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

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Congrats Benjamim!

Anriette

Anriette Esterhuysen - anriette at apc.org//anriette at gmail.com
Chair, United Nations Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group
www.intgovforum.org

Senior advisor global and regional internet governance
Association for Progressive Communications
www.apc.org // afrisig.org

On 2021/11/05 12:31, Tomslin Samme-Nlar wrote:
> Congratulations Ben. Looking forward to continuing working with you. :-)
>
> Tomslin
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> On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 at 08:09, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com
> <mailto:benakin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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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