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owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Stéphane Van Gelder Consulting<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:11
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [bc-gnso] New member,
introducing myself</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=1
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Hello</span></font></st1:City><font
size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'> <st1:State
w:st="on">BC</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'> members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>SVGC is a UK-based company operating in both <st1:country-region
w:st="on">England</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It has clients in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>,
the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>, <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>
and the Arab countries. It provides consultancy in a number of areas,
including:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>setting up companies in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>managing Internet-based
projects,<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>developing clients' online
presence and strategy (including domain name related strategies and social
media related strategies),<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>working and interacting with
governments and governmental authorities,<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>interfacing with registries
and registrars,<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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content,<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>understanding Internet
governance,<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>I am the company's founder and chairman. I hold a
Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. I studied at university in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>. I am
fully bilingual and bicultural in English and French.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>My first career was in journalism, where I worked as a
print and TV journalist for more than 10 years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>I then cofounded a corporate registrar in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> called INDOM, which I built up to become <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>'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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>I will be attending the INTA meeting in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:City> next week, so if any BC members are
around, it would be a pleasure to meet you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>Thanks for reading and sorry for this long first email
to the BC list ;)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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T (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>):
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