<div dir="ltr">Dear friends, <div><br></div><div>Sorry for the delay. Below is my statements with the set of answers. I thank all in advance for reading it despite its length :) And I look forward to your feedback and support.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Statement
of Candidacy of Walid Al-Saqaf</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">I wish to express my gratitude to
Brenden Kuerbis for nominating me and for all the supporting voices and I gladly
accept the nomination for the Executive Committee, Asia-Pacific region. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">1.
Why do you want to serve on the EC?</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">I have mainly three points I wish to
achieve by serving on EC:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Firstly, I want to work with other members
in NCUC to push for the protection of registrants’ personal data from being
revealed to law enforcement agencies without the domain owner’s permission. We
have seen how much of users’ privacy has been violated in recent months and
years. If we as the NCUC don’t act strongly and raise this issue, who else within
ICANN will? That in specific is one thing I wish to pursue. And I want to do
that because I know from personal experience how ruthless authorities can
sometimes be in trying to pursue the owner of a domain if they are not happy
with what the website publishes. Arab Gulf countries, Syria, Iran, China and
other authoritarian governments in Asia find that tracking and finding the
owner of a dissident domain as an easy way to silence him/her. While domain owners
can use anonymity software to help protect them from surveillance by state-run
ISPs, they are not in control of their WHOIS information if a request by their
government is filed. So I wish to push for sensible changes that make it
possible for users to hide their information if they wish to do so (even
without ordering extra protection) and protect that information from being
revealed to governments to the extent that international law allows.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Secondly, I also want to push the
envelope further in making our mandate more aggressive when it comes to
protecting online free speech, particularly in relation to Internet filtering by
ISPs. I understand we may be confronted with the usual rhetoric saying that
human rights are not ICANN’s business and that states are sovereign with
whatever they want to do with their national networks. But I believe we at
least need to try and do something about this because we represent users and
should therefore give their interest priority. I believe that we need to keep
on pushing and insisting that we take bolder, more courageous steps to make
that happen. Asia is the region with the highest number of violations when it
comes to filtering of domain names, Internet censorship and other forms of what
I call ‘online oppression’. Why can’t we do something about this? We can suggest
to ICANN that it covers more human rights areas that concern the general public’s
interest for the sake of their security. I am personally not satisfied with the
reaction of ICANN to all those violations against freedom of expression in
recent years and months and some of you remember the exchange I had with ICANN
board members about this topic at ICANN46 in Beijing. Humans need more than
just code and protocols, they need humane reaction and a forceful stance when
the time is right. the Internet was built on open access to all people of the
world. If we keep turning a blind eye to such grave violations –such as what
happened in Jordan lately- with the justification that those practices are
subject to national sovereignty, I fear that the Internet is already being
balkanized before our eyes. I want to keep on raising the bar and gathering the
courage to confront those challenges more openly. That’s one thing I feel
strongly about.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Finally, I wish to refocus and
concentrate our efforts to advocate for positions that </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">help promote access to knowledge
and development. We can do so while being open and outward looking so as to get
others from civil society outside ICANN interested in and supportive of NCUC’s
work. I teach a master class in new media and global journalism and I keep on
telling my students that ICANN is a corporation meant to serve the world and welcomes
input and ideas from outside ICANN. I want to prove that by highlighting some
of positions that we were able to enforce with the help of external actors. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">2.
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.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Having
graduated with a B.Sc. degree in computer engineering in 1998, I started my
career as a software developer before switching to journalism a couple of years
later when I became the editor-in-</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">chief</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> of Yemen Times, Yemen’s most
widely read English language newspaper and also managed Yemen’s first newspaper
website </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://yementimes.com/"><span style="font-size:12pt">YemenTimes.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> . In 2005, I moved to the US to write
for the Wall Street Journal as an AFPF Fellow before returning to Yemen and
thereafter pursuing my higher studies in global journalism. In 2007, I started </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://yemenportal.net/"><span style="font-size:12pt">YemenPortal.net</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">, Arabic-language news
aggregating and search website to highlight the many news and opinion stories
that get sidelined due to the domination of some major governmental news
websites. The website provided a platform for dissident voices calling for
change and an end to corruption, nepotism, and oppression in Yemen, an Arab
country that was ruled by a dictatorship for over 33 years.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">In 2008, the Yemeni regime led by former president Ali
Abdullah Saleh, blocked access to Yemen Portal in 2008 so it cannot be accessed
inside Yemen. In response, I started a project to combat Internet censorship
not only in Yemen, but across the world through a software that I created named</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> <a href="https://alkasir.com/" target="_blank">Alkasir</a>
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">(see:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkasir">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkasir</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">), which is
