[NCUC-DISCUSS] IMPORTANT: 2021 NCUC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTIONS - Nominations end tomorrow, Thursday, 27 May 2021, 2359 UTC

h i hfaiedh.ines2 at gmail.com
Thu May 27 23:20:28 CEST 2021 

Thank you Maryam for your email and Ken for your personal statement that I
enjoyed reading.

 Kindly find below my candidate statement for the EC Africa seat.

Name: Ines Hfaiedh, Declared Region of residence: Africa, Gender: Female,
Employment: Teacher and  ICT Implementation in Education Specialist.

Conflicts of Interest : None

Why do you want to serve on the EC?
I wish to serve on the NCUC Executive Committee first to represent my
region Africa in the best way possible in the next EC team. I hope to bring
back the active participation and discussions that we used to have in the
African mailing list, as well as the mentoring initiative that ECs used to
perform towards newcomers from their region.  I am confident that my
academic, civil society, technical and administrative backgrounds in
addition to my three year experience as an EC would help me achieve these
goals and contribute to the well functioning of the constituency
administration.

 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 a teacher and ICT Implementation in Education Specialist. I had the
chance to be a recipient of a number of prestigious scholarships and
fellowships among which was The Fulbright FLTA Fellowship which enabled me
to study and be a Teaching Assistant at the Catholic University of America
in Washington DC, USA. I am also a Diplo-certified Curator and Rapporteur
and was among the first cohort of Diplo-certified Online Moderators in
2020.
I have joined NCUC since ICANN 55 which was my first experience as a Fellow
and had the chance to be back as a Coach several times where I introduced
newcomers to NCUC before the actual meeting and during their fellowship
sessions. I have been in charge of the Secretariat of the last two editions
of ICANN's MEAC SIG (School of Internet Governance) I am a member of
ICANN’s Intercultural Awareness Program which we hope to bring back its
shine.
I had the chance to be a Guest Speaker and session organiser at IGF
2016-2017-2019 and Booth Lead at IGF 2018 and Rightscon 2019. I was also a
guest at several local, regional and international conferences such as the
World Bank Group Youth Summit on “Rethinking Education for the next
Millennium” and the European Educational Tool Portal has shared my tool of
'Interactive ICT Implementation in Formal and Informal Learning' and
selected it for the International Tool Fair in Budapest, Hungary.

 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.
For the EC responsibilities, I generally do not see time limitations and
concerns in performing the required tasks especially that now not only work
but our life has shifted a little bit more to an online format. Besides, I
enjoy some flexibility to attend meetings in person (if the format is back
to in-person) as my job nurtures personal and professional development.
During my previous terms, I had managed to organise my time in a way which
enabled me to do some extra activities such as webinars for the Africa
membership.

 Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members
apprised of your EC-related activities?
I would keep members up-dated on our EC-related activities as well as news,
call for comments etc through our NCUC mailing list and webinars when time
allows. Also I wish to reactive our Tweeter account which used to be quite
active from the part of all ECs. I also hope to keep the members apprised
on our events through the NCUC blogs on our website to which I had
previously contributed.

 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? Incumbent
candidates should answer in a manner that is both backward and
forward-looking, i.e. taking note of their contributions and work in the
previous year.
I believe that NCUC has always played a crucial role in defending
non-commercial users’ rights. Those who have been here for some time know
how our experienced/veterans have been at pains to protect those rights
within ICANN’s policy processes and the IANA transition.  That said, I am
confident that the constituency can still do more in voicing the
Non-Commercial Users concerns and defending their interests. I had
previously expressed that the real challenge is making the members actually
act as multipliers within their respective communities and that was brought
to the discussion later by the ICANN board on a joint meeting. I wish that
we also keep a spirit of openness and consultation with our membership and
keep them in the loop of current discussions for more efficiency in our
contributions.
I thank you for this opportunity and looking forward to serving the
membership if elected.

Best regards

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Le jeu. 27 mai 2021 à 02:04, Ken Herman <ken at kherman.com> a écrit :

