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. |