the Arabic word for 'the circumventor'. The software has been installed over
80,000 in over a hundred countries, allowing activists and citizens to access
news and social media website blocked by authoritarian regimes such as that of
Syria, China, and Iran. My advocacy resulted in getting a senior TED fellowship
in 2012 and becoming part of the Cyber Stewards Network of The Citizen Lab in
Toronto, where I attend the annual Cyber Dialogue Conference. I regularly take
part in Internet conferences and events such as the Stockholm Internet Forum,
Arab IGF, and attended the 2013 IGF in Bali. I am also a member of the IGF’s
Dynamic Coalition of Freedom of Expression, and the IGF Caucus and I am currently
doing extensive research about Internet censorship in the Arab world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">I
became quite involved in Internet governance on a regional level by being part
of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://igfarab.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">Arab IGF</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> and a Fellow of </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="https://icann.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">ICANN</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">. More recently, I co-founded the </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/chapters/yemen-chapter" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">ISOC-Yemen Chapter</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">, which I currently lead as
president.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">In
2011, I was appointed as the director of the Master of Global Journalism at
Orebro University in Sweden, where I taught post-graduate journalism students,
some from developing countries, how to utilize the Internet in investigative
journalistic tasks while providing them with skills necessary to protect
themselves from cybersecurity threats. I also founded the </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://www.globalshapers.org/hubs/sanaa" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sana'a
Hub</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> in
Yemen as part of the Global Shapers Community, which is an initiative by the </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://weforum.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">World Economic Forum</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">. I am also the curator of
Yemen's first TEDx conference <a href="http://tedxsanaa.com/" target="_blank">TEDxSanaa</a> and
organized the event for two successive years in 2012, 2013.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">I don’t believe I have any conflict of interest. Here’s more: <a href="https://alkasir.com/doc/CV-Walid.pdf">https://alkasir.com/doc/CV-Walid.pdf</a>
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br>
<b>3. 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.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">I
will strive to perform my tasks to the best of my ability, and dedicate as much
as I can for EC issues. I can’t guarantee minimum hours per week particularly
in the first quarter of 2014 due to a commitment to finish my doctoral dissertation,
but I can always find ways to finish what I start even if I have to work harder
and compensate at a later date. I am always for transparency and openness that’s
why I’ll be clear and let all know if I have issues or difficulties. I’m heading
to the next Singapore ICANN Meeting # as an ICANN Fellow and will strive to be
at the other meetings when conditions permit. I will try to bring new
perspectives and speak my mind openly and discuss and share ideas and thoughts
with others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">As
this is my first ever nomination for an obligation within an ICANN constituency,
I will have a learning curve for sure and if selected, I shall strive to learn
from others and do the best I can, particularly in the work of NCUC, which I’m
passionate about.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">4.
Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members
apprised of your EC-related activities?</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Email
will be the method of choice and regular updates about my EC-related activities
will be sent to members in due course.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br>
<b>5. 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? Be
concise (200 words maximum).</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">I can only re-iterate what I mentioned above by emphasizing the
need to raise the privacy issue (WHOIS data protection), freedom of expression
and human rights issues (filtering and censorship) in a more dedicated and
strategic way. I also see the need to expand beyond local meetings and interact
more openly with outsiders and perhaps engage in activities with the public at
various forums that need not be organized by ICANN or the IGF. I strongly
believe that the balance between law enforcement and free speech and privacy is
importance policy issue for ICANN and it needs to be developed and extensively
re-assessed particularly in the wake of the surveillance schemes happening within
nations and across borders. Why? It’s because people’s trust in the Internet as
a means to communicate freely and privately may erode over time. I think we
should not be afraid or hesitant to keep pressurizing ICANN to do something
about it. We may not eventually succeed but by continuously trying, we are
meeting our obligation and staying true to our principals. We owe that to the
users.</span></p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Sincerely,<br><br>Walid<br><br>-----------------<br><br>Walid Al-Saqaf<br>
</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Imran Ahmed Shah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ias_pk@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ias_pk@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif"><div>Dear All Fellows,</div><div> </div><div>With reference to NCUC Election 2013, please find herewith my Candidate Statement/ NCUC Nomination for the Election of EC – Asia and the Pacific. I hope you will support me. Your review comments are important for me.</div>
<div> </div><div>Name Imran Ahmed SHAH</div><div>City of Residence: Lahore </div><div>Country of Residence: Pakistan</div><div>Nationality(ies) Pakistan </div><div>Stakeholder Group. Civil Society Pakistan</div>
<div>Region: Asia-Pacific Group</div><div> </div><div>Job Title(s)/ Organization(s):</div><div>Member : Internet Governance Caucus (since 2009)</div><div>Member : Best Bits</div><div>Member : Diplo Internet Governance
Community</div><div>Member : ICANN’s NCUC (since 2009)</div><div>Member : ICANN’s Fellowship Alumni (since 2009)</div><div>Member : Internet Society</div><div>Member (on behalf of Civil Society) & Executive Coordinator (Punjab): ICT Experts Panel</div>
