Re: [bc-gnso] New member, introducing myself

[Nat Cohen <ncohen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stéphane,

Welcome to the BC.  Look forward to your participation.

Regards,

Nat Cohen
Riptide LLC


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> Joining Chris in welcome to Stephane, It is always helpful for new members
> to introduce themselves! I think there may be other new members/and would
> be great to hear from you as well.
> Marilyn Cade
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Chaplow <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 12:12:31
> To: <svg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] New member, introducing myself
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> Welcome on board Stephane!
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> I am sure you will make a valuable contribution to the work of the BC.
>
> Best
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> Chris Chaplow
> Managing Director
> Andalucia.com S.L.
> Avenida del Carmen 9
> Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo
> 1ª Planta, Oficina 30
> Estepona, 29680
> Malaga, Spain
> Tel: + (34) 952 897 865
> Fax: + (34) 952 897 874
> E-mail: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Web: www.andalucia.com <http://www.andalucia.com/>
> Information about Andalucia, Spain.
>
>
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> De: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] En nombre de
> Stéphane Van Gelder Consulting
> Enviado el: miércoles, 01 de mayo de 2013 13:11
> Para: bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: [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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> My first career was in journalism, where I worked as a print and TV
> journalist for more than 10 years.
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>
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> 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.
>
>
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> 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.
>
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> 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,
>
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> 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 <http://www.stephanevangelder.com/>
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