[kictanet] Fwd: [ISOC] Global Internet Community Leader Joins Internet Society as VP for Public Policy

[Barrack Otieno]

Great News, wishing Markus the very best in his new assignment, he certainly
deserves it.

Best Regards

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:59 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI:
>
>
> GLOBAL INTERNET COMMUNITY LEADER JOINS INTERNET SOCIETY AS VP FOR PUBLIC
> POLICY
>
> Markus Kummer takes on leadership role for global, regional and
> national Internet issues
>
> GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and RESTON, VIRGINIA, USA - 19 January 2011 - An
> internationally recognized leader in a broad range of Internet policy
> issues will join the Internet Society as head of its public policy
> department. As the Internet Society's Vice President of Public Policy,
> Markus Kummer will advance key Internet Society policy positions on
> issues such as privacy, cybersecurity, and network neutrality. Most
> recently the Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat supporting the
> United Nations' Internet Governance Forum, Kummer has extensive
> experience with Internet policy at the global, regional, and national
> levels.
>
> "Markus' broad experience with and deep understanding of the key
> policy issues facing the Internet will help ensure the Internet
> Society has an even greater impact on issues critical to the
> Internet's continued evolution as an open platform for innovation and
> economic development," said Lynn St.Amour, the Internet Society's
> President and CEO.
>
> Before joining the United Nations in 2004, Kummer held the position of
> eEnvoy for the Swiss Foreign Ministry in Berne. Mr. Kummer was a
> member of the Swiss delegation during the first phase of the World
> Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) where he chaired several
> negotiating groups, including the group on Internet governance. He
> went on to serve as the Executive Coordinator of the WSIS Working
> Group on Internet Governance from 2004 to 2005. Before his involvement
> with the WSIS, he served as a career diplomat in several functions in
> the Swiss Foreign Ministry and was posted in Lisbon, Vienna, Oslo,
> Geneva, and Ankara.
>
> "In joining the Internet Society, I look forward to advancing the
> multistakeholder approach to policy that has been so central to the
> Internet's development and is even more critical to its future," said
> Markus Kummer, who will officially take up his position on 1 February
> 2011. "With its technical roots, the Internet Society is already
> established as a uniquely credible leader on policy issues, and a key
> contributor to policy discussions at the national, regional, and
> global levels."
>
> The Internet Society is the world's trusted independent source of
> leadership on Internet issues. The Internet Society works with its
> tens of thousands of Members and nearly 100 Chapters around the world
> to promote the continued evolution and growth of the open global
> Internet.
>
> About the Internet Society
> The Internet Society is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to
> provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education, and
> policy. It is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution
> and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the
> world. See: www.internetsociety.org
>
> Contact
> Greg Wood
> wood at isoc.org
> +1-703-439-2145
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>
> McTim
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