<div>National Technology Foresight Committee</div><div>Founding President: Internet Governance Forum of Pakistan</div><div>Founding President: Urdu Internet Society/ Linguistic Internet Council</div><div>Founding / Contributor: Think Tank: Brains for Innovative Research Development & Strategic Studies</div>
<div><br></div><div>My profile is also available on Diplo Internet Governance Community Blog </div><div>url <a href="http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/nomination-for-igf-mag-2014" target="_blank">http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/nomination-for-igf-mag-2014</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline">Candidate Statement for NCUC Nomination for EC Asia and Pacific:</span></div><div class="im"><div> </div><div><span style="font-weight:bold">1. Why do you want to serve on the EC?</span></div>
<div><br></div></div><div>I would like to serve for the Internet Users Constituency, supporting developing economies in formation of new Internet layers for non-English linguistic communities. I am very much concerned with the Localized Internet, IDN TLDs and new gTLDs that may increase digitally divided segments significantly. I has been advocating for the Excellence in IDN base Internet Layers to avoid the intensification of digitally divided communities. I am forming a Global Consortium for Civilized Internet for Next Generation/ Innocent Minds and have successfully conducted a workshop on Governance for the Internet of Kids, Teenagers and Youngsters at APrIGF 2013 Seoul Conference <a href="http://igfpak.org/?p=410" target="_blank">http://igfpak.org/?p=410</a>. I believe that I would be a quite relevant representative of Asia and the Pacific non-commercial Communities and Civil Societies representative at ICANN’s
NCUC.</div><div class="im"><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold">2. 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.</span></div>
<div><br></div></div><div>IAS Statement: MY BIOGRAPHY and Recent Experience and Association information is as follows:</div><div><br></div><div>I belongs to a small city of Pakistan and have MBA (MIS) degrees. Professionally I am a technologist and serving ICT Industry since last 22 years. I have creative mind and have interest in innovative Research & Development and also offering consultancy services in related fields.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am also serving in community as a Civil Society representative. When I applied my dynamic visionary skill to analyze National & Global
Polices in Public Interest and tried to resolve the issues by preparing recommendations I found my abilities very successful in critical analysis, in forecasting about problems and developing the solutions to resolve barriers & obstacles. I have devoted nature which encouraged me to dedicate my spare time voluntarily to contribute in National & Global Policies Development processes, since many years. I established Linguistic Internet Council to unite Linguistic Internet User Communities and to form Linguistic Internet Layers with excellence. I also founded Urdu Internet Society (UISoc.org). On my nomination, UISoc representative also have served ICANN’s Independent Expert for Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I had been trying to convince ISOC Global to form state less global chapters for Linguistic Internet User Communities. In 2008-9 this proposal was rejected after a thorough review by ISOC,
but recently, I have raised the same concern at APrIGF 2013 Seoul meeting requesting ISOC board to allow ISOC Global Chapters for Linguistic Internet Communities (non-English users) when ISOC is completed 20+ years with chapters for English users.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am actively participating in the discussions about the Global Internet Governance issues on various platform including WSIS/IGF, IGC, APrIGF, MDG/UN-GAID/ Diplo Internet Governance. Following the WSIS Tunis agenda, I founded “Pakistan IGF (IGFPAK.org)”in 2010. I have conducted IGFPAK-2011 Conference and engaged about 6 experts panels from different stakeholder sectors. I also organized IGF Remote Hubs 2011 & 2012 at International Islamic University, Islamabad. On behalf of UISOC & IGFPAK I have facilitating rejuvenation exercise of ISOC Pakistan Chapters and providing a common Hub <a href="http://isoc.org.pk" target="_blank">isoc.org.pk</a>. I am also member of ICT Experts Panel and Executive coordinator for
National Technology Foresight Committee (representing Civil Society).</div><div><br></div><div>Since 2006 I am also involved in ICANN Policy Development Process as public participation. I successfully convinced ICANN to remove 2-letters limitations of IDN ccTLD name script in Fast Track Program. I also read my papers for gTLDs conflict resolution at public forum of ICANN 36th Seoul Meeting. I am also promoting Information Security Professional and highlighting their support for workforce improvements and the nominees successfully recognized by the ISC2 Board and has won Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Awards (ISLA) since last three years.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am very much concerned with the Localized Internet, IDN TLDs and new gTLDs that may increase digitally divided segments significantly. I has been advocating for the Excellence in IDN base Internet Layers to avoid the intensification of digitally divided communities. I am forming
a Global Consortium for Civilized Internet for Next Generation/ Innocent Minds and have successfully conducted a workshop on Governance for the Internet of Kids, Teenagers and Youngsters at APrIGF 2013 Seoul Conference <a href="http://igfpak.org/?p=410" target="_blank">http://igfpak.org/?p=410</a>.</div>
<div>Summary is available at url: Governance for the Internet of Kids, Teenagers and Youngsters</div><div>I discussed about the awareness and mechanism of Online Security & Safety, Privacy & Human Rights for protection of users and definition about the safe and clean contents identification and delivery to the age base Internet users groups and constituencies. I also highlighted the obligations for Source Provides for abuse Internet Contents (such as pornography, hacking and phishing) and need for the global legislation against them. I requested to unite all global organizations who are working on the same theme for the safety & protection of kids from Online Threats, on a single platform to
