[NCUC-DISCUSS] My statement

Fri Nov 28 15:08:28 CET 2014

hEE Grace,

Uko na support yango ya ngufu sana.
Hakuna matatizo, hakuna matata

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2014-11-26 21:56 GMT+01:00 Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>:

> 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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