Hi,

Vittorio Bertola vb at bertola.eu Thu Apr 19 18:11:11 EDT 2007

Bill Drake (Wolfgang) (?)

Thanks Wolfgang for the nomination. I would be happy to stand and to serve if elected. However, I suppose there¹s an antecedent policy question for the group, which is whether it¹s ok that I¹m from the US (I tried to get Italian citizenship, but since my grandparents gave theirs up I didn¹t qualify). I¹ve been living in Geneva for four years though, am pretty familiar with the Euro landscape re: Internet governance and civil society, and am intellectually and politically not your standard gringo, if there is such a thing. So if residency and outlook trump passport I¹ll stand, if not, then not. BTW I¹ve read through the list archive, so while I¹ve not been involved in the process here previously, I think I have a decent sense of what¹s what and could fill in any blanks as I go. For those who don¹t know me, I¹m an academic and work on ICT/Internet global governance issues. With respect to civil society involvements, I¹ve been an active member of the Internet Governance Caucus throughout the WSIS/IGF processes, served as a CS participant on the WGIG and now on the advisory board of the Global Alliance for ICT4D, etc. I also spent three years on the board (with Desiree, also nominated here) and two years as President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, a global NGO that had about 1,000 members, 70 + in Europe (not sure of the numbers now). Given this and other aspects of my background I think I could handle the demands of promoting ALS outreach and involvement. If anyone wants to know more about me, see the URL in my sig file below. Cheers, Bill *********************************************************** William J. Drake drake@hei.unige.ch Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance/PSIO Graduate Institute for International Studies Geneva, Switzerland http://hei.unige.ch/psio/researchprojects/Drake.html ***********************************************************