> Thank you, Maryam, for the reminder. My candidate statement follows. I
> hope it is satisfactory.  I would again like to express my gratitude to
> Olga for the nomination.
>
>
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> *Candidate Statement:*
>
>
>
> *Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment*; Kenneth
> Herman/North America/Male/Technology Consulting
>
>
>
> *Any conflicts of interest; *I am unaware of any conflicts of interest.
>
>
>
> *Please provide a short (one or two paragraphs) answer to the following
> questions:*
>
>
>
> *Why do you want to serve on the EC? *After a lengthy career that has a
> substantial non-profit, community development focus, I believe that the
> NCUC EC is a natural fit as I gain experience with the ICANN processes. My
> experience leading multistakeholder, multicultural discussions and
> decision-making processes on community topics might be useful to the
> Executive Committee.
>
>
>
> *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. *In a former career as a UN staff member for many years I regularly
> attended the IGF meetings and the WSIS forums, including in the 2019 WSIS
> forum presenting in a high-level panel on gender equality in technology, an
> interest I have pursued as an advisor to a New York-based institution
> working in that area. With that same organization I have helped to organize
> events at the UN that bring together international policy specialists with
> young people to advocate for gender balance in STEM fields.
>
>
>
> I have also become more immersed in the ICANN processes by self-financing
> my attendance at ICANN 63 (Barcelona), 64 (Kobe) and 66 (Montreal), with a
> focus on the non-commercial sessions.
>
>
>
> I have had my own personal domain since 1998 and have been instrumental in
> guiding non-profit organizations and individuals to the Internet. For
> example, I assisted in getting the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (
> unscn.org) disentangled from the UN presence on the Internet by
> establishing their own domain (I did the initial registration and connected
> them with the appropriate local resources to maintain the Internet
> presence) and I did the same for a special interest group of returned Peace
> Corps volunteers to form a country-specific site, also by initiating their
> registration and ultimate transfer to the appropriate technical support
> services.
>
>
>
> *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. *I do not have any specific concerns or limitations regarding
> online participation in meetings of the EC, or in-person meetings when they
> resume. As mentioned, I have self-funded my attendance at many recent ICANN
> meetings over the past few years. While professional, and other,
> commitments may at times place limitations, I expect to be able to satisfy
> any reasonable time commitment required. My expectation is that there will
> be periods that will require substantial time, perhaps spanning many days
> over a period of weeks.
>
>
>
>
>
> *Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members
> apprised of your EC-related activities? *I understand that communication
> is a necessary element of community engagement, and in addition to the
> normal networking tools available, I would try to reach out individually to
> members for their input.
>
>
>
> *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?
> Incumbent candidates should answer in a manner that is both backward and
> forward-looking, i.e. taking note of their contributions and work in the
> previous year. *As someone who is relatively new to the process, I would
> not presume to have suggestions that impact the NCUC function, scale or
> role. That said, I have observed within ICANN (not so much the org, but the
> greater community) a substantial focus on satisfying the needs of
> commercial entities, perhaps at the expense of the rights of individuals or
> other non-commercial stakeholders. As part of the community I hope to
> strengthen by ability to advocate for a greater non-commercial voice within
> the entire ICANN ecosystem. Within NCUC, my observation is that there may
> be some benefit to a stronger human-centred approach to policy in a way
> that focuses more directly on users, rather than institutions.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Ncuc-discuss <ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org> *On Behalf Of *Maryam
> Bakoshi
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 26, 2021 4:45 PM
> *To:* NCUC Discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
> *Subject:* [NCUC-DISCUSS] IMPORTANT: 2021 NCUC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
> ELECTIONS - Nominations end tomorrow, Thursday, 27 May 2021, 2359 UTC
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Please note that the nomination period for the 2021 NCUC leadership
> elections ends tomorrow, *Thursday, 27 May 2021, 2359 UTC*.
>
>
>
> Nominated candidates are *required* to send the following statement to
> the NCUC discuss list by the deadline of tomorrow Thursday, 27 May 2021,
> 2359 UTC.
>
>  * Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment;
>  * Any conflicts of interest;
>
> Questions:
>
>    1.  Why do you want to serve on the EC?
>    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.
>    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.
>    4.  Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep
>    members apprised of your EC-related activities?
>    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?
>    Incumbent candidates should answer in a manner that is both backward and
>    forward-looking, i.e. taking note of their contributions and work in the
>    previous year.
>
> The statements should be relatively concise, e.g. a couple paragraphs per
> question
>
> The current list of nominees are below.
>
>
>
>
>
> Position/Region
>
> Name of Candidate
>
> *Nominated By*
>
> *Status*
>
> *Candidate Statement*
>
> Chair
>
> Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix
>
> Reynaldo Alonso Reyes
>
> No
>
> N/A
>
> Benjamin Akinmoyeje
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> Yes
>
> EC Africa (AF)
>
> Taiwo Akinremi
>
> Tomslin Samme-Nlar
>
> Yes
>
> Ines Hfaiedh
>
> Olévié A. A. KOUAMI
>
> Yes
>
> EC Europe (EU)
>
> EC Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)
>
> Lia Hernández
>
> Reynaldo Alonso Reyes
>
> EC Asia Pacific (APAC)
>
> Mili Semlani
>
> Olga Kyryliuk
>
> No
>
> EC North America (NA)
>
> Ken Herman
>
> Olga Kyryliuk
>
> Yes
>
>
>
> --
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> *Maryam Bakoshi* | SO/AC Collaboration Services Sr. Coordinator
>
> *ICANN* | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>
> *S*: maryam.bakoshi.icann | *T*: +44 7846 471777
>
>
>
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