<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Dear NCUC members,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Thank you, Stephanie, for the nomination and constituency for giving me this opportunity to serve as the Chair. This is </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><b>Name</b>: Benjamin Akinmoyeje</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><b>Declared region of residence</b>: Africa</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><b>Gender</b>: Male</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><b>Employment:</b> PhD Research Student</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><b>Any conflicts of interest:</b> None<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Questions:</span><br></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><b> Why do you want to serve on the EC? </b><u></u><u></u></span>

<span lang="EN-US"> </span>I want to serve on the EC because I want to help promote the voice of the non commercial constituency and advance the cause of the group, I also want to help enhance our visibility especially as the current period requires new means of engagement.<br>I look forward to continuing to help our community to grow in technical capacity, and to  contribute to the PDPs.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"> <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>Currently a PhD students of Informatics, Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Namibia University of Science and Technology, conducting academic research in the area of persuasive technology and mHealth apps for stress management amongst university students, I am the current EC Africa, and I am part of HR CCWP, part of multiple ICANN71 planning committees, also have contributed to some members training capacity building iniatives, support the social media outreach efforts of the NCUC.<br></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span lang="EN-US"> 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. <u></u><u></u></span>he 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>As a research student, I have the privilege of time to participate actively in the ICANN process for up to 10 hours weekly to attend ICANN online meetings, possible area of concern may be the occasional need for quality internet access at meeting hours while I am at home.<br></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"> <b>Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?</b> <u></u><u></u></span>As the chair and having seen previous ways past chairs have  communicated with the community, I hope to emulate their communication style of always keeping members in the loop and also try to improve on it by actively engaging other platforms that technology has provided.<br>Such as social media platforms like Whatsapp and Twitter. As a chair, the monthly EC meetings will continue to  and also devise quarterly calls or virtual town hall meetings for NCUC members.<br><br></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><b> 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>      </span>NCUC's functions in the future will only expand as the need for protection of the non-commercial individual users of DNS increases, as we begin to see ICANN being drawn to issues such as content moderation, and the EPDP phase 2 , use of AI, free speech (freedom of expression online) and the challenges of digital rights/ Human Rights.There may be a need for NCUC to consolidate with other SGs with similar  interests to push a common agenda. In the phase of multiple regulatory laws, and ICANN needs to continue to function, we must continue to voice the non-commercial perspective and the policies that I can develop. More than ever before individual rights to privacy and data protection have been challenged in DNS space, the situation calls for NCUC to be alert to ensure ICANN policies are sensitive to these realities.</li></ol><div><font color="#002060"><br></font></div><div><font color="#002060"><br></font></div><div><font color="#002060">Kind regards,</font></div><div><font color="#002060">Benjamin </font></div><div><font color="#002060"><br></font></div></div>