best

Nigel 

On 11/16/13 1:57 PM, "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig at comunica-ch.net> wrote:

>Dear all, 
>
>it's a special pleasure to me to forward this good news to you and to
>congratulate Wolfgang for his selection and the NomCom for such a good
>choice!
>
>With Sébastien Bachollet, Wolfgang is now the second member from our
>community serving on the ICANN Board. Frankly, such an evolution would
>have been almost unimaginable to me some years ago when we started EURALO
>;-)
>
>Kind regards from Buenos Aires,
>Wolf
>
>
>ICANN At-Large Staff sent Sat, 16 Nov 2013 03:32:
>>
>>[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/>
>>News Alert
>>
>>http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15nov13-en.htm
>>
>>________________________________
>>The Nominating Committee Announces Selection of a Member to the ICANN
>>Board of Directors
>>
>>15 November 2013
>>
>>The 2013 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce the
>>selection of Wolfgang Kleinwächter as a member to the ICANN Board of
>>Directors.
>>
>>The position became vacant following the recent resignation of Board
>>member Ms. Judith Duavit Vazquez, selected by the 2011 NomCom. Wolfgang
>>Kleinwächter will take up his position on the ICANN Board of Directors
>>immediately and will serve for the remainder of the term vacated by Ms.
>>Vazquez, ending at the conclusion of the 2014 ICANN Annual General
>>Meeting.
>>
>>Yrjo Lansipuro
>>Chair, 2013 Nominating Committee
>>
>>________________________________
>>Wolfgang Kleinwächter
>>[http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/kleinwachter-150x200-15n
>>ov13.png]<http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/kleinwachter-15
>>0x200-15nov13.png>
>>
>>Wolfgang Kleinwächter is a Professor for International Communication
>>Policy and Regulation at the Department for Media and Information
>>Sciences of the University of Aarhus in Denmark where he teaches
>>"Internet Policy and Regulation" since 1998.
>>
>>He has studied Communication, International Law and International
>>Relations at the University of Leipzig (B.A. 1971, M.A. 1974, Ph.D.
>>1981). His Academic Teaching Experiences includes courses and lectures
>>on Internet Governance at numerous universities around the globe,
>>including, inter alia die School of International Services at American
>>University in Washington D.C. and the Faculty of Journalism at
>>Lomonossow University in Moscow.
>>
>>He is involved in Internet Governance issues since 1997 and has
>>participated - in various capacities - in 45 ICANN meetings. He served
>>five years in the NomCom (2009/2010 as its chair) and was since 2011 a
>>member of the GNSO Council, elected by the Non-Commercial Stakeholder
>>Group (NCSG) where he is a member of the NCUC.
>>
>>In the WSIS process he was a member of the Civil Society Bureau,
>>co-chaired the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) and was appointed by UN
>>Secretary General Kofi Annan as for the UN Working Group on Internet
>>Governance (WGIG). In the Tunis Summit he was part of the governmental
>>delegation of Denmark. Between 2006 and 2010 he served as Special
>>Adviser to the Chair of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Nitin
>>Desai. In 2011/2012 he was a member of the UNCSTD Working Group on IGF
>>Improvement. In 2012 he joined the German governmental delegation to the
>>World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) and served in
>>the Informal Expert Group of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum in
>>2013.
>>
>>He is a co-founder of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance
>>(EURODIG), the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET),
>>the Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG) and chair of the ICANN
>>Studienkreis. He served in the Advisory Board of the dotmobi Registry
>>and became in 2010 an International Adviser to CNNIC. In the EU, he was
>>involved in the Safer Internet Action Plan (SIAP), the Task Force on the
>>Internet of Things and the Inter-Regional Information Society Initiative
>>(IRISI). In the Council of Europe he chaired the Expert Group on Cross
>>Border Internet (2009  2011).
>>
>>For more than 20 years he was a member of the Council of the
>>International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
>>and served as the president of the IAMCR Law Section between 1988 and
>>1998. He was a member of the Program Committee for INET 2002 in
>>Washington D.C. and a Key-Note Speaker, Panelist, Moderator and
>>Rapporteur of numerous international conferences.
>>
>>His research work includes more than 100 international publications,
>>including 7 books. Since 2011 he is the editor of the publication series
>>MIND (Multistakeholder Internet Dialogue). He also served as member of
>>several advisory boards of scientific journals, including Transnational
>>Data and Communication Report, Computer Law and Security Report, The
>>Journal of Media Law and Practice, Gazette and the Journal for Virtual
>>Reality.
>>
>>He testified in Hearings in the Deutsche Bundestag and the European
>>Parliament. He is Chair of the Board of Medienstadt Leipzig e.V., a
>>recognized At Large Structure under the ICANN Bylaws and got the
>>"Internet Award" the highest Internet prize in Germany, by the German
>>Internet Economy Association (eco) in 2012.
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