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

Thu May 5 18:15:52 CEST 2022

Ben Congratulations! You have my Support.

Vitus

Le jeu. 5 mai 2022 à 16:12, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> a écrit :

> All my support for Benjamin.
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> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:01 PM Stephanie E Perrin <
> stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
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>> I am very happy to see that you accepted the nomination Benjamin!
>> Hopefully this year we will be getting back to normal at least in part.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Stephanie Perrin
>> On 2022-05-05 11:59 a.m., Benjamin Akinmoyeje wrote:
>>
>> 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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