[NCUC-DISCUSS] Nomination of Benjamin Akinmoyeje- NCUC chair position

[Benjamin Akinmoyeje]

Dear Farzaneh,
Thank you for nominating me for re-election for the position of NCUC Chair.
It has been a challenging year leading this unique community and also a
learning opportunity. I hope to continue giving my best to NCUC,hence I
accept the nomination.

Candidate statement
Name: Benjamin Akinmoyeje

Declared region of residence: Africa

Gender: Male

Employment: PhD Research Student

Any conflicts of interest: None

Questions:

 * Why do you want to serve on the EC?*   I want to continue 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 post-Covid19, I also want
to help enhance our visibility as ICANN resumes physical engagements.
I look forward to continuing to help our community to grow in technical
capacity, and to  contribute to the PDPs. I want to help improve our web
presence as our website requires a major revamp.
     *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 all the virtual ICANN meetings and
currently NCUC chair, I was able to initiate NCUC members call and it led
to some positive engagements.  I have managed to keep the NCUC twitter
handle engaged during ICANN virtual meetings.
     *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. 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.*
    As a research student and current NCUC chair, 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.
     *Communication with the membership is critical. How would you keep
members apprised of your EC-related activities?*
As the NCUC Chair, I will continue to improve   communication with the
community, I hope to improve NCUC online presence with more social media
engagements . As a chair, the monthly EC meetings will continue to  and
also devise quarterly calls or virtual town hall meetings for NCUC members.

*     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.*    The virtual ICANN engagement for the past two years have
been a major decider for   NCUC's activities and 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 and SSAD ODA
issues, phase 2. DNS Abuse,  (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.
I look forward to working with the elected ECs to ensure that NCUC's voice
remains relevant in the ICANN multistakeholder space.

Kind regards,
Benjamin

On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 7:11 PM Raymond Mamattah <mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I second this nomination. Ben has been a great chair and deserves another
> term.
>
> Regards,
>
> Raymond Mamattah
> Accra, Ghana
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2022, 5:02 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I want to nominate Benjamin for the NCUC chair position. Benjamin truly
>> cares about NCUC success and its members, he is also very good at
>> navigating tough issues and conflicts.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Farzaneh
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