[NCUC-DISCUSS] Candidate Statement for European Representative of NCUC Executive Committee

[Seun Ojedeji]

Once again +1 to Farzy

Cheers!

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On 20 Nov 2015 10:20, "farzaneh badii" <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please find below my candidate statement. If you have any questions and
> want to know more about me and my activities within ICANN and my plans as
> an EC member (if I get elected) , please do not hesitate to contact me.
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> *STATEMENT OF FARZANEH BADII*
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> *CANDIDATE FOR EUROPEAN REGION REPRESENTATIVE ON THE NCUC EXECUTIVE
> COMMITTEE*
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> *1. Why do you want to serve on the EC?*
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> *Positive impact on NCUC operational and the administrative matters*: The
> Executive Committee (EC) is one of the important pillars of NCUC governance
> structure. The EC influences the operational and administrative matters of
> NCUC and allows the members to get engaged with the substance of ICANN
> policy and makes the non-commercial users participation within ICANN more
> effective.  I have strong policy experience from both my professional and
> volunteer activities; I will carry out these tasks efficiently, and use my
> skills to work with and support my colleagues.
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> *In-reach and outreach*: I specifically want to serve on EC to help with
> in-reach and outreach. My strategies consist of reaching out to those
> active in other Internet governance (IG) organisations and who are not yet
> active in NCUC. I also would like to conduct outreach beyond those already
> within the IG field and create interest in wider community especially
> technical community activists.
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> I hope to seek out European and other non-commercial users and raise
> awareness about NCUC's important mission of protecting the rights of
> non-commercial users on the Internet. I also want to focus on potential
> members in those countries that have not been active or do not have a
> member in NCUC. I also would like to organize in-reach, by communicating
> individually with the new and old NCUC members who are less active and
> explain what we do and how they can get engaged; ideally I would like to
> give them a personalized plan of action based on their experience that
> would allow them to become active in different initiatives.
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> *Strengthening women’s presence:* I also have plans for strengthening
> women's presence within NCUC. To start, this can be done by informing
> various women IG coalitions, communicating and coordinating to ensure they
> are informed about NCUC activities, and why our work is relevant to them.
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> 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.*
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> *Academic and professional background: *I received my bachelor degree
> from Mazandaran University in Iran, and then moved to England and received
> my masters’ degree in international law at Kingston University.
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> I worked in Switzerland for the United Nations Internet Governance Forum
> and am currently a doctoral candidate at Hamburg University, Germany. I am
> based in Berlin and a fellow at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and
> Society. As you can gather, I have lived, studied and worked in a number of
> European countries, namely the UK, Switzerland and Germany. I speak
> English, reasonable French and am learning German (and am a native Farsi
> speaker).
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> *Substantive and operational experience:* I work with global and European
> organizations and think tanks active in IG, for example the Internet
> Governance Project (Milton Mueller and Brenden Kuerbis) and Internet and
> Jurisdiction Project (Bertrand de La Chapelle and Paul Fehlinger). I have
> worked with the UN IGF and EuroDIG (European Internet Governance Forum) and
> am familiar with their organizational structures and have carried out
> administrative and operational tasks that facilitate participation in
> policymaking processes. I have arranged the UN-IGF meeting both in person
> and remotely, and have organized and managed many of the preparatory
> processes. I am in close contacts with many IG initiatives in Europe and
> this will help me recruiting new members.
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> *Experience within ICANN:* Within ICANN, I have been active in
> discussions of the CCWG-accountability of ICANN and have helped promote
> NCUC goals in the CCWG. I am formulating a working party on visas to
> overcome the challenges for obtaining visa to attend ICANN meetings. I have
> been a part of the fellowship program and belong to its mentorship program,
> this experience help me support new NCUC members as well. I am also working
> on the transparency issues of ICANN which needs specific attention.
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> *Within broader IG landscape*, I am carrying out research on ccTLD policy
> and on Regional Internet Registries' accountability. I have a broad
> knowledge of the IG ecosystem.  I am active in other Internet governance
> processes, such as the IGF, at the recent IGF in Brazil I co-organized a
> workshop on the IANA transition and a dynamic coalition on accountability.
> I have also organized workshops on online dispute resolution (IGF-Baku) and
> fiber optic issues (IGF-Turkey).
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> *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?  Describe any concerns or limitations on
> your ability to attend online meetings of the Executive Committee and ICANN
> Meetings in person. *
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> I am fully committed to the EC. I have other projects to work on, however
> I have considered the time commitment before accepting the nomination.  I
> mainly manage my own work schedule and can commit to being able to join
> calls at most times of day/night. I am fortunate that my research and work
> interests often overlap with ICANN, so devoting more time it quite easy. It
> is also intellectually rewarding.  I already travel extensively for my
> work/research, I understand the potential EC schedule and it is
> acceptable.
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> *4. Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep
> members apprised of your EC-related activities?*
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> Communication strategies: I think we need to be transparent in the work of
> the EC, and will work with my EC colleagues to make this happen. I will
> have a separate mailing list for the European members in order to inform
> them about important issues that are being discussed at ICANN as well as my
> progress and my role. I will provide a quarterly report of my activities
> and have quarterly teleconferences and also on demand teleconferences. I
> will have a separate Twitter account for the Europeans to be able to reach
> out to me at any time and receive updates easily. I also do not bind myself
> to one means of communication, if the European members have different
> preferences as regards to communication tools, I will happily consider
> them.
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> *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?  *
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> The NCUC will to continue to grow, and we are already a large
> constituency, putting the membership management system in place is a
> priority.  I would like to see members being able to learn from each
> other.  The skills members have are one of our big assets.  I have
> experience with membership/volunteer management.
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> The EC is not really a policy body in NCUC, however, in the short term
> implementing the transition proposals, and supporting non-commercial
> principles in that process should be on NCUC agenda.
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> We need to also ensure work stream 2 commitments in CCWG-accountability,
> are honored and implemented.  Protecting privacy, and the work of the human
> rights working party are also of importance. We should also ensure that the
> new meeting strategy supports non-commercial user participation and
> interests. I will be happy to inform the European members about these
> issues.
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> Best regards,
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> Farzaneh
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