[NCUC-DISCUSS] Leadership roles in NCUC and NCSG

[Pedro de Perdigão Lana]

Oh, after reading Stephanie's and Emmanuel's message, there is one thing
I'd like to make clear about what I originally said - even though I come
from deep within the Youth movement, my message wasn't exactly advocating
for more space for the youth - quite the contrary, my main "battle" in
these space is/was arguing for the necessity of more commitment of young
people so visibility or leadership positions are well justified.

To be more precise, and adding to the following discussion, rotation in a
context where heavy (and really important!) work needs to be developed
(which is the case here in ICANN), it is good when we have identified
people who are compromised enough and eager to learn what is needed to
perform their duties.

What would be the responsibility of people with more experience is to
provide the means of identifying and training those people who are really
willing to dedicate themselves - so a big shout out to those who do that
(personally, for me, that would be Kathy as well), especially Stephanie and
Tomslin within our exchange here.

*PS: Doing a mea culpa here, I'm one of the people who needs to ask
Stephanie about the RDRS and Whois discussion - I asked for it in an NCSG
policy call and did not continue it afterward. Sorry, Stephanie, I'll get
some reading up-to-date and reach out for questions soon enough*

Cordially,

*Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
Lawyer <https://www.nic.br/>, GEDAI/UFPR <https://www.gedai.com.br/>
Researcher
PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)
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Em qua., 15 de mai. de 2024 às 13:02, Emmanuel Vitus <
emmanuelvitus at gmail.com> escreveu:

> Dear colleagues,
>  It's always good and interesting to have this conversation (almost every
> year) during the election period. In addition to what Julf, Tomslin, Pedro,
> Stephanie and other colleagues have said, I propose that we set up an
> ad-hoc committee after these elections.
>
>  This committee would be tasked with identifying the KPIs, accountability
> metrics, and capacity-building efforts that can help nurture a new
> generation of leaders and also a nomcom for our elections.
>
>  I personally joined ICANN 9 years ago as a French native speaker. It took
> me almost 4 years to overcome the language barrier, understand the
> complexity of ICANN as an organization, and contribute to the topics.
>
> I know that people from Francophone, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic
> backgrounds face similar challenges, often hesitating before contributing
> or joining a conversation. It's not easy, and we must encourage and support
> them. It's painful to feel stupid because you have ideas you can't express
> in another language. Let's fix that gap.
>
>  Volunteering is good but needs to be measured because it's unfair for
> people to dedicate hours of work and then see others, with little or no
> contribution or knowledge, stepping into leadership roles. It's a problem
> of democracy.
>
> We often see the usual suspects even for webinars and the policy
> transition pilot project, while others don't show willingness & Pedro said
> it well. Most calls, including council and policy calls, are open, but we
> can barely count new faces.
>
> It would be beneficial to have these conversations throughout the year,
> not just during the election period.
>
>  There shouldn't be shortcuts to being elected as a leader just because
> one can rally people during elections. It's good to complain about
> "recycling", but let's put proposals on the table. & thanks Remmy &
> Stephanie for the proposals and willingness to help. Your mail boxes will
> be full soon :)
>
> Warm regards,
> Emmanuel
>
>
> Sent from iPhone. Excuse brevity and typos.
>
>
> On Tue 14 May 2024 at 15:19, Thato Mfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good evening afternoon colleagues from South Africa,
>>
>> Thato Mfikwe (Ntjatje) here. I am concerned about recycling on NCUC and
>> NCSG leadership roles, especially at regional representation and
>> chairperson level, I strongly feel we need to give other members of our
>> community a chance in leadership positions as I keep seeing the same names
>> year after year going back to the same leadership roles. This is my honest
>> opinion, it would be good to give new people or those who served one term
>> another chance at leadership roles as opposed to those who have served more
>> than 6 years in similar roles for instance.
>>
>> This is my humble submission to the membership as this will facilitate
>> rotation and inclusion, thanks.
>>
>> Thato Mfikwe (Ntjatje).
>>
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