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Maureen Hilyard is a project manager and consultant for development projects in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands Cook Islands]. She has a Master of Management although her former career was in Education. She worked as a Regional Advisor with the [http://www.tekura.school.nz/ New Zealand Correspondence School] facilitating distance learning for homebased students working with their teachers in the school in Wellington.
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'''Maureen Hilyard''' is a project manager and consultant for development projects in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands Cook Islands]. She has a Master of Management although her former career was in Education. She worked as a Regional Advisor with the [http://www.tekura.school.nz/ New Zealand Correspondence School] facilitating distance learning for home-based students working with their teachers in the school in Wellington.
  
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She moved to the Cook Islands in 2004 under an NZAid contract as the Distance Learning Facilitator with the [http://www.education.gov.ck/ Cook Islands Ministry of Education] working with outer islands students completing their studies through the Correspondence School teachers in Wellington. As part of this project, she helped to establish the internet into all the schools in the outer islands and persuaded the Correspondence School to digitise their learning programmes so that students could use the internet to complete and return work. This saved months of turnaround time of hard copies of school work from students on their small far-flung islands in the Pacific to the school in New Zealand.
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==Career==
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Hilyard moved to the Cook Islands in 2004 under an NZAid contract as the Distance Learning Facilitator with the [http://www.education.gov.ck/ Cook Islands Ministry of Education] working with outer islands students completing their studies through the Correspondence School teachers in Wellington. As part of this project, she helped to establish the internet in all the schools in the outer islands and persuaded the Correspondence School to digitise their learning programmes so that students could use the internet to complete and return work. This saved months of turnaround time of hard copies of school work from students on their small far-flung islands in the Pacific to the school in New Zealand.
  
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Following this contract Maureen has worked for the Cook Islands government and private contracts on a range of development contracts. She founded an NGO - [http://www.ciiag.org/ the Cook Islands Internet Action Group (CIIAG)] which advocates for internet development focusing on accessibility and affordability and which became an ALS in 2011. She is a member of the Telecommunications Advisory Committee that advises the Minister.
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Following this contract, Hilyard has worked for the Cook Islands Government and private contracts on a range of development contracts. She founded an NGO - [http://www.ciiag.org/ the Cook Islands Internet Action Group] ([[Cook Islands Internet Action Group|CIIAG]]), which advocates for internet development focusing on accessibility and affordability. CIIAG became an [[ALAC#ALS|ALS]] in 2011. Hilyard is a member of the Telecommunications Advisory Committee that advises the Minister.
  
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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].
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==Internet Governance==
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Hilyard joined the [http://www.picisoc.org/ Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society] ([[PICISOC]]) in 2006 after meeting [[Vint Cerf]] at a [[PacINET]] 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 IG]]<ref>[https://www.diplomacy.edu/tags/igcbp Diplo course on IGCBP]</ref> in 2008. Soon after, 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].
  
