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@gmail.com skype gmcknight http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com