[NCUC-DISCUSS] Mili Semlani - Candidate statement (NCUC EC - APAC)

Wed Jun 5 12:21:48 CEST 2019

Thank you for your support! and hope to be working with you as NCUC Chair :)

- With gratitude
Mili Semlani
Media Consultant

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On Fri, 31 May 2019 at 23:08, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Mili,
>
> Thank you for sending in your candidate statement, I am happy to see you
> running for NCUC APAC EC representative and would like to add my support to
> you here. Additionally, it is really nice to see previous grantees of the
> NCUC Fellowship program running for our leadership positions, that only
> shows how willing to help us you all are.
>
> Best of luck in the upcoming elections!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruna Santos
> NCUC
>
> Le ven. 31 mai 2019 à 08:21, Mili Semlani <milisemlani at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> Dear all,
>>    It has been a short but extremely enriching journey at both ICANN and
>> NCUC so far. Since I am more engaged at the APAC level, I am keen on being
>> the NCUC EC for APAC. I hope the below statement will help you know me
>> better.
>>
>> Thank you for your consideration and support.
>>
>> *Name: *Mili Semlani
>> *Region*: APAC
>> *Gender:* Female
>> *Employment:* Media consultant
>> *Conflict of Interest:* None
>>
>> *Why do you want to serve on the EC? *
>> As a youth participant in IG, my interaction with ICANN began as a
>> fellow. Spending over four years living, working as a journalist and
>> engaging in local/regional IG discussions in the APAC community has given
>> me a good understanding of the issues and needs of the people in the
>> region. I want to enhance the quality and quantity of increasing number of
>> Asian internet users, and youth participants in the multistakeholder policy
>> making process at ICANN. Serving as the NCUC EC for APAC will help me in
>> this capacity building initiative.
>>
>> *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 have been involved in the IG space since 2014 and since I started as a
>> youth ambassador (NetMission), representing the voice and strengthening
>> youth participation. I have gained relative experience in recognising
>> and addressing barriers for youth to participate and remain engaged in
>> regional, local and international forums. My work with the BPF Gender
>> and Access at IGF has also enhanced my knowledge and interest in topics
>> related to gender and ICT with a special focus on how ICT can be used to
>> fight gender issues in developing Asian economies. I also lead a community
>> of ICT women in India to foster a group of highly engaged and active
>> participants in the IG sphere and bridge the representation gap. I am
>> currently co-chair of the Program Committee in MSG  and we collectively
>> work on the workshop submission guidelines, themes and sub themes for
>> APrIGF 2018, etc. Since 2017 I also actively contribute to the synthesis
>> document that records the discussions at APrIGF as a part of Drafting
>> Committee.
>> At the local level, I am championing a women at IG group to build a
>> community of women from India (either in STEM careers or IG related fields)
>> to strengthen the voice of women in the region thereby.
>> I also lead the newly formed Youth4IG– a regional group for all IG
>> engaged youth and fellows of various IG programmes that seeks to educate
>> young internet users in Asia and facilitate their engagement at IG forums.
>> Fortunately for me, all my other roles align and enhance my role as NCUC
>> EC.
>>
>> *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.*
>> As a communications specialist, I work independently and remotely. Thanks
>> to that, I have gained an entrepreneurial approach to work. Working in
>> diverse cultural backgrounds across Asia has enhanced cross cultural
>> communication, greatly honed my ability to switch between comfort zones,
>> and adapt easily. I have been balancing my time at work and volunteering in
>> IG forums for over 5 years now and I am increasingly committed to make the
>> Asian voice count– given it is and will be the largest number of internet
>> users in the world.
>>
>> *Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep
>> members apprised of your EC-related activities?*
>> A key part of my education and profession, communication is precisely
>> what I found weak as an NCUC APAC member. With adequate channels to reach
>> out these days, in my other capacities at Youth4IG, APrIGF, etc. I have
>> used a combination of tools like social media, newsletters and even monthly
>> virtual meetings. I will use lessons from my former positions to not only
>> bring the NCUC APAC members to the fore but also usher in new memberships
>> and take NCUC missions to the masses.
>>
>> *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?*
>> While I am relatively new to NCUC to predict changes, enhancing micro
>> communication (in this case at regional level) is essential. As a youth
>> fellow, while I have always come across At Large and RALO's at capacity
>> building sessions, NCUC (which has a similar target group) was seldom heard
>> of. The recent survey is a huge step (Thanks Stephanie, Bruna and Louise)
>> and I sincerely feel regional outreach, capacity building and communication
>> can be further improved.
>>
>> I am happy to answer more questions here on the list or on the "meet the
>> candidates" call.
>>
>> Thank you for the nomination and good luck to all the running candidates.
>>
>> ---
>> With gratitude
>> *Mili Semlani*
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
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