<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dear All</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Below is my <span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">candidate</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">statement</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">,</span></span></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>!- Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment;</div><div>Hago Dafalla</div><div>Sudanese national residing in Sudan, Africa</div><div>Male</div><div>Lecturer , Ahlya University, Sudan..</div><div>2- Any conflicts of interest:</div><div>no</div><div>3--Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position: </div><div>I am involved in the NCSG community since 2012. I volunteered in different ICANN Working group previously. </div><div>I would like to volunteer for the NCSG position for this period. I do believe I am familiar with the duties and expectations for such a role, and with the provisions in the NCSG charter.</div><div>4- I am aiming:</div><div>To keep advocating for NCSG positions and non-commercial interests. in particular with the new and continuous challenges within ICANN. </div><div>For that purpose, I will do my best to keep NCSG membership informed about NCSG Executive Committee activities and ICANN updates in general. I also want to emphasize working and cooperating with the members of committees to make us more effective, coordinated for the benefit of the whole NCSG. I will also work with all leadership of NCSG constituencies NCUC and NPOc</div><div>As NCSG council member. Surly I will keep focusing on helping newcomers and those interested in policy to grasp more about ICANN and in particular how GNSO . I will Work to pump new blood into the organization and encourage others to get involved in this organization and play an effective role by nominating themselves and competing to occupy these executive positions in this organization, which has remained limited to specific groups and specific people exchanging executive positions in it. It is time for change.</div><div>5- Qualifications for the position:</div><div>I served in many positions and I am interests in several roles , I am aware about new members' needs, expectations but also keeping learning about them, also I know the challenges that still need to be dealt with in this organization. </div><div><br></div><div>As I said before I participated in several ICANN working groups. I served as Multistackholder advisory groub for Arab IGF and for North Africa IGF. I participate in the first Netmundial by several topics. </div><div> I was the AfriNic NOMCOM Member for 2011 and 2012.</div><div>6- Statement of availability for the time the position requires:</div><div>Yes, I am available and committing as NCSG council member to allocate the required time to do what is expected and go beyond when needed.</div><div><br></div><div>7- The nominee’s statement may also include any other information that the candidate believes is relevant: </div><div>What matters most to me is to be more effective and to truly represent NCSG that meets the aspirations of its members and employees, to be satisfied with myself, and to ensure its sustainability. I am interested in teamwork and need to work with others to achieve NCSG goals. for more information see my C.V attached here.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dr. Hago Dafalla</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"><tr><td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"></a></td><td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">خالٍ من الفيروسات.<a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div></body></html>