[NCUC-DISCUSS] Excited to serve NCUC - Virtual Introduction

[Benjamin Akinmoyeje]

 Hi NCUC members,

My name is Benjamin Akinmoyeje  and I am the new NCUC chair. I am writing
to formally introduce myself and share a bit of the aspirations for NCUC.

As the NCUC chair,  I will be responsible for increasing member engagement
and participation of our constituency at the ICANN multistakeholder space.
I hope to be the interface between members and the other sections of the
community.I will bring issues that need your contribution to your attention.
It is my expectation that we will participate more actively in the policy
development processes to maintain the stability of DNS as we have always
done.

I hope to amplify our participation in ICANN activities and discussion
online more than before as virtual engagement has come to stay.
There is a dire demand for us to become more intentional about the use of
the available online tools, such as  NCUC website, twitter, facebook and
zoom platforms for our engagements.

I am eager to work directly with members with online influence to amplify
discourse on the topics of interests to our community. I am looking forward
to working with the NCUC-EC, Brenda and Andrea to serve the community.

I can see the NCUC EC and ICANN support team doing great work.

It is obvious that volunteer fatigue and burnout are real, and virtual
ICANN has also dampened momentum, but we can not give up now, I call on all
members to
endeavor to participate and contribute their little portion, especially
veterans and newbies alike.

This is a learning opportunity for me and I hope to grow in this capacity.

I want to thank Maryam once more for all her support to our community and
welcome Andrea. Also Thank Brenda for her continuous support.

I also like to thank everyone who voted in the last elections to select the
new leadership. I look forward to working with everyone for the advancement
of NCUC.


I’d like to share some details about myself.
I am currently conducting my PhD research studies in Informatics at the
Namibia University of Science and Technology,I was the immediate NCUC-EC
Africa representative.
My career experience has been in digital health in public health in Nigeria
and some parts of Africa while my ICANN experience started as recently as
2014. NCUC has been my home since I stepped into ICANN

Finally, I like to thank the immediate Chair Raphael, for his selfless
service to the community and his support as well.


Kind regards,
Benjamin Akinmoyeje
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