Council Nominee - Paul Reynolds

Nominee for Council 2007-2009

Paul Reynolds

Paul is an Auckland based commentator and thinker on the topics of information access and cultural/techno change.

He puts a strong emphasis on how communities access and contribute to knowledge.

Paul is the co-founder and Joint Managing Director of McGovern Online, www.mcgovern.co.nz, a full-service on-line media company who, since 1995, have provided strategy, design and development in the field of new media and Internet to clients in New Zealand, Fiji and the UK.

He is a member of the New Zealand Government Digital Strategy Advisory Group, http://www.digital-strategy.govt.nz He also serves on the Capability Panel for KAREN the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network.

He is also in his second term on the New Zealand Library and Information Advisory Commission. www.liac.org.nz.

He also has a media profile, and runs the blog, www.peoplepoints.co.nz.

If successful in his election he would bring to the board of InternetNZ his passion around building online communities and his commitment to building New Zealand's online strategic reach.