[NCUC-DISCUSS] Nomination of Benjamin Akinmoyeje- NCUC chair position

[Stephanie E Perrin]

I am very happy to see that you accepted the nomination Benjamin!  
Hopefully this year we will be getting back to normal at least in part.

Cheers

Stephanie Perrin

On 2022-05-05 11:59 a.m., Benjamin Akinmoyeje wrote:
> Dear Farzaneh,
> Thank you for nominating me for re-election for the position of NCUC 
> Chair. It has been a challenging year leading this unique community 
> and also a learning opportunity. I hope to continue giving my best to 
> NCUC,hence I accept the nomination.
>
> Candidate statement
> Name: Benjamin Akinmoyeje
>
> Declared region of residence: Africa
>
> Gender: Male
>
> Employment: PhD Research Student
>
> Any conflicts of interest: None
>
> Questions:
>
> *Why do you want to serve on the EC?*   I want to continue to  serve 
> on the EC because I want to help promote the voice of the non 
> commercial constituency and advance the cause of the group 
> post-Covid19, I also want to help enhance our visibility as ICANN 
> resumes physical engagements.
> I look forward to continuing to help our community to grow in 
> technical capacity, and to  contribute to the PDPs. I want to help 
> improve our web presence as our website requires a major revamp.
> *Provide a brief biography of recent experience, associations, and 
> affiliations relevant to serving on the Executive Committee. Describe 
> the relevance of your personal and professional experience to serve on 
> the NCUC Executive Committee, and identify any conflicts of interests 
> you might have. *Currently a PhD students of Informatics, Faculty of 
> Computing and Informatics, Namibia University of Science and 
> Technology, conducting academic research in the area of persuasive 
> technology and mHealth apps for stress management amongst university 
> students, I am the current EC Africa, and I am part of HR CCWP, part 
> of all the virtual ICANN meetings and currently NCUC chair, I was able 
> to initiate NCUC members call and it led to some positive 
> engagements.  I have managed to keep the NCUC twitter handle engaged 
> during ICANN virtual meetings.
> *The EC performs several functional responsibilities for the 
> Constituency. What level of time commitment can you bring to your EC 
> role on a weekly and overall basis? Describe any concerns or 
> limitations on your ability to attend online meetings of the Executive 
> Committee and ICANN Meetings in person. The EC performs several 
> functional responsibilities for the Constituency. What level of time 
> commitment can you bring to your EC role on a weekly and overall 
> basis? Describe any concerns or limitations on your ability to attend 
> online meetings of the Executive Committee and ICANN Meetings in person.*
>     As a research student and current NCUC chair, I have the privilege 
> of time to participate actively in the ICANN process for up to 10 
> hours weekly to attend ICANN online meetings, possible area of concern 
> may be the occasional need for quality internet access at meeting 
> hours while I am at home.
> *Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep 
> members apprised of your EC-related activities?*
> As the NCUC Chair, I will continue to improve communication with the 
> community, I hope to improve NCUC online presence with more social 
> media engagements . As a chair, the monthly EC meetings will continue 
> to  and also devise quarterly calls or virtual town hall meetings for 
> NCUC members.
> *
>      How do you foresee NCUC’s function, scale, or role changing in 
> the future? What areas of ICANN policy, if any, need more attention 
> and why? Incumbent candidates should answer in a manner that is both 
> backward and forward-looking, i.e. taking note of their contributions 
> and work in the previous year.*    The virtual ICANN engagement for 
> the past two years have been a major decider for   NCUC's activities 
> and functions in the future will only expand as the need for 
> protection of the non-commercial individual users of DNS increases, as 
> we begin to see ICANN being drawn to issues such as content 
> moderation, and the EPDP Phase 2 and SSAD ODA issues, phase 2. DNS 
> Abuse,  (freedom of expression online) and the challenges of digital 
> rights/ Human Rights.There may be a need for NCUC to consolidate with 
> other SGs with similar  interests to push a common agenda. In the 
> phase of multiple regulatory laws, and ICANN needs to continue to 
> function, we must continue to voice the non-commercial perspective and 
> the policies that I can develop. More than ever before individual 
> rights to privacy and data protection have been challenged in DNS 
> space, the situation calls for NCUC to be alert to ensure ICANN 
> policies are sensitive to these realities.
> I look forward to working with the elected ECs to ensure that NCUC's 
> voice remains relevant in the ICANN multistakeholder space.
>
> Kind regards,
> Benjamin
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 7:11 PM Raymond Mamattah 
> <mamattah.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I second this nomination. Ben has been a great chair and deserves
>     another term.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Raymond Mamattah
>     Accra, Ghana
>
>
>     On Tue, May 3, 2022, 5:02 PM farzaneh badii
>     <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         I want to nominate Benjamin for the NCUC chair position.
>         Benjamin truly cares about NCUC success and its members, he is
>         also very good at navigating tough issues and conflicts.
>
>         Best regards
>         Farzaneh
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