[NCUC-DISCUSS] Candidate Statement : Benjamin Akinmoyeje - NCUC Chair

[Mamadou LO]

Thanks for accepting Benjamin
All my support!
Mamadou

Le jeu. 27 mai 2021 à 20:27, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Dear NCUC members,
>
> Thank you, Stephanie, for the nomination and constituency for giving me
> this opportunity to serve as the Chair. This is
>
> *Name*: Benjamin Akinmoyeje
>
> *Declared region of residence*: Africa
>
> *Gender*: Male
>
> *Employment:* PhD Research Student
>
> *Any conflicts of interest:* None
>
> Questions:
>
>    1. * Why do you want to serve on the EC? *  I want to serve on the EC
>    because I want to help promote the voice of the non commercial constituency
>    and advance the cause of the group, I also want to help enhance our
>    visibility especially as the current period requires new means of
>    engagement.
>    I look forward to continuing to help our community to grow in
>    technical capacity, and to  contribute to the PDPs.
>    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. *Currently a PhD students of Informatics, Faculty of
>    Computing and Informatics, Namibia University of Science and Technology,
>    conducting academic research in the area of persuasive technology and
>    mHealth apps for stress management amongst university students, I am the
>    current EC Africa, and I am part of HR CCWP, part of multiple ICANN71
>    planning committees, also have contributed to some members training
>    capacity building iniatives, support the social media outreach efforts of
>    the NCUC.
>    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. he 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 research student, I have the privilege of time to participate
>    actively in the ICANN process for up to 10 hours weekly to attend ICANN
>    online meetings, possible area of concern may be the occasional need for
>    quality internet access at meeting hours while I am at home.
>    4.  *Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep
>    members apprised of your EC-related activities?* As the chair and
>    having seen previous ways past chairs have  communicated with the
>    community, I hope to emulate their communication style of always keeping
>    members in the loop and also try to improve on it by actively engaging
>    other platforms that technology has provided.
>    Such as social media platforms like Whatsapp and Twitter. As a chair,
>    the monthly EC meetings will continue to  and also devise quarterly calls
>    or virtual town hall meetings for NCUC members.
>
>    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. *      NCUC's functions in the future will only
>    expand as the need for protection of the non-commercial individual users of
>    DNS increases, as we begin to see ICANN being drawn to issues such as
>    content moderation, and the EPDP phase 2 , use of AI, free speech (freedom
>    of expression online) and the challenges of digital rights/ Human
>    Rights.There may be a need for NCUC to consolidate with other SGs with
>    similar  interests to push a common agenda. In the phase of multiple
>    regulatory laws, and ICANN needs to continue to function, we must continue
>    to voice the non-commercial perspective and the policies that I can
>    develop. More than ever before individual rights to privacy and data
>    protection have been challenged in DNS space, the situation calls for NCUC
>    to be alert to ensure ICANN policies are sensitive to these realities.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Benjamin
>
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