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Maureen joined the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) in 2006 after meeting Vint Cerf at a PacINET held in Samoa. She ran PacINET on Rarotonga in 2008 and joined the PICISOC Board in 2009. She was Vice Chair in 2010, Board Chair from 2011 until 2014, and Secretary in 2015.  Her interest in internet governance was spurred by a Diplo Course on IG in 2008 after which she was awarded a fellowship to attend her first IGF in Hyderabad, India. The following year she was an ISOC Ambassador at the IGF meeting Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.  

Maureen joined the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) in 2006 after meeting Vint Cerf at a PacINET held in Samoa. She ran PacINET on Rarotonga in 2008 and joined the PICISOC Board in 2009. She was Vice Chair in 2010, Board Chair from 2011 until 2014, and Secretary in 2015.  Her interest in internet governance was spurred by a Diplo Course on IG in 2008 after which she was awarded a fellowship to attend her first IGF in Hyderabad, India. The following year she was an ISOC Ambassador at the IGF meeting Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.  

In 2010 Maureen was awarded an ICANN Fellowship to attend her first ICANN meeting in Cartegena and was soon captured by ALAC and a working group reviewing the ICANN regions. The Pacific had become more integrated into the ICANN system before she attended her next ICANN meeting in 2012 in Costa Rica, but in the interim, she had maintained contact through APRALO and ALAC meetings as well as joining in with other working groups.  Maureen has now attended 20 ICANN meetings and is in her second term as one of the APRALO representatives on the ALAC. She recently had to leave her 5-year stint as the ALAC liaison for the ccNSO. She is involved in a number of working groups and has been penholder for a number of ALAC policy statements.

In 2010 Maureen was awarded an ICANN Fellowship to attend her first ICANN meeting in Cartegena and was soon captured by ALAC and a working group reviewing the ICANN regions. The Pacific had become more integrated into the ICANN system before she attended her next ICANN meeting in 2012 in Costa Rica, but in the interim, she had maintained contact through APRALO and ALAC meetings as well as joining in with other working groups.  Maureen has now attended over 20 ICANN meetings and is in her fourth term as one of the APRALO representatives on the ALAC. She recently had to leave her 5-year stint as the ALAC liaison for the ccNSO when she became the Vice Chair of the ALAC. She is currently the Chair of the ALAC. She is involved in a number of working groups and has been penholder for a number of ALAC policy statements.

Maureen is a Director on the Board of Dot Asia - a generic TLD that has recently been given permission by ICANN to extend its reach outside of the Asian region. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Public Interest Registry which is a subsidiary of the Internet Society and coordinates the sale of .org and .ngo domain names.  

Maureen is a Director on the Board of Dot Asia - a generic TLD that has recently been given permission by ICANN to extend its reach outside of the Asian region. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Public Interest Registry which is a subsidiary of the Internet Society and coordinates the sale of .org and .ngo domain names.