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In 2010 Maureen was awarded an [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowships-2012-02-25-en ICANN Fellowship] to attend her first ICANN meeting in [http://cartagena39.icann.org/ Cartegena] and was soon captured by ALAC and a working group reviewing the regions. This involvement ensured that Pacific island countries, and other territories, became more integrated into the ICANN system as developing countries in their own right. Before attending her next ICANN meeting in 2012 in [http://costarica43.icann.org/ Costa Rica], she maintained contact through APRALO and At-Large Advisory Committee ([http://atlarge.icann.org/ ALAC]) meetings as well as joining into other working groups. She became the ALAC Liaison to the [https://ccnso.icann.org/en ccNSO] in 2013 and was elected to take a seat on the ALAC after the 2013 AGM meeting. She ceased being the ccNSO Liaison in 2018 when she was elected as the Vice Chair of the ALAC. This position was taken over by Barrack Otieno from Kenya. She was involved in a number of working groups and a penholder for a number of ALAC policy statements. In 2020, she is now in her 4th term as one of the [http://atlarge.icann.org/apralo APRALO] representatives on the ALAC and is the Chair of the ALAC. She is also currently the Chair of the [https://www.dot.asia/ DotAsia] Board and a member of the Advisory Council of the [https://thenew.org/org-people/about-pir/ Public Interest Registry]. She recently retired from the Board of the [https://www.picisoc.org/ Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society] after her second term with the Board.  
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===ICANN Involvement===
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In 2010 Hilyard was awarded an ICANN [[Fellowship Program|Fellowship]]<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowships-2012-02-25-en ICANN Fellowship]</ref> to attend her first [[ICANN Meetings|ICANN meeting]], [[ICANN 39]], in [http://cartagena39.icann.org/ Cartegena]. She was soon captured by [[ALAC]] and a [[Working Group]] that was reviewing the regions. The Pacific became more integrated into [[ICANN]]. Before attending her next ICANN meeting in 2012, [[ICANN 43]], which was in [http://costarica43.icann.org/ Costa Rica], Hilyard maintained contact through [[APRALO]] and ALAC meetings as well as joining into other working groups.
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Maureen has now attended 24 ICANN meetings and is into her fourth term as one of the [http://atlarge.icann.org/apralo APRALO] representatives on the [http://atlarge.icann.org/ ALAC]. For five years, she was the [https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ccNSO+Liaison+Reports+2013-2016 ALAC liaison] to the [[GNSO]]. At the 2017 [[AGM]] she was appointed the Vice Chair of the ALAC and became the Chair of the [[ALAC]] at the 2018 [[AGM]] in Barcelona. She established the [[ALAC#At-Large Plus Leadership Team|At-Large Plus Leadership Team]], which includes not only ALAC members but also [[RALO]] Chairs and ALAC Liaisons to enhance the [[At-Large Community]]'s involvement on ICANN's [[Multistakeholder Model]] approach to decision-making. Hilyard also chaired the [[ATLAS#ATLAS III|Third At-Large Summit]] in Montreal in November 2019, which was the last face-to-face ICANN meeting held before COVID-19 engulfed the world.
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=== '''Other involvements''' ===
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In 2012, Maureen became a member of the Multistakeholder Steering Group of the [https://ap.rigf.asia/ Asia-Pacific Regional IGF] after she attended her first APRIGF in Tokyo. She has been a regular participant in subsequent conferences held throughout the region. (2012 - present)
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In 2015, Maureen was elected onto the Board of [https://www.dot.asia/ DotAsia.] In June 2020 she was elected as the Chair of the [https://www.dot.asia/dotasia-organisation/community-governance/ DotAsia Board]. Prior to a restructuring of the Board which was led by Maureen Hilyard and Atsushi Endo to ensure that the Board and the DotAsia Organisation was made more accountable for its Governance, Finance and Community Project responsibilities. (2015- present)
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In 2018, Maureen was invited to be a member of the [https://thenew.org/org-people/about-pir/team/advisory-council/ Public Interest Registry Advisory Council]. Her term will end in 2021 (2018-2021).  She has since been added to the new [https://dnsabuseinstitute.org/ DNS Abuse Institute] Advisory Council representing the At-Large Advisory Committee of ICANN (ALAC) (2021 -present)
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In 2018, with Caribbean Islands colleague, Tracy Hackshaw a member of ISOC Trinidad and Tobago, they co-founded the [https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/dynamic-coalition-on-small-island-developing-states-in-the-internet-economy-dc-sids Dynamic Coalition of Small Island Developing States in the Internet Economy (DC-SIDS)] to bring issues of concern to regions of SIDS to the Global IGF. Each year participants from the two regions gather to explain Internet governance-related  activity and progress in their regions.
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In 2021, along with other regional leaders she is a newly appointed leader to the [https://apng.asia/ APNG (Asia Pacific Next Generation]) Advisory Council.  
  
