<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hello,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Here
is my candidate statement. I am looking forward to speaking with you all!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Candidate
Statement Anna Loup, Nominated Position: NCUC EC North American seat</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Name:
Anna Loup <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Region
of residence: North America<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Employment:
PhD Student at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Conflict
of interest: No <br>
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<b>1.    Why do you want to serve on the EC?<span></span></b></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The NCUC executive council is a group of individuals who serve not only
as leaders and representatives within the constituency, but also in the broader
community. They organize the development of critical comments and are not
afraid to ask the difficult questions that allow for a successful multi-stakeholder
model of Internet governance. I want to be a part of the EC because I too want
to represent the interests of the NCUC community and broader non-commercial
user community. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
 <br>
<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><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">As an
intern at ICANN I learned about the organization ‘from the inside.’ This will
benefit the NCUC because as data analyst for the gTLD CCT-metrics collection
process, as well as a researcher looking at the security, stability, and
resiliency of the new gTLDs, I have a deep understanding of where to find
published, but difficult to find, data. This opportunity allowed me to witness,
first-hand, some issues with the way things were run and handled.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Further,
in 2015, I attended Wolfgang Kleinwächter’s European Summer School on Internet
Governance. This experience was inspiring because I was finally able to
interreact with members from the community who represent the interests of
non-commercial entities. From engaging with other students from around the
globe and representatives of the Association for Progressive Communications,
among others, I learned that the NCUC was a space in which I could finally do
the work I wanted.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Taking
this inspiration, I worked with Dr. Nicholas Cull at the University of Southern
California to organize the USC Annenberg Spring Institute on Internet
Diplomacy. We brought many influential speakers and participants, such as Vint
Cerf (Inventor of TCP-IP), Fadi Chehade (ex-ICANN CEO), Fiona Alexander (NTIA),
and Khaled Koubaa (ICANN Board member), together for a week of learning and
discussion. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Finally,
during my time in the NCUC, I have been an active participant in the CEP
working group and have worked with the NCUC bylaws committee. <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></span></p>

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<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><br>
<br>
As a PhD student whose work is connected to the work of the NCUC, I have a very
flexible approach to my availability both weekly and overall, online and
offline. I am also committed to traveling not only to NCUC/ ICANN related
meetings, but also to smaller conferences where I might be able to recruit new
members to the NCUC. For example, as a presenter at the International Studies
Association- ICOMM meeting last year, I was present for the NCUC recruitment
discussion during the cocktail party. I want to carry on the work being done by
Dr. Mueller, and use these academic conferences as one space to connect with
new and current members. <span></span></span></p>

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<b>4    Communication with the membership is critical. How would
you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">My
first goal is to maintain the current structure of EC updates and communication
with members, both returning and new. If it wasn’t for the guidance of the more
established members of the Internet Governance community, I would not have been
inspired to become a part of the EC and take a leadership role in the NCUC. Building
on this, however, I also want to continue outreach at major conferences to new
members and returning members. For instance, organizing a meeting of NCUC
members at conferences as a way to meet face-to-face and develop new ideas
outside of the intersessional and ICANN meetings. These also would serve as
excellent opportunities to recruit new members. <span></span></span></p>

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<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? 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.</b><br>
<br>
The NCUC serves as a critical component of the wider community that
successfully fights for non-commercial users. One of my goals is to work to
engage more young people who are willing to be active participants in policy
discussion from North America. I believe that there is a large civil society
contingency in North America that would benefit greatly from working with the
NCUC because of the collective level of knowledge and experience.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Regarding
ICANN policy, more work is needed on rights protections mechanisms, agreements
negotiated outside of the multi-stakeholder model (eg. Donuts with MPAA), and
how to use proceeds received by ICANN from the auctions of last resort. I want
to ensure that human rights are critically examined within each of these issues
and beyond as well as communicate issues of importance to North American
constituents and the NCUC community as a whole. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span> Best,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>Anna Loup</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>Masters of Public Diplomacy </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>PhD Student USC Annenberg</span></span></p><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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