Hello RALO leaders, Yesterday Wolf wrote to all Board Seat 15 candidates: EURALO is planning to start its regional consultation on the Board
candidate (Seat 15) by next week (further details you can find below FYI). Before this regional selection process I would like to invite you to forward a **brief summary** of your EOI to the EURALO list because nobody will read (or has the time to) extensive PDFs of the candidates. Please use this opportunity for a presentation to our members until the end of week (preferably until Sunday 9 March midnight).
Wolf, I thank you for the opportunity to present a summarized version of my candidacy; I enclose it below. As requested, I have tried to keep it around 200 words. I have also CC'd the other RALO chairs in case they wish to solicit the same information from candidates as EURALO did for circulation to their ALSs. I have also Cc'd Tijani, as chair of the BMSPC, as a matter of transparency; I hope that the statement will appropriately appear on the Candidate Statement Wiki along with the response of other candidates to EURALO's request. - Evan --------------------------------------- *Brief Summary of my campaign statement (as requested by EURALO); Further details are available from my original candidate statement:* --- In endorsing me, Avri Doria called me the most “positively disruptive” candidate. Internet end-users need an assertive voice, awareness of issues, willingness to speak truth to power, and ability to forge consensus. I bring to the Director role: Vision: I have consistently demonstrated a grasp of end-user needs and championed them throughout ICANN, participating in all activities related to user rights and trust. I remain sceptical about public benefit from the gTLD expansion, and ICANN’s ability to enforce its own rules. “Public Interest Commitments” are useless. And Fadi’s call for multi-EQUAL-stakeholderism must be realized if ICANN is to be sustainable. Collaborative Innovation: Putting vision into action sometimes requires unique approaches. I played a primary role in many such advancements, including ALAC’s first Summit, first White Paper, its Applicant Support effort, and the current cross-community Internet Governance group. I have demonstrated capability for consultation and creative thinking that produces results. Clarity: Progressive ideas go nowhere if not expressed clearly and persuasively. The numerous ALAC statements, white papers, communiques and other works of which I was primary author are known for precision, substance and lack of clutter. Such style is necessary to inform and persuade -- inside the closed ICANN boardroom and beyond. I care passionately about the Internet and ICANN. Please allow me the opportunity to prove what positive disruption can accomplish. - Evan