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

[Judy Okite]

Awesome!! CONGRATULATIONS to Markus KUMMER!!

Kind Regards,

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Barrack Otieno
<otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
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