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<p>Dear Renata and NCUC leadership<br>
</p>
<p>A belated thank you for the confidence in me to reappoint me for
a second term. I will do my best to add value to the NomCom
process. I post below my statement of interest to share with you
my thoughts of what I would like to prioritise in my second term.</p>
<p>Warmly</p>
<p>Anriette Esterhuysen</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><b>Statement of Interest in being appointed for a second term to
ICANNs Nominations Committee by the NCUC</b><br>
<br>
Firstly, thank you very much to NCUC for appointing me to the 2018
NomCom. I am aware that it is an honour to be chosen and
appreciate being trusted with the responsibility. I have been a
member of NCUC for a very long time, but my participation has not
been as active as I would like it to have been due to my previous
position as executive director of the Association for Progressive
Communications. I just had too much else to do to be more than a
follower and occasional contributor. Nevertheless, I did attend
several ICANN meetings, and participated in collaborative
activities, particularly NCUC outreach events in Durban, London
and Johannesburg and ensured that APC contributed to some key
decisions and processes.<br>
<br>
I stepped down from my position as APC ED in mid-2017 which
created more opportunity for me to participate in ICANN and was
appointed by NCUC to serve on NomCom not long after. In spite of
not being at the first meeting in Dubai I have been a very active
member of NomCom and feel that my contribution has made a positive
difference.<br>
<br>
NomCom's role in ICANN is very important. NomCom has to identify
people for leadership that do not come through the constituency
(or SO/AC) track. This means we have to find people with excellent
experience and qualifications who can contribute to ICANN as a
nonprofit, public interest organisation that is community driven
AND accountable more broadly for the decisions it makes. NomCom
candidates need to be 'non aligned' and bring diversity of
experience and perspectives, but also have the qualifications and
experience needed to operate in a tough environment.<br>
<br>
<b>Why another term?</b><br>
<br>
My past experience and skillsets are particularly suited to the
NomCom role. I have served on several boards in the past (see my
CV which is attached) and have done a lot of recruitment. I am
used to working in a multistakeholder environment, and having to
stand up for public interest concerns and voice civil society
perspectives in contexts where this is not easy. While I cannot
represent NCUC in a direct manner as a NomCom member, I believe I
have been able to make sure that NCUC and NCSG priorities (as
communicated to NomCom by NCSG leadership) are considered
seriously by NomCom. NomCom is hard work, but it is work that I
feel I can do efficiently and effectively. <br>
<br>
Secondly, NomCom is a team of people that work together under a
lot of pressure and in quite a closed manner as much of what we
discuss is confidential. Learning to work together with
efficiency, and trust and respect takes time. Most members serve
more than one term. This provides some continuity which is very
important. I feel that I learned a lot, about NomCom, about the
other SOs and ACs, about leadership in ICANN and that it would be
good to be able to apply this learning during a second term. I
also feel that my experience in working in teams, being part of
boards, and being part of collective decision-making processes
(e.g. the IGF MAG) has helped me to contribute to creating a
productive working environment in NomCom.<br>
<br>
Thirdly, I feel my work is not "finished". I have a specific
goal to focus on getting strong candidates from Africa and the
MENA regions into the selection process. It is not that I did not
try this last year, or even in the past through other NomComs,
but I feel I now have a better understanding of how to address the
challenge of getting strong candidates from these regions into
ICANN leadership positions. It is not that these regions are the
only underrepresented regions.. there are others, but currently
they are MORE under represented than most other regions. The
challenge is not so much to have large numbers of candidates from
these regions, but to get people that really meet the
qualifications and that are so strong that they can come through
the initial selection phases of NomCom. This means that the
outreach has to be very focused, identifying people that have the
specific skills needed for specific leadership positions.. not
just people who are in general interested in taking a leadership
role in ICANN. I feel more able to do this well in a second round
on NomCom than I did during my first term.<br>
<br>
Finally, while the results are not yet public, I feel that I
managed to do well during my first term on NomCom. In spite of
many challenges we as a NomCom selected candidates that will
strengthen gender diversity and other forms of diversity in ICANN
leadership. I do not take credit for this - it was a collective
achievement, and only time will tell how the community feels about
it. But I really believe that as a NomCom we selected the
strongest possible candidates in the final phases of the selection
process. I look forward to feedback.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/07/2018 20:39, Renata Aquino
Ribeiro wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Dear all
The EC has evaluated the applications for Nomcom rep and has decided
to reappoint Anriette Esterhuysen.
It was mentioned that the 1st term of the rep was very important for
the decision and congratulations for a job well done and best wishes
for a 2019 term.
Best,
Renata
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