[NCUC-DISCUSS] Nomination of Shahul Hameed to NCUC EC AP

Wed Sep 19 22:16:09 CEST 2018

Dear all,

Please find my candidate statement below:
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*Shahul Hameed - Asia/Australia/Pacific Region (Male)*

Employment: Self-employed

Any conflicts of interest: None

Time commitment

I will be available to carry my duty and I've recently moved to a
freelancer mode which provides me with more available time to contribute.

Brief bio

I’m a Computer Science engineering graduate and a programmer by profession.
My first involvement with IG dates back to the historic SaveTheInternet
campaign in India, back in 2015, as a volunteer, we urged people to send
comments to The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to uphold a
fair and open Internet and eventually succeeded. Later, I started involving
with ISOC Trivandrum Chapter which helped me land a fellowship to attend
the first India School of Internet Governance at Hyderabad in 2016 and
started to follow the IG eco-system ever since. ICANN57 was my first ICANN
event and has helped me gain an understanding and enabled me to work with
like-minded civil societies to help shape the future of internet access and
digital rights in the country. I co-founded Youth4Rights.asia, a digital
rights organization, with like-minded people I met during ICANN57 from
different parts of Asia and we organized a Day-0 event at RightsCon 2017, a
capacity building program for young people to learn about the many digital
rights issues impacting them. Furthermore, attendance at APSIG 2017 gave me
a lot of ideas about the various IG related issues that are specific to our
region.

As the home for civil society organizations and individuals which advocates
positions on domain name-related policies that protect and support
noncommercial communication and activity on the Internet, I started
involving in NCUC and was one of the selected mentees for ICANN 61 to
attend NCUC Policy Course. I followed the course and eventually, it helped
me to engage in the public comment drafting process on the Open Data
Initiative Datasets and Metadata which we submitted on 27th July. I
proposed the #AskNCUC project, which showcases the amazing work we do at
NCUC to a global audience and helped EC to organize 3 editions of the same,
with 2 editions in the pipeline. I’m currently the Secretary of ISOC TRV
Chapter, Steering Committee Member of India School on Internet Governance
(2018) and also the Ad-hoc Multi-Stakeholder Group member of Youth IGF
India.

My strategy if I were to be elected as the Asia Pacific NCUC Rep
I aim to work as a team player in supporting other members and chair, also
would take initiative whenever needed by making constructive proposals
aligned to our goals. I would also like to bring a metric based approach to
all the organizational goals we set so that we can easily measure the
outcome and correct if needed. Few ideas which I would focus on in terms of
my vision regarding NCUC are as follows:

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   Keep the existing members aware of our initiatives and the work we
do (*periodic
   updates in the form of summary emails/newsletters*) and engage them in a
   meaningful way (*member's call specific to a region*).
   -

   Assist the existing members' participation in policy development by
   strengthening our existing initiatives and also attract newcomers to the
   process by continuing the initiatives like the Policy Writing Course.
   -

   Expand the effectiveness of the outreach activities we organize through
   with a metric driven approach and also improve the impact of #AskNCUC
   project.
   -

   Ensure the representation of NCUC in major events that are happening in
   the region and recruit potential future members.
   -

   Make the most of the ICANN 64 event that’s happening in our region
   (Kobe) in terms of in-reach and outreach on NCUC.

Working closely with the members of current EC team and the veterans of
NCUC as part of the #AskNCUC project was indeed a great learning experience
in terms of understanding the impact of the tasks of the EC and inspired me
to accept the nomination. And I strongly believe I will be able to serve
the NCUC Executive Committee as the Asia/Australia/Pacific Region
representative as someone who’s from the region and understands the unique
opportunities and challenges posed by the region.

Advocating for an open and equal Internet is where I started my IG journey
and I assure you that I would continue the same and will also work to
pursue NCUC's participation within the IG community.

Regards,
Shahul Hameed,
@Shahul_Hameed_ |  (+91) 9495379530

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 12:57 PM Shah Rahman <shah.zahidur at gmail.com> wrote:

> I also support shahul nomination and I believe he has capabilities.
>
> BR//Shah Zahidur Rahman
>
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, 12:49 Shahul Hameed, <shahul at computer.org> wrote:
>
>> Thank you very much, Elsa, for the nomination and others for the support.
>> I am honoured to accept this nomination.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Shahul Hameed,
>> @Shahul_Hameed_ |  (+91) 9495379530
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:17 AM sabarinath pillai <sabaripillai at ieee.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to wholeheartedly support Elsa's nomination of Shahul
>>> Hameed as Asia Pacific representative to NCUC EC.
>>>
>>> It has been a pleasure to work alongside Shahul during last few years at
>>> Internet Society Trivandrum Chapter and I've been able to follow his
>>> development closely.  He's part of the Youth4Rights.asia, a digital rights
>>> organization in Asia, and organized a satellite event namely, Youth4Rights
>>> at RightsCon 2017. He has been an inSIG Fellow (2016) and has ever since
>>> helped organize the same in 2017, is now part of the Steering Committee for
>>> 2018 edition and is also an active member at Asia Pacific School of
>>> Internet Governance Community and has attended the 2017 edition as well. He
>>> is currently working on the first ever Youth IGF in India, which is
>>> scheduled on 12th October as a Day-0 event of inSIG 2018.
>>>
>>> AskNCUC, a project he came up with, has helped several members including
>>> me to know in depth about the various policy-related matters in NCUC.
>>>
>>> I am sure he is the best option to take over the Asian seat on the NCUC
>>> EC. His Asian and international experience, his knowledge, his skills would
>>> suit this position perfectly.
>>>
>>> And I hope he would accept the nomination.
>>>
>>> Happy Volunteering!!! Thanks and Regards.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Sabarinath G*
>>> *Vice Chair - Kochi Subsection <http://kochi.ieeekerala.org/>*
>>>
>>> *Vice Chair - ISoC TRV <http://isoctrv.in/>**Chair -** Student
>>> Activities Committee*
>>>
>>> *Chair - Young Professionals IEEE <http://www.ieee.org/> Kerala Section
>>> <http://www.ieeekerala.org/>*
>>>
>>> *directline: +91 9447583520*
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