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

[Abakar Oumar Massar]

Fully supported +1

On Thu, 27 May 2021, 22:57 Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *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*
>
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>    - 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).
>
> --
> 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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