Sergio Salinas Porto

Person
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Region	LAC
Country	Argentina
Websites	internauta.org.ar
Achievements

Sergio Salinas Porto is the Managing Partner at Mapu Tecnologia, and the President of Internauta Argentina (Argentina Association of Internet Users). He represents Internauta in a number of different forums, in and out of ICANN, including within the NCUC and within LACRALO. He is also the founding member and first President of the Federación Latinoamericana de Usuarios de Internet (FLUI).

Mr. Salinas Porto is involved in a number of other international and regional organizations and projects; he is a Member of the Forum for Democratic and Popular Communication, Mar de Plata's Secretary of Communication for Central de Trabajadores Argentinos, and the Head of New Technologies and Business for the Assembly of Small and Medium Entrepreneurs' Mar de Plata division. He has brought awareness to the digital divide, and worked in a number of efforts to create universal computer and Internet access, including participation in media profiles, both on radio and television.

ICANN Participation

Sergio Salinas Porto is a frequent ICANN attendee, where he represents Internauta within the Non-Commercial Users Constituency, and was formerly a LACRALO representative to the ALAC. He was elected to the latter position following ICANN Cartagena.

At ICANN 42 in Dakar, Salinas Porto addressed ICANN via an open mic session about the issue of The Falkland Islands and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands being given their own ccTLD, despite the dispute of their nationality and Argentina's sovereign claim over the territories. He noted that while ICANN does not generally involve itself in territory disputes, it had effectively recognized these islands as separate sovereign entities through the delegation of ccTLDs; Porto, on behalf of Internauta, described them as an integral part of Argentine territory, which is being misrepresented by ICANN. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom replied that the organization uses the ISO 3160. Mr. Salinas Porto countered that he believed ICANN was mature enough to make its own country lists. The Argentine foreign ministry also sent a letter to ICANN over the same issue.

He is a member of the At-Large Improvements Work Team C (WT-C), the team which proposed key changes to ALAC processes at ICANN 40 Silicon Valley.

Occupational Roles:

• Web Developer/Programmer (PHP)
• Instructor (Vocational Training – CPF)
• ICT Advisor at UNAJ (Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche), 2010–2011
• Computing Instructor — PC Operator in a graphical environment, Levels I and II

Volunteer Roles:

• Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean to ALAC/ICANN (At-Large Advisory Committee / Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
• President, Asociación Argentina de Usuarios de Internet (Internauta) [1]
• Vice President, Federación Latinoamericana de Usuarios de Internet (FLUI) [2]
• Secretary of Communications, Central de Trabajadores Argentinos (CTA), Province of Buenos Aires — Mar del Plata section [3]
• Member, Foro por una Comunicación Democrática y Popular
• Founding Member, Carta Abierta Mar del Plata

Chronology:

• 2012 — Instructor, “Informatics and the Information & Communication Society,” Instituto Eter – School of Journalism [4]
• 2012 — Director, Workshop on Digital Journalism and Internet Governance, Instituto Eter – School of Journalism [5]
• 2011 — Computing Instructor, POI (Ministry of Labor)
• 2011 — UNAJ representative to the Technical Committee of the SIU (University Information System) Consortium [6]
• 2010–2012 — LACRALO representative to ALAC/ICANN [7]
• 2010–2014 — Secretary of Communications, CTA Mar del Plata [8]
• 2010–2011 — ICT Advisor at UNAJ (Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche) [9]
• 2010–2011 — Instructor, PC Operator in a graphical environment (Levels I & II), Centro de Formación Profesional 415, Mar del Plata
• 2010–2011 — Instructor, CESAJ educational project (Ministry of Education of the Province of Buenos Aires), courses: PC Operator in a graphical environment, Levels I & II
• 2010–2011 — Socio-pedagogical Tutor, Plan 4090 (Ministry of Education in coordination with the Ministry of Labor, Province of Buenos Aires)
• 1999–2011 — President, Asociación Internauta – Usuarios de Internet de la República Argentina [10]
• 2003–2011 — Member, National Forum of NGOs working on HIV/AIDS, representing Asociación Internauta and Grupo Utopía [11]
• 2005–2010 — Representative of Internet users of Argentina to LACRALO [12]
• 2008–2010 — President, FLUI – Federación Latinoamericana de Usuarios de Internet [13]
• 2008–2011 — Member, Foro por una Comunicación Democrática y Popular [14]
• 2008–2011 — Lead for communications and new technologies, Carta Abierta (national) [15]
• 2008–2011 — Founding member, Carta Abierta Mar del Plata [16]
• 2008–2011 — Host, radio program “Desayunando con Amigos,” FM 102.3 (Mar del Plata), Saturdays 08:00–09:30 [17]
• 2008–2011 — Board member, APYME Mar del Plata (Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurs Assembly), Chair of the ICT Advisory Committee [18]
• 2008–2011 — Member, Institutional Secretariat, Commission of Associates, Banco Credicoop
• 2008–2011 — Founding member and acting treasurer, Grupo Utopía (Mar del Plata) for HIV/AIDS prevention [19]
• 2010 — Member, Local Council for the Promotion and Protection of Children’s Rights
• 2008–2011 — Founding member, Forum on Childhood and Youth, Partido de General Pueyrredón
• 2005–2009 — Participant, Coalition for Democratic Broadcasting [20]
• 2008–2010 — Host, radio program “Código IP,” Radio Latitud Sur, Mondays 16:00–18:00 [21]
• 2005–2008 — Design and coordination, HIV/AIDS prevention project “El Barrio Previene el Sida I–IV” (Project 526), submitted to the Global Fund
• 2005–2008 — Design of Summer Campaign 2007, “Jóvenes x Jóvenes en la Prevención I–IV” (submitted to the Global Fund 2005/2006/2007/2008)
• 2004–2006 — Secretary of Education, Banco Credicoop, Branch 089 (Mar del Plata)
• 2001–2006 — Design and coordination, “Cybertheater and HIV/AIDS 2005,” HIV/AIDS prevention campaign in national chat rooms (run every winter since 2001), using ICTs
• 2004–2005 — Design and coordination, training program “Enredando Jóvenes en la Prevención” (HIV/AIDS prevention and human rights promotion for young Internet users)
• 2005 — Representative of Asociación Internauta at the Mar del Plata Social Forum
• 2005 — In charge of continental communications for the People’s Summit, Mar del Plata (Oct 30–Nov 5, 2005)
• 1999–2005 — Member, Youth Council of the Partido de General Pueyrredón (Mar del Plata)

Additional Areas:

• 2003 — Founding member and co-coordinator, Youth Council of the Partido de General Pueyrredón (Municipal Secretariat of Social Development)
• 2001 — Research, creation, and development of INCORED® (Intervención Comunitaria en la Red), a social-communication system for chat rooms, implementing “Cybertheater” actions for campaigns on HIV/AIDS prevention, drug dependence, human rights promotion, and users’ rights in ICTs
• 2001 — Organizer, “InterArte de Internautas” (Artists Online) for an HIV/AIDS prevention campaign, co-organized with the UNESCO Center, Mar del Plata
• 1999 — Deputy Secretary, Federación Universitaria Marplatense (FUM)
• 1997–1999 — Founder, Instituto Reunión (public policy formulation)

Latin America/Caribbean, according to the ICANN Geographic Regions (ICANN Geographic Regions).

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization