<div dir="ltr">ICANN 57* sorry. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-11-17 23:36 GMT-03:00 hfaiedh ines <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hfaiedh.ines2@gmail.com" target="_blank">hfaiedh.ines2@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear NCUC members,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this email finds you well. Please find below my candidate statement hoping for your support.</div><div><br></div><div>Name: Ines Hfaiedh, Declared Region of residence: Africa, Gender: Female, Employment: Teacher and Specialist in ICT Implementation in Education, Ministry of National Education, Tunisia.</div><div><br></div><div>Conflicts of Interest : None</div><div><br></div><div>1<span class="m_-563963838549480111gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Why do you want to serve on the EC?</div><div><br></div><div>I hope to serve on the Executive Committee because I know I have the potential to represent my region in the best way possible, and I am confident that my academic, civil, technical and administrative backgrounds make me a strong asset in a team of ECs. Besides, I am honoured to act as a catalyst for more gender-balance and I am animated by a strong desire to be more actively involved and give from my time in service of NCUC members and the good functioning of their administration. </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I am a teacher, Specialist ICT Implementation in Education Specialist and Internet Policy Analyst with IGMENA under the HIVOS Foundation. I am also an active member in ISOC Tunisia Chapter. Besides, I was honoured to be granted a Fulbright exchange capacity-building opportunity at the Catholic University of America.</div><div>I have joined NCUC since ICANN 55 which was my first experience as a Fellow and had the chance to be back as a Coach for ICANN 57. I am also a member in the Middle East and Adjoining Countries Strategy Working Group (MEAC WG).</div><div>An ICANN, ISOC and Arab IGF Fellow, I also reported sessions from WSIS2016 with the Geneva Internet Platform and Diplo Foundation. I was a Guest Speaker at the Fourth Edition of the Arab Internet Governance Forum, the International Symposium on ICTs, the Tunisia TESOL National Conference and a delegate representing Tunisia at the MATE International Conference in Morocco. The European Educational Tool Portal has shared my tool of 'Interactive ICT Implementation in Formal and Informal Learning' and selected it for the International Tool Fair in Budapest, Hungary. I also compiled ICT-enhanced lesson plans into a pedagogical paper. </div><div>Two days ago, I was a guest at the World Bank Group Youth Summit on “Rethinking Education for the next Millennium” and in IGF 2016, Mexico, I will be hopefully taking part in three panels including one in which I am the organizer.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>For the EC responsibilities, and to put it in realistic numbers because I like committing to my words, I can dedicate up to 5 hours a week and will be actively involved in discussions and online meetings and any other task required for the role. Besides, I enjoy some flexibility to attend meetings in person as my employer encourages personal and professional development. This year, I have been able to attend ICANN 55, the Arab IGF, ICANN 58, and will be hopefully attending the Global IGF this coming December.</div><div><br></div><div>4 Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?</div><div><br></div><div>I would keep members up-dated on our EC-related activities through our NCUC mailing list and live tweeting through our Tweeter account as well. I also wish to keep the members apprised on our events through the NCUC blog to which I contributed two blogs so far. Moreover, I would be happy to share opportunities as I have seen other members doing this and I hope this culture of sharing pervades.</div><div><br></div><div>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? 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.</div><div><br></div><div>I sincerely believe that NCUC is and has contributed effectively to the developments we have been witnessing in ICANN’s policy processes, as well as in the IANA transition. That said, I have an inspiration that NCUC steps up to the plate even more in voicing the Non-Commercial Users concerns and defending their interests. </div><div>At ICANN 58, during the NCUC meeting with ICANN board, I have aired my concern of lack of strategy and support to NCUC members to act as multipliers within their respective communities (this must be my teacher and civil society side speaking) and that was brought to the table the following day by the board on the joint meeting, I hope and I am quite confident that my words had an impact and this will allow us a wider role as a constituency.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email or ask me tomorrow at the Conf Call and I am looking forward to actively collaborating with all of you.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards</div><div><br></div></div>
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