Maureen joined the [http://www.picisoc.org/ Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC]) in 2006 after meeting Vint Cerf at a PacINET held in Samoa. She ran PacINET in 2008 and joined the Board in 2009. She was Board Chair from 2011 until 2014, and was Secretary in 2015. Her interest in internet governance was spurred by a [[Diplo Course on IGhttp://www.diplomacy.edu/courses/IGCBP|Diplo Course on IG]] in 2008 after which she was awarded a fellowship to attend her first [http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2008-igf-hyderabad IGF in Hyderabad]. The following year she was an ISOC Ambassador at the [http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2009-igf-sharm-el-sheikh Sharm el Sheikh IGF]. | Maureen joined the [http://www.picisoc.org/ Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC]) in 2006 after meeting Vint Cerf at a PacINET held in Samoa. She ran PacINET in 2008 and joined the Board in 2009. She was Board Chair from 2011 until 2014, and was Secretary in 2015. Her interest in internet governance was spurred by a [[Diplo Course on IGhttp://www.diplomacy.edu/courses/IGCBP|Diplo Course on IG]] in 2008 after which she was awarded a fellowship to attend her first [http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2008-igf-hyderabad IGF in Hyderabad]. The following year she was an ISOC Ambassador at the [http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2009-igf-sharm-el-sheikh Sharm el Sheikh IGF]. |