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'''Q: What excites you most about ICANNWiki?'''
'''Q: What excites you most about ICANNWiki?'''
After 6 years in domains, I'm pretty well-versed on this industry, and let me tell you what, it is a weird, niche industry. I love it though. I've also had the opportunity to see other niche industries up close, like wayfinding (people who make signs and design lobbies!). What makes our domain industry and its mostly-overlapped ICANN community special is best represented by ICANNWiki. That is to say, we're lucky to have a passion born, now non-profit, collaborative project to document and support our industry and its growth. It is incredibly unique and special and it has gone from being a fun, somewhat arcane social network to an organization that is bringing Internet governance literacy to the world. That's incredible.
After 6 years in domains, I'm pretty well-versed on this industry, and let me tell you what, it is a weird, niche industry. I love it though. I've also had the opportunity to see other niche industries up close, like wayfinding (people who make signs and design lobbies!). What makes our domain industry and its mostly-overlapped ICANN community special is best represented by ICANNWiki. That is to say, we're lucky to have a passion born, now non-profit, collaborative project to document and support our industry and its growth. It is incredibly unique and special and it has gone from being a fun, somewhat arcane social network to an organization that is bringing Internet governance literacy to the world. That's incredible.
==Jonah Geil-Neufeld==
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'''Jonah Geil-Neufeld''' is a Managing Producer at Freedom Podcasting LLC, and the former Community Manger of ICANNWiki. He helped the organization transition to a 501c3 Nonprofit, and secured a key a partnership with ICANN in 2014. He is excited to be on the board of directors in order to help the organization grow and reach a new audience of internet citizens. Jonah attended five ICANN meetings (including two meetings in Singapore), and will always be humbled by the welcoming spirit of the ICANN community.
'''Q: What excites you most about ICANNWiki?'''
The future of ICANNWiki as a community resource for all things Internet Governance is exciting to say the least. I believe that the current work our Co-Executive Directors are doing to educate and involve more people in collaborating on the wiki (adding and editing content) is the most important work we have as an organization. Getting sustained participation from a diverse group of people, and especially participation from people that are under-represented in the Internet Governance field, would be a massive achievement - and that excites me.