[NCUC-DISCUSS] My statement

[KASWESHA]

Hi Grace! Obviously you know you have our full support, nomination requires
only a proposer and a seconder. Since you self nominated yourself you was
seconded by Seun, Ephraim and Avri and we are now waiting for the ballot
papers. Feel at home.

James

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear NCUC members
>
>
> I am grateful to Seun, Ephraim and Avri for seconding this self-
> nomination, but also request members of NCUC to support my candidacy. If
> elected, this will be my second.
>
>
> Here is my statement.
>
>
> *1.*      *Why do you want to serve on the EC?*
>
>
>  My motivation to run for a second term stems from the fact that I
> continue to be  interested in civil society engagement in not only ICANN,
> but also in Internet governance Issues. The Internet is dynamic and
> continues to evolve, and with this dynamism, new issues continue to crop
> up.  Most of these issues call for concerted efforts in their management or
> governance. It is important for Civil Society (CS) to engage in these
> issues in order to shape them. It is also important for Africa to have a
> strong voice in concerns usually raised by civil society, and NCUC offers a
> platform to raise such concerns in ICANN. Toward this end, I will
> appreciate the opportunity to serve in NCUC as I have experience in civil
> society engagement and will continue to bring in enthusiasm and energy into
> NCUC.
>
>
> *2.*      *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.*
>
>
>  I am an Associate of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) where I
> coordinate various Network debates and events that touch on policy and
> regulation in Internet governance matters. I have been involved in
> organizing the Kenya IGF, East Africa IGF, Africa IGF and the global IGF
> that took place in Kenya in 2011. I am an alumni of DIPLO and have taken
> the time to consolidate my interests in internet governance academically
> and published on the same. Before joining NCUC, I was awarded the ICANN
> fellowship two times.
>
>
> Further, I have been engaged in the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation
> on the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) for
> under a year now, and was one of small group of civil society actors from
> around the world that met both the International Telecommunications Union
> (ITU) outgoing Secretary General (SG) and the incoming one during the just
> ended Plenipotentiary 2014.  We expressed  several issues with one of them
> being that civil society was ready to support the work of the ITU
> considering that the sector has diverse expertise on matters ICTs. We also
> called for the creation of a liaison within the ITU that could aid in
> communication with and the involvement of civil society in the ITU's work.
>
>
> I was fortunate to attend the Africa IGF in Abuja, where I spoke about
> NCUC and its importance in ICANN.  Additionally in in the interest of
> increasing NCUC visibility, I did the same in Nairobi when ICANN was
> meeting the business community. In both, I tried to reach out to potential
> members and encouraged CS to 'come home' by joining NCUC.
>
>
>  *3. 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?  *
>
>
>
>  I will dedicate my time as required by the NCUC and in times when not
> available, I will endeavor to inform the rest of the EC members in good
> time. In other words, I am committing to be available.
>
>
> *4. Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep
> members apprised of your EC-related activities?*
>
>
>  I belong to multiple lists that discuss internet governance issues. I
> will continue to utilize them to share critical information as well as keep
> interested stakeholders apprised on the happenings of NCUC. I also interact
> with some NCUC members on social media and this is also another way of
> keeping them appraised.
>
>
> *5. 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? Be
> concise (200 words maximum).*
>
>
>  NCUC as a structure provides a platform where civil society in ICANN can
> articulate the voices and perspectives of no commercial users (a reason
> that draws me to NCUC). It offers representation to civil society or the
> non profits and humanizes the technical aspects in communicating users
> rights. NCUC should continue to articulate users rights in all aspects, and
> raise this voice in ICANN.
>
>
> I humbly request you NCUC members to endorce my candidature by giving me
> your vote,  and look forward to all of us reinforcing NCUC efforts in
> ICANN.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Grace
>
> ------------------------------
> From: william.drake at uzh.ch
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:28:25 +0100
> To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Status of Election Candidate Statements
>
> Hi
>
> Unless I've missed something in my mail swamp, we have received candidate
> statements from only 4 of the 10 people nominated for the 2015 EC; they are
> flagged below with an asterisk:
>
>
> 1.  Chair  Bill Drake (nominated by Avri Doria)
> 2.  EC - Europe Stefania Milan (self-nomination)
> 3.  EC - North America   *Roy Balleste (self-nomination)
> 4.  EC - Latin America/ Caribbean  João Carlos R. Caribé (self-nomination)
> 5.  EC - Asia/Australia/Pacific *Walid Al-Saqaf (nominated by David Cake)
> *Imran Ahmed Shah (self-nomination)
> Peter Green (aka Zuan Zhang) (nominated by Ed Morris)
> 6.  EC - Africa Grace Githaiga (self-nomination)
> *Lorin Ekpe (self-nomination)
> Hago Dafalla (self-nomination)
>
>
> The rest of us need to submit by Sunday 30th or we will not be listed on
> the ballot.  That includes three nominees with uncontested candidacies; if
> that situation persists, the election can't fill the EC and is a bust.  So
> let's please find the time to send something.  When we have all statements
> in we will give the names to ICANN staff to pull the trigger 1 December and
> the voting will finally be underway.  (next year I'd like to try shortening
> the cycle a bit)
>
> A reminder on receiving e-ballots: Maryam Bakoshi has been sending
> messages to the addresses we have in our member data base confirming that
> they are still valid and should receive a ballot on 1 December*.  So far
> there are still quite a few members who have not responded.  If you have
> not and wish to participate, *
> *please* *send an email to her Maryam Bakoshi maryam.bakoshi at icann.org
> <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org> so she can check it against the data base.
> Please do this as soon as possible. *While you're at it, you might want
> to double check that you are correctly listed at
> http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/  as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
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