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<p>I am very happy to see that you accepted the nomination
Benjamin! Hopefully this year we will be getting back to normal
at least in part.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Stephanie Perrin<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2022-05-05 11:59 a.m., Benjamin
Akinmoyeje wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear Farzaneh,</div>
<div>Thank you for nominating me for re-election for the
position of NCUC Chair. It has been a challenging year leading
this unique community and also a learning opportunity. I hope
to continue giving my best to NCUC,hence I accept the
nomination.</div>
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<div>Candidate statement </div>
<div>Name: Benjamin Akinmoyeje<br>
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Declared region of residence: Africa<br>
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Gender: Male<br>
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Employment: PhD Research Student<br>
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Any conflicts of interest: None<br>
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Questions:<br>
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<b> Why do you want to serve on the EC?</b> I want to
continue 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 post-Covid19, I also want to help enhance
our visibility as ICANN resumes physical engagements.<br>
I look forward to continuing to help our community to grow in
technical capacity, and to contribute to the PDPs. I want to
help improve our web presence as our website requires a major
revamp.<br>
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<div> <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>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 all the virtual ICANN meetings and
currently NCUC chair, I was able to initiate NCUC members call
and it led to some positive engagements. I have managed to
keep the NCUC twitter handle engaged during ICANN virtual
meetings.<br>
<b>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. 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>
As a research student and current NCUC chair, 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>
<b>Communication with the membership is critical. How
would you keep members apprised of your EC-related
activities?</b> <br>
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<div>As the NCUC Chair, I will continue to improve
communication with the community, I hope to improve NCUC
online presence with more social media engagements . As a
chair, the monthly EC meetings will continue to and also
devise quarterly calls or virtual town hall meetings for NCUC
members.<br>
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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> The virtual ICANN
engagement for the past two years have been a major decider
for NCUC's activities and 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 and SSAD ODA issues, phase 2. DNS Abuse, (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.</div>
<div>I look forward to working with the elected ECs to ensure
that NCUC's voice remains relevant in the ICANN
multistakeholder space.</div>
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Kind regards,<br>
Benjamin <br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 7:11 PM
Raymond Mamattah <<a href="mailto:mamattah.raymond@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">mamattah.raymond@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px">I second this
nomination. Ben has been a great chair and deserves
another term. </span><br style="font-size:12.8px">
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<div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">Regards,</div>
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Raymond Mamattah<br>
Accra, Ghana <br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 3, 2022, 5:02
PM farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I want to
nominate Benjamin for the NCUC chair position.
Benjamin truly cares about NCUC success and its
members, he is also very good at navigating tough
issues and conflicts. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best regards </div>
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