share their experience and deliver it to the Internet Communities jointly and globally. I support for the innovative ideas like dotKID(S), or dotBaby, Internet Address for each newborn baby, Separate Internet Devices, Browsers, search engine databases, Web/Mobile Apps for the age-base users like Kids, Teenagers and Youngsters. I inviteted Enhanced Cooperation among Internet Users Constituencies and all stakeholders to ensure that the standardization of code of ethics ‘بنیادی ضابطہ اخلاق’ is properly implemented according to the fundamental needs of the Internet Communities.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I submit my nomination for “NCUC EC – Asia and the Pacific” election.</div><div class="im"><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold">3. 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. </span></div><div><br></div></div><div>IAS Statement: To serve NCUC as EC – Asia and the Pacific I can spare 8-10 hours weekly and have ability to attend Online Meetings of the Executive Committee and ICANN Meetings in person.</div>
<div class="im"><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold">4. Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?</span></div><div><br></div></div><div>
IAS Statement: I will keep the members informed on weekly/monthly and periodically about the NCUC activates and/or whenever receive any query from the members. I will reduce the communication gap between community members and will keep them involved / participating with their point of view as well as policy development process.</div>
<div class="im"><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold">5. 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? Be concise (200 words maximum).</span></div><div><br></div></div><div>I foresee that NCUC can perform a pivot role as balancing factor in the Global Policies Development processes being the representation as a Civil Society with the membership of Non Commercial Constituencies/ Community Members. NCUC has been involved in Multi Stakeholders global discussions and exploring relationship between Internet governance policies, public interest and engagement of noncommercial stakeholders. Internet Governance issues and their implications for human rights, development and the democratic process is a key objective. It already has important role to elect GNSO Council representatives and ICANN’s Board.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanking you and Best Regards</div><div><br></div><div><span></span></div><div>Imran Ahmed
Shah</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> William Drake <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" target="_blank">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" target="_blank">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" target="_blank">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Imran Ahmed Shah <<a href="mailto:ias_pk@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ias_pk@yahoo.com</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 20:14<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013, Next Steps:
Nominations List and Candidate Statements<br> </font> </div> <div><div><div class="h5"><br><div><div>Hi<div><br></div><div>The nomination period is now closed. Here then are the current nominations:<br><div><br></div><div>
Position<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Nominees<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Nominator<br><br>1. Chair <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Bill Drake<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>David Cake (12.11.13)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br>
<br>2. EC – Europe<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Stefania Milan<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Self (12.11.13)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br>
3. EC - Africa<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Hago Dafalla<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Self (08.11.13)<br><br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Grace Githaiga <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Rafik Dammak (18.11.13)<br>
<br>4. EC – Asia and the Pacific<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Peter Green (aka Zuan Zhang 张 钻)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Self (10.11.13)<br><br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Imran Ahmed Shah<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Self (09.11.13)<br>
<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Walid Al-Saqaf<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Brenden Kuerbis (18.11.13)</div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Pranesh Prakash<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Self (19.11.13)<br>
<br>5. EC – North America<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Roy Balleste<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Brenden Kuerbis
(13.11.13)<br><br>6. EC – Latin America<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Carlos Afonso (11.11.13)<br>
<br><br>Many thanks to all who have participated in this process to date, including of course the colleagues who’ve decided not to continue. We now move to the second stage of the process, which runs from today November 20 to December 3. During this time, candidates should indicate whether they accept their nominations, and if so, submit statements here on the listserv responding to the standard set of questions we’ve used in recent years. These are as follows:</div>
<div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px"><b>1. Why do you want to serve on the EC?</b></div></div><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>2. 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.</b></div>
<div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>3. 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. </b></div>
<div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>4. Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep
members apprised of your EC-related activities?</b></div></div></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>5. 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? Be concise (200 words maximum).</b></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>I suppose that for incumbent candidates these should be answered in a manner that is both backward and forward looking.</div><div><br></div><div>Ok, back to ICANN BA…</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div>
<div><br></div><div>Bill<br><br><div>
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William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br> ICANN, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ncuc.org/" target="_blank">www.ncuc.org</a><br>
<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (w), <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" target="_blank">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>
(h),<br> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.williamdrake.org/" target="_blank">www.williamdrake.org</a><br>***********************************************************</div></div></div></div>
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