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

[João Carlos Rebello Caribé]

Strong support Farzaneh.


Em 20/11/2015, às 07:20, farzaneh badii escreveu:

> 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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