<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone, here is my statement for the NCUC EC LAC position.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'll ask for your forgiveness if any of the answers have a substantial gap, we are finishing the week-long Brazilian Internet Governance Forum, so most of my time and energy is focused on that for now (:</div><div><b><br></b></div><div>
<ul><li><b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Why do you want to serve on the EC? </span></b></li></ul><div>I believe that the NCUC played a fundamental role in building the Domain Name System (and the Internet in general) as we know it today, which seems to have happened a lot due to the Herculean effort of these few people resisting the attempts groups and individuals with much more resources and power. I find the strength that the non-commercial has within ICANN impressive compared to other IG spaces, which is a tradition that must be preserved and, whenever possible, advanced. I would like to continue being a part of it and, - most of all, I believe that maintaining what has been built until now requires a lot of dedication, and I would love not only to continue being a part of this process but also to encourage a more internally harmonized and impactful non-commercial group.</div><ul><li><b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> 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 </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">NCUC</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Executive Committee, and identify any conflicts of interests you might have.</span></b></li></ul><div>I'm coming from an "interim mandate" at the NCUC EC, at a time when the LAC community is finding it difficult to mobilize among the non-commercial community. I believe that this period, although it was mainly marked by being a learning period in this new role, was very fruitful regarding results to the NCUC, especially in reaching new people from the Youth programs and involving them in the NCUC and the NCSG, even from regions other than LAC. Before joining the NCUC EC, I was (and still am) on the board of the Brazilian chapter of the Internet Society, Creative Commons Brasil and the Instituto Observatório do Direito Autoral ("Copyright Observatory Institute", an NGO).<br></div><div>Before that, I was on ISOC Youth SIG (now Youth SG) board from 2020-2022. I am the current coordinator (although this is a formal position, we share the real coordination among a small group of 7 people) of the YouthLACIGF and, until recently, the local coordinator/focal point of the 2024 Brazilian NRI ("Fórum da Internet no Brasil"). </div><div>Regarding possible conflicts of interest, I don't believe there are any to declare. However, for transparency reasons (the info is in my SOI as well), I currently work as legal counsel at NIC.br, the ".br" ccTLD registry - but I do not represent the organization within ICANN, and my efforts here are focused on non-commercial objectives, considering my civil society and academic background.<br></div><ul><li><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><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.</b></span></li></ul><div>I have 3 hours of my week reserved for ICANN work while being able to allocate a few more hours depending on the need and having enough time to plan in advance. Like many others in this constituency and Stakeholder Group, I have a tight schedule, but the experience with these few months at the EC has shown that adequate planning and really using the reserved time for focused ICANN work is sufficient. When there is a supervening conflict of agenda, I let my EC colleagues know in advance, then watch the recording and contribute asynchronously. <br></div><ul><li><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b> Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?</b></span></li></ul><div>I believe that we, as an EC, have not been communicating enough with the community, and this should change. As elected representatives, it is important to enhance transparency and proper reporting on the activities carried out, so that we can be held accountable by the group we represent. A few weeks ago, I suggested and we approved in the NCUC EC that we implement a mechanism of continuous reporting of our activities, detailing who is doing what, so the community can follow the level of engagement of their representatives and what are the results they are delivering.<br></div><ul><li><b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> How do you foresee </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">NCUC</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">’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. </span></b></li></ul>
</div><div>I do not think NCUC's essential objectives or roles will be changing profoundly in the next few years. A few large tasks, especially in the policy field and developed together with the NCSG, are still ongoing and need to be continued. However, I believe three important things need to be changed or improved: (i) compared to our history, there is a visible necessity of recovering an image of experts in certain important subjects, so capacity building and documentation of previous positions are essential; (ii) more cooperation and joint activities between different parts and members of the NCSG as a whole; (iii) more activities in between ICANN Meetings, so we don't lose the engagement momentum that exists right after the face-to-face encounters. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Cordially,<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><b>Pedro de Perdigão Lana</b><br></font></font></span><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.nic.br/" target="_blank">Lawyer</a>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.gedai.com.br/" target="_blank">GEDAI/UFPR</a> Researcher</font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)</font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">Board Member @ <a href="https://br.creativecommons.net/" target="_blank">CC Brasil</a>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://isoc.org.br/" target="_blank">ISOC BR</a></font></font></span> and <a href="https://ioda.org.br/" target="_blank">IODA</a></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">This message is restricted to the sender and recipient(s). If received by mistake, please reply informing it.</span></font></div></div></div></div></div>