[NCUC-DISCUSS] My Candidate Statement - Taiwo Peter Akinremi for EC Africa

[Akinremi Peter Taiwo]

*Dear NCUC Members, *


The subject matter refers.


*Name:* Taiwo Peter Akinremi

*Region of residence:* Africa (AF)

*Gender:* Male

*Employment:* Data Protection and Privacy Specialist (Head, Operations),
with Data Analytics Privacy Technology Ltd.

 *Any conflicts of interest:* No



*Why do you want to serve on the EC?*


   - The impact of pandemic has been felt to the level of participation in
   policy development and discussions which has in turn reduced participation.
   Volunteer burn-out is another major issue the community is facing. While we
   have experienced folks (professional background and ICANN experience), the
   participation and commitment remain low. Outreach requires a new dimension,
   monthly meetings require a new approach, while member participation calls
   for rethink.

*There are 3 points why I accepted the nomination and 5 points why I am
willing to serve as the NCUC EC Africa:*


   - Strong Regional Participation: Regional participation remains critical
   to the policy development and discussion in the ICANN environment. Because
   of covid-19 and vaccination issues, ICANN might be moving towards hybrid
   meetings and it is important for the NCUC EC to gather the momentum to
   engage in such a hybrid environment. As the Africa region is concerned, I
   will be working with African colleagues on an equal footing to remain
   motivated, recruit newbies, engage at different regional conferences such
   as IFF, IGF, AFRINIC, DRIF etc.
   - Leadership:  Growing the NCUC community to defend the rights of the
   noncommercial while helping ICANN to stay on course requires leadership, I
   mean committed leaders with leadership principles. NCUC leadership is
   critical to advising ICANN in the areas of DNS, privacy, data protection,
   human rights, education, and knowledge etc. through PDPs.
   - NCUC Administration and Operations: NCUC is the core entity in
   protecting the interest of the non-commercial users within the ICANN
   environment. With such a vision, there is a need for an improved NCUC
   administration and operations. Others are getting louder day by day. It is
   time for NCUC to fine tune the strategy, rise, and coordinate the interest
   of the *NCUC-user.*
   - Policy Work: How do we remain active and engage in the policy
   development process? How do we ensure support for our GNSO Councilor? How
   do we support the few active members in the NCUC community without allowing
   them to burn-out? Can we share the workload? Or do our members even have an
   idea or clarity to what NCUC stands for and be able to defend the same in
   policy discussions? As you can see, these are questions that will guide the
   coming NCUC EC to bring value to the table. As the EC Africa, I will be
   working with the NCUC EC, Councilors, Policy committee, members to take
   NCUC to the next level.
   - Membership Values: Values are what drive membership. NCUC should be
   value driven once again whereby members are privy to access quality
   discussions, knowledge sharing and likewise contributes while engaging in
   policy and different working groups. When there is no value, outreaches
   yield passive results. As the EC Africa, I will be working with like minds
   to bring value back to the NCUC community.



* 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 earn my paycheck through providing Nigeria Data Protection
   Regulation/General Data Protection Regulation compliance service, advice
   and training. My IT experience and background includes
   Management/Technical/Audit/Policy that can be traced to the private sector,
   and non-governmental organizations.

*Current Policy Experience within ICANN*


   - NCSG Representative to the GNSO, Standing Selection Committee
   - NCUC Representative to the Policy Committee
   - Vice Policy Committee-Chair.

*NCUC Participation*


   -  Monthly meetings participation e.g NCUC, PC etc.
   -  Public comment drafting.
   - Review public comments.
   - Assist the PC chair to follow up on public comments and its
   dissemination.
   -  Mailing list discussion contribution

*Some Related Experience*


   - West Regional Coordinator, African Civil Society on Information Society
   - 7TH Rapporteur General of the African Internet Governance Forum
   -  Program coordinator of Global Network for Cyber-solution
   - Nigeria-Lead for Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
   - Nomcom Rep Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) and several WGs.
   - Founder, Africa Rapporteur Network (Rapporteuring, Translation,
   Interpretation).

* 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.*


   - There are no concerns. Yes, there is enough time to devote, as
   necessary.

*Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep members
apprised of your EC-related activities?*


   - Communication modes within the NCUC community includes the use of
   mailing-lists, regional mailing lists, monthly calls, website, and webinar
   series. I will leverage the existing channels to frequently update the
   members. However, its usages call for new strategies to update, and build a
   vibrant community of non-commercial users.

 *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.*


   - In the current global policy discussions, there is no better time than
   now to protect the interest and privacy of noncommercial users. The
   covid-19 pandemic has made the world realize the criticality of the
   internet and its infrastructure. The influence from the global players is
   growing and that can endanger the noncommercial communications, activities,
   and their interest on the internet. The function of the NCUC is to continue
   influencing at the table, on an equal footing to protecting the activities
   and privacy of noncommercial users of the internet and internet
   infrastructure e.g. domain name system (DNS).

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Best regards

*Taiwo Peter Akinremi*
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 IT Manager/Advisory
*Phone*; +2348187476292, +2347063830177 *Skype*: akinremi.taiwo
*Email:* info at compsoftnet.com.ng *Website:* www.compsoftnet.com.ng
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