[NA-Discuss] 03 March 2009 Member Background Glenn McKnight

[Glenn McKnight]

FYI for March 3  NA ALC  meeting
New Member background and ICANN Interest

https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?03_march_2009

Internet  Projects
Past

   - Management experience in running  Industry Canada VOLNET  program in
   the Greater Toronto Area of 4 million population outreach to 44,000 non
   profits to gain Internet Access, training and technology
   - Technical  coordinator  for the Ontario government  Volunteers Online
   program for  online community intranet for  NGO's in Eastern Ontario called
   ECOcin
   - Coordinator   for  the Online  Newspaper for Black Youth in Toronto
   supported by Government of Ontario Volunteers Online
   - Marketing outreach for Volunteers Online  matching technical volunteers
   with nonprofit  organizations

Current Projects

   - FBSC  Creation of privately funded  community online access initiative
   at  libraries and communities organization
   - FBSC  WoWem Project,  Empowerment Project
   - FBSC  Oshawa Remembers, Veteran Affairs  Canada, an online
   intergenerational project providing 160 audio stories, stories found in
   local online newspapers, www.archive.org and Public Radio Exchange
   www.prx.org
   - Collaboration with Gerry Morgan Foundation and Ink Media Computers to
   build low cost computers with locations in Zambia, Malaysia, Philippines and
   Canada
   - Online  newspaper audio-soundslides and presentations  on WCAG 2.0
   Accessibility issues and Identify Theft


Other Interests

   - Net Neutrality
   - E-Democracy
   - Android  and Symbian Mobile software
   - Mobile Storytelling projects ie. MurmerToronto


Interest in ICANN's mission *dedicated to keeping the Internet secure,
stable and interoperable.
*
# 1 Reduction and stoppage of Identity theft through PHISHING
( See audio soundslide at http://www.oshawa.ca, story on Identity Theft)
# 2 Erradication of illegal "catch you if you can" phishing sites
# 3 Improved WHOIS  site searches
# 4 E Democracy
# 5 First Inch and Last Mile  Internet Access regardless of location
# 6 Awareness of IP blockages of unions, oppostion, twitter, etc


-- 
Glenn McKnight
868 Corbetts Road
Oshawa, Ontario L1K 2E1
905-434-6655
mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
skype  gmcknight
http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com