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'''Maria Farrell''' Maria Farrell is a writer and independent consultant specialising in Internet policy development communications and community-building.<ref>[http://mariafarrell.com/?page_id=2 mariafarrell.com]</ref> She currently serves as a Committee member on [[ICANN]]'s [[Nominating Committee]], and as an IT consultant and Task Manager of Electronic Waste (Brazil) for infoDev, an IT division within The World Bank.

'''Maria Farrell''' Maria Farrell is a writer and independent consultant specialising in Internet policy development communications and community-building.<ref>[http://mariafarrell.com/?page_id=2 mariafarrell.com]</ref> She currently serves as a Committee member on [[ICANN]]'s [[Nominating Committee]], and as an IT consultant and Task Manager of Electronic Waste (Brazil) for infoDev, an IT division within The World Bank.

===ICANN Involvement===

===ICANN Involvement===

Ms. Farrell represents the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]] on the [[NomCom|Nominating Committee]].<ref>[http://nomcom.icann.org/members-2011.htm NomCom.ICANN.org]</ref>

Ms. Farrell represents the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]] on the [[NomCom|Nominating Committee]],<ref>[http://nomcom.icann.org/members-2011.htm NomCom.ICANN.org]</ref> she has been a part of the NomCom since December, 2010.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/maria-farrell/0/456/a85 LinkedIn]</ref> At [[ICANN San Francisco]], Maria Farrel noted at the public comment forum how [[Rod Beckstrom]] was forcing the departure of a large number of experienced staffers under his management of the organization; she openly criticized this "hollowing out" of the body and decried the degradation of its international reputation.<ref>[http://mariafarrell.com/?cat=7 MariaFarrell]</ref>

She was previously a member of the [|ICANN Staff]], as the Director of Information Coordination and Policy Support Officer for the [[GNSO]].<ref>[http://users.rcn.com/erbnico/main_html.html users.rcn.com]</ref>

She was previously a member of the [|ICANN Staff]], as the Director of Information Coordination and Policy Support Officer for the [[GNSO]].<ref>[http://users.rcn.com/erbnico/main_html.html users.rcn.com]</ref>