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

["Ron Andruff" <randruff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <http://www.rnapartners.com>  Partners, Inc.

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From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Stéphane Van Gelder Consulting
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:11 AM
To: bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
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 <http://www.stephanevangelder.com/> 
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