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[Lance Hinds]

Expression of Interest – Lance Hinds
This is a follow up to the brief EOI I submitted to the LACRALO list upon
nomination as the LACRALO representative to the ALAC.
I am the Chairman of Devnet in Georgetown Guyana. DevNet is a founding
member of LACRALO and one of the authors of its Rules of Procedure
finalized in Puerto Rico in 2007.
Devnet is an ICT Non- Governmental Organisition that specializes in the
penetration of ICT in rural, hinterland and economically challenged areas.
Since our formation in 1999, under we have developed a series of
initiatives to facilitate the building of community hubs so as to
facilitate access for the disadvantage members of our society. We continue
to find funding for community based IT programmes for remote education and
access to relevant educational content.
I was part of the Prime Ministerial sub-committee on the management of the
.gy domain to Guyana where I articulated on behalf of civil society the
policy regarding the management, usage and protection of the non-commercial
domains.
I am a civil society member of the CARICOM ICT Steering Committee (CISC),
whose primary function is to develop policy and action plans for the
implementation of regional initiatives to help regional governments and
related stakeholders effectively use information technology to improve the
general well being and productive capacity of its citizens.

As Chair of DevNet, I was one of the authors of the ICT Component of the
National Development Society of Guyana. I am also part of the
multistakeholder group that will update the national development and
implementation part.

I have written and continue to write extensively on issues relating to ICT
and national development. Some are below.

http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/06/14/ict-the-shape-of-things-that-must-come/
http://gcci.gy/intl-property-law-needs-to-be-upgraded-vp-of-gcci-kaieteur-news-article/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/07/19/ict-and-law-enforcement/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/07/12/taxpayer-assault-and-battery/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/07/05/the-case-for-a-knowledge-economy/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/06/28/ict-telecoms-liberalisationnow/
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2015/business/05/22/hinds-urges-costbenefit-analysis-of-e-governance-cable/

In addition to the work done as a member of LACRALO. I was a rapporteur and
one of the co-authors of the final report coming out of the ATLAS II
declaration.
https://community.icann.org/display/als2/ATLAS+II+Declaration  My specific
inputs were in Thematic Group II - The Globalisation of ICANN
https://community.icann.org/x/wYPhAg. A group of us worked until 5 o’clock
in the morning to produce a document for submission. Many of members of the
attending ALSs were asleep long before then.
As a founder member of LACRALO I continue to encourage my colleagues to
form new ALSs so as to increase our participation.

My interest in serving also stems from the fact is that I believe I have a
deep understanding of the needs of the region, in particular the Caribbean.
I understand that critical it is that we play an active role in the
management of the internet space. The challenges faced in the region are
tremendous and one of the gateways to socioeconomic improvement will be via
our front end and back end usage. To many us now ICANN is rarefied air.  I
will serve therefore to ensure that in some way I can make it more
accessible and understandable to all. That is role of the At-Large. That is
the role of LACRALO.



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Lance Hinds
Chief Technology Officer
BrainStreet Group
287 'C' Albert St.
Georgetown Guyana




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