[bc-gnso] New member, introducing myself

Wed May 1 19:20:04 UTC 2013

Thanks to you all for your kind words and warm welcome ;)

I am very much looking forward to working with this group.

Stéphane Van Gelder
Chairman and Managing Director/Fondateur
STEPHANE VAN GELDER CONSULTING

T (UK): +44 (0)7583 457053
T (FR): +33 (0)6 20 40 55 89
Skype: SVANGELDER
www.StephaneVanGelder.com
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Le 1 mai 2013 à 18:24, "Ron Andruff" <randruff at rnapartners.com> a écrit :

> Hi Stephane,
>  
> Welcome to the BC!  It was kind of you to provide such an in-depth overview of your history and new undertaking.  Thank you for that!
>  
> We look forward to hearing your voice in the multitude of ICANN debates within the BC.
>  
> Kind regards,
>  
> RA
>  
> Ronald N. Andruff
> RNA Partners, Inc.
> From: owner-bc-gnso at icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Consulting
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:11 AM
> To: bc-gnso at icann.org
> Subject: [bc-gnso] New member, introducing myself
>  
> Hello BC members,
>  
> As the firm I represent is now officially a BC member, and as I am its voting representative, I wanted to thank this group for welcoming me and introduce my firm and myself.
>  
> STEPHANE VAN GELDER CONSULTING (SVGC) was set up to leverage my experience as a professional journalist, a seasoned member of the domain industry and an entrepreneur.
>  
> SVGC is a UK-based company operating in both England and France. It has clients in the UK, France, the US, Asia and the Arab countries. It provides consultancy in a number of areas, including:
> setting up companies in France,
> managing Internet-based projects,
> developing clients' online presence and strategy (including domain name related strategies and social media related strategies),
> lobbying,
> working and interacting with governments and governmental authorities,
> interfacing with registries and registrars,
> drafting targeted media content,
> understanding Internet governance,
> conducting business reviews.
>  
> I am the company's founder and chairman. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. I studied at university in England. I am fully bilingual and bicultural in English and French.
>  
> My first career was in journalism, where I worked as a print and TV journalist for more than 10 years.
>  
> I then cofounded a corporate registrar in France called INDOM, which I built up to become France's market leader and then sold to UK-based Group NBT (now NetNames) in 2010. I stayed with NetNames until December 2012. I left NetNames to set up SVGC.
>  
> I have good experience of the world of Internet governance. I served as an elected Board member for the French registry AFNIC from 2004 to 2010. I was nominated by European registry EURid to serve on its Requirements Panel and its Code of Conduct Council.
>  
> INDOM has been a member of the Registrar Stakeholder Group since 2007 and I have been a member of that group's Executive Committee since 2008, when I was elected treasurer. In 2009 I was elected GNSO Council rep and nominated to be the CPH's Vice Chair in 2010. I was elected Chair of the GNSO Council in 2011 and again in 2012.
>  
> I currently sit on the NomCom as the RrSG's rep there. I have already informed the RrSG Excom that I am now a BC member and that once my current NomCom term ends in Q3 this year, I will no longer seek to represent the RrSG in any position.
>  
> I am delighted to be a member of the BC and look forward to meeting as many of you as possible in the months to come, either in person or via this list.
>  
> I will be attending the INTA meeting in Dallas next week, so if any BC members are around, it would be a pleasure to meet you.
>  
> Thanks for reading and sorry for this long first email to the BC list ;)
>  
> Best,
>  
> Stéphane Van Gelder
> Chairman and Managing Director/Fondateur
> STEPHANE VAN GELDER CONSULTING
> 
> T (UK): +44 (0)7583 457053
> T (FR): +33 (0)6 20 40 55 89
> Skype: SVANGELDER
> www.StephaneVanGelder.com
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