[cctld-nominations] NC Nomination

["Yann Kwok" <yann@netbox.com>]

1. Full name of the nominee:

Yann Kwok Kem Yen

2. E-mail address of the nominee:

yann@netbox.com

3. Registry of the nominee:

.mu

4. Snail-mail address (street, city, country):

48 Remy Ollier Street
Port-Louis
Mauritius

5. The region that includes the country of which you are a 
citizen:

Africa

6. The region that includes the country in which you reside: 

Africa

7. A clear statement of acceptance of the nomination: 

I accept the nomination for DNSO Names Council position extended 
by Nii Quaynor (.gh ccTLD constituency member) and Charles 
Musisi (.ug ccTLD consitituency member).

8. A Curriculum Vitae (no more than 500 words long): 

Qualifications & Experience:

- ccTLD administrator for .mu
- Member of the Board of Trustees of AfriNIC
- Adcom member of the ccTLD DNSO constituency
- Have served as advisory panel for Internet Initiative for 
Africa, UNDP, SDNP, UNOPS and UNITAR
- Have served as a volunteer trainer for regional networking 
initiatives (headed by ACCT/Francophonie)
- General Manager for Internet Direct, an ISP based in Mauritius
- BCom in Accounting and Information Systems, and Honours degree
in Information Systems (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

ICANN Related Interests:

- As an ISP, I follow closely what is happening at ICANN level
- In conjunction with ACCT/Francophonie, I have assisted in the 
awareness and outreach programme to inform the African continent 
about the ICANN process

9. A statement indicating your ideas, intentions and/or the 
reason why you consider you should be elected to represent ccTLD 
Constituency to DNSO Names Council (no more than 500       
words):

The African continent has always been the last frontier in 
development. As the digital revolution marches on, chances are 
that the gap (between African and the rest of the world) could 
turn into a yawning chasm. Yet the Internet could be Africa's 
chance to leapfrog as an emerging net economy.

Through the ICANN process, new rules are being written. Yet, in 
order to be truly global, all communities - rich and poor, wired 
and less wired, developed and developing - should have their 
interests represented in the ICANN process.

Technological progress is slowly turning the world into a global 
village. As communities and countries get closer together, we 
need to become more conscious of the national and cultural 
differences of those communities. When making decisions, ICANN 
certainly has to take into consideration the different 
communities involved.

ICANN's aim to become a central coordination point of the 
Internet is an ambitious one. To be able to succeed however, 
ICANN first needs to be a stable organisation. Bottom-up 
coordination and fair representation is essential for ICANN's 
success.

Through my technical background and close involvement in the 
ICANN process, I am committed to make ICANN succeed at a global 
level.
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