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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Please find below my candidate statement. If you have any questions and want to know more about me and my activities within ICANN and my plans as an EC member (if I get elected) , please do not hesitate to contact me. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">STATEMENT OF FARZANEH BADII</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">CANDIDATE FOR EUROPEAN REGION REPRESENTATIVE ON THE NCUC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">1. Why
do you want to serve on the EC?</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Positive impact on NCUC operational
and the administrative matters</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">: The Executive Committee (EC) is one of the important
pillars of NCUC governance structure. The EC influences the operational and
administrative matters of NCUC and allows the members to get engaged with the
substance of ICANN policy and makes the non-commercial users participation
within ICANN more effective. I have strong policy experience from
both my professional and volunteer activities; I will carry out these tasks
efficiently, and use my skills to work with and support my colleagues.<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">In-reach and outreach</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">: I specifically want to serve on EC
to help with in-reach and outreach. My strategies consist of reaching out to
those active in other Internet governance (IG) organisations and who are
not yet active in NCUC. I also would like to conduct outreach beyond those
already within the IG field and create interest in wider community especially
technical community activists.<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">I hope to
seek out European and other non-commercial users and raise awareness
about NCUC's important mission of protecting the rights of non-commercial users
on the Internet. I also want to focus on potential members in those
countries that have not been active or do not have a member in NCUC. I also
would like to organize in-reach, by communicating individually with the new and
old NCUC members who are less active and explain what we do and how they can
get engaged; ideally I would like to give them a personalized plan of action
based on their experience that would allow them to become active in different
initiatives. <span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Strengthening women’s presence:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> I also have plans for strengthening
women's presence within NCUC. To start, this can be done by informing various
women IG coalitions, communicating and coordinating to ensure they are informed
about NCUC activities, and why our work is relevant to them.<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">2.<b> 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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Academic and
professional background: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I received my bachelor degree from Mazandaran University
in Iran, and then moved to England and received my masters’ degree in
international law at Kingston University. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I worked in Switzerland for the United Nations Internet
Governance Forum and am currently a doctoral candidate at Hamburg University,
Germany. I am based in Berlin and a fellow at the Humboldt Institute for
Internet and Society. As you can gather, I have lived, studied and worked in a
number of European countries, namely the UK, Switzerland and Germany. I
speak English, reasonable French and am learning German (and am a native Farsi
speaker).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Substantive and
operational experience:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> I work with global and European organizations and think
tanks active in IG, for example the Internet Governance Project (Milton Mueller
and Brenden Kuerbis) and Internet and Jurisdiction Project (Bertrand de La
Chapelle and Paul Fehlinger). I have worked with the UN IGF and EuroDIG
(European Internet Governance Forum) and am familiar with their
organizational structures and have carried out administrative and operational tasks
that facilitate participation in policymaking processes. I have arranged the
UN-IGF meeting both in person and remotely, and have organized and managed many
of the preparatory processes. I am in close contacts with many IG initiatives
in Europe and this will help me recruiting new members. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Experience within ICANN:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> Within ICANN, I have been active in
discussions of the CCWG-accountability of ICANN and have helped promote NCUC
goals in the CCWG. I am formulating a working party on visas to overcome the
challenges for obtaining visa to attend ICANN meetings. I have been a part of
the fellowship program and belong to its mentorship program, this experience
help me support new NCUC members as well. I am also working on the transparency
issues of ICANN which needs specific attention. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Within broader IG landscape</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">, I am carrying out research on
ccTLD policy and on Regional Internet Registries' accountability. I have a
broad knowledge of the IG ecosystem. I
am active in other Internet governance processes, such as the IGF, at the
recent IGF in Brazil I co-organized a workshop on the IANA transition and a dynamic
coalition on accountability. I have also organized workshops on online dispute
resolution (IGF-Baku) and fiber optic issues (IGF-Turkey). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">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></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">I am
fully committed to the EC. I have other projects to work on, however I have
considered the time commitment before accepting the nomination. I mainly
manage my own work schedule and can commit to being able to join calls at most
times of day/night. I am fortunate that my research and work interests often
overlap with ICANN, so devoting more time it quite easy. It is also
intellectually rewarding. I already
travel extensively for my work/research, I understand the potential EC schedule
and it is acceptable. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">4.
Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members
apprised of your EC-related activities?</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Communication
strategies: I think we need to be transparent in the work of the EC, and will
work with my EC colleagues to make this happen. I will have a separate mailing
list for the European members in order to inform them about important issues
that are being discussed at ICANN as well as my progress and my role. I will
provide a quarterly report of my activities and have quarterly
teleconferences and also on demand teleconferences. I will have a separate
Twitter account for the Europeans to be able to reach out to me at any time and
receive updates easily. I also do not bind myself to one means of communication,
if the European members have different preferences as regards to
communication tools, I will happily consider them. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">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? </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The NCUC
will to continue to grow, and we are already a large constituency, putting the
membership management system in place is a priority. I would like to see members being able to
learn from each other. The skills
members have are one of our big assets.
I have experience with membership/volunteer management. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The EC is
not really a policy body in NCUC, however, in the short term implementing the
transition proposals, and supporting non-commercial principles in that process
should be on NCUC agenda. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">We need
to also ensure work stream 2 commitments in CCWG-accountability, are honored
and implemented. Protecting privacy, and
the work of the human rights working party are also of importance. We should
also ensure that the new meeting strategy supports non-commercial user
participation and interests. I will be happy to inform the European members
about these issues.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Best regards, </span></font></p>
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<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Farzaneh </div>
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