 
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Maureen Hilyard is a project manager and consultant for development projects in the Cook Islands. She has a Master of Management although her former career was in Education. She worked as a Regional Advisor with the New Zealand Correspondence School facilitating distance learning for home-based students working with their teachers in the school in Wellington.

Career

Hilyard moved to the Cook Islands in 2004 under an NZAid contract as the Distance Learning Facilitator with the Cook Islands Ministry of Education working with outer islands students completing their studies through the Correspondence School teachers in Wellington. As part of this project, she helped to establish the internet in all the schools in the outer islands and persuaded the Correspondence School to digitise their learning programmes so that students could use the internet to complete and return work. This saved months of turnaround time of hard copies of school work from students on their small far-flung islands in the Pacific to the school in New Zealand.

Following this contract, Hilyard has worked for the Cook Islands Government and private contracts on a range of development contracts. She founded an NGO - the Cook Islands Internet Action Group (CIIAG), which advocates for internet development focusing on accessibility and affordability. CIIAG became an ALS in 2011. Hilyard is a member of the Telecommunications Advisory Committee that advises the Minister.

Internet Governance

Hilyard joined the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) in 2006 after meeting Vint Cerf at a PacINET 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 IG[1] in 2008. Soon after, she was awarded a fellowship to attend her first IGF in Hyderabad. The following year she was an ISOC Ambassador at the Sharm el Sheikh IGF.

ICANN Involvement

In 2010 Hilyard was awarded an ICANN Fellowship[2] to attend her first ICANN meeting, ICANN 39, in Cartegena. She was soon captured by ALAC and a Working Group that was reviewing the regions. The Pacific became more integrated into ICANN. Before attending her next ICANN meeting in 2012, ICANN 43, which was in Costa Rica, Hilyard maintained contact through APRALO and ALAC meetings as well as joining into other working groups.

Maureen has now attended 24 ICANN meetings and is into her fourth term as one of the APRALO representatives on the ALAC. For five years, she was the ALAC liaison to the GNSO. At the 2017 AGM she was appointed the Vice Chair of the ALAC and became the Chair of the ALAC at the 2018 AGM in Barcelona. She established the At-Large Plus Leadership Team, which includes not only ALAC members but also RALO Chairs and ALAC Liaisons to enhance the At-Large Community's involvement on ICANN's Multistakeholder Model approach to decision-making. Hilyard also chaired the Third At-Large Summit in Montreal in November 2019, which was the last face-to-face ICANN meeting held before COVID-19 engulfed the world.

Other involvements

In 2012, Maureen became a member of the Multistakeholder Steering Group of the Asia-Pacific Regional IGF after she attended her first APRIGF in Tokyo. She has been a regular participant in subsequent conferences held throughout the region. (2012 - present)

In 2015, Maureen was elected onto the Board of DotAsia. In June 2020 she was elected as the Chair of the DotAsia Board. Prior to a restructuring of the Board which was led by Maureen Hilyard and Atsushi Endo to ensure that the Board and the DotAsia Organisation was made more accountable for its Governance, Finance and Community Project responsibilities. (2015- present)

In 2018, Maureen was invited to be a member of the Public Interest Registry Advisory Council. Her term will end in 2021 (2018-2021). She has since been added to the new DNS Abuse Institute Advisory Council representing the At-Large Advisory Committee of ICANN (ALAC) (2021 -present)

In 2018, with Caribbean Islands colleague, Tracy Hackshaw a member of ISOC Trinidad and Tobago, they co-founded the Dynamic Coalition of Small Island Developing States in the Internet Economy (DC-SIDS) to bring issues of concern to regions of SIDS to the Global IGF. Each year participants from the two regions gather to explain Internet governance-related activity and progress in their regions.

In 2021, along with other regional leaders she is a newly appointed leader to the APNG (Asia Pacific Next Generation) Advisory Council.

References

  1. ↑ Diplo course on IGCBP
  2. ↑ ICANN Fellowship


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