[NCUC-DISCUSS] Ines Hfaiedh. Nomination as NCUC Chair

Fri May 24 18:24:57 CEST 2024

+1 for Ines

Kind regards

On Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:26 PM Hfaiedh Ines <hfaiedh.ines2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
> Thank you all, I feel blessed by this wonderful support. Please find my
> statement of interest for the NCUC Chair position.
>
> Name: Ines Hfaiedh
> Declared Region of residence: Africa
> Gender: Female
> Employment: Teacher and Educational Counsellor
> Conflicts of Interest : None
>
>
> I hope to take on the position of NCUC Chair because I believe after eight
> years of joining the constituency and holding the position of Africa
> Representative for some terms over these few years within the Executive
> Committee, I have gained some solid experience and knowledge in
> administrative matters, putting up together agenda items and contacting
> speakers for online and onsite meetings, and more understanding of ICANN
> dynamics. I believe this experience over the years allows me to now move on
> to the next level and be able to run the constituency while seeking advice
> and guidance from the community and the previous chairs.
> For many years, I have worked and volunteered at diverse civil society
> organisations and/or platforms and learned a lot, taking baby steps here
> and there. I now trust that my background in enabling multi stakeholder
> discussions and decision-making based on compromise together with an online
> and personal knowledge of a large proportion of the ICANN community is an
> asset for the next NCUC chair.
> I am also aiming at contributing to the good running of the constituency
> in terms of members' engagement and active participation.  I am confident
> that my academic, civil society, technical and admin backgrounds in
> addition to my previous experience as an Executive Committee member would
> help me achieve these goals and contribute to the well functioning of the
> constituency.
> I wish to represent NCUC in the best way possible in the ICANN ecosystem,
> building contact and communication channels with the previous chairs and
> experienced members. In addition, I hope to keep welcoming and assisting
> newcomers to navigate NCUC in particular and the ICANN world in general
> while learning from them and working on their suggestions.
>
>
> Some background about me: I am a teacher and Educational Counselor. I am a
> specialist in ICT Implementation in Education. I had the chance to be a
> recipient of a number of prestigious scholarships and fellowships among
> which the Fulbright TA during which I was a Teaching Assistant at the
> Catholic University of America in Washington DC.
> I am also a Diplo-certified Curator and Rapporteur and was among the first
> cohort of Diplo-certified Online Moderators. I also assisted UNDP New York
> in creating a course on Ecosystem restoration for government officials in
> Africa.
> I have also been in charge of the Secretariat of two editions of ICANN's
> MEAC SIG (School of Internet Governance) and am a member of ICANN’s
> Intercultural Awareness Program.
> I had the chance to be a Guest Speaker and session organiser at a number
> of local, regional and global IGFs and a guest at several international
> conferences dealing with ICT Implementation in education, human rights,
> accessibility and digital inclusion.
>
>
> Starting from September, I should be even more flexible after my official
> promotion as Educational Counsellor, with an exclusive focus and time
> allocation to counselling which would considerably reduce my weekly
> workload.
> I enjoy some flexibility in my regular day to day job which allows/allowed
> me so far to attend in person targeted meetings and events to fulfill my
> tasks as EC Africa and sometimes on a personal funding.
> So I can say that I can commit the adequate time for the role of NCUC
> Chair.
>
>
> Communication is indeed key in the role of NCUC Chair. During my term as
> NCUC Africa Representative, I used the NCUC Africa mailing list in order to
> keep members updated on our EC-related activities as well as news, call for
> comments and recently seeking suggestions on topics for the NCUC members
> session in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Kigali, Rwanda.
>  I have also contributed to our NCUC website some years ago by migrating
> parts of the old NCUC Website to the new, and by writing some reports and
> blogs on different events or initiatives especially taking place in the
> African continent.
>  Besides, "Readouts" taking place online post icann meetings have been a
> great opportunity for our NCUC members to have the most important pieces of
> information and updates about policy discussions at NCUC and NCSG levels
> through inviting keynote speakers.
> This is in addition to taking part in outreach activities onsite at
> meetings, networking with community members and introducing NCUC to fellows
> and newcomers in general.
>
>
> I do not foresee a change in NCUC role as it has always been pivotal in
> policy discussions, this is something I hope to preserve and strengthen
> even more by enhancing engagement through reviving the mentorship program
> that we used to have at NCUC level.
> This program used to assist newcomers onboard on policy discussions with
> the help and assistance of experienced members.
> In this regard, I hope to reactivate the policy course with more updated
> policy topics to the benefit of the membership. (This course was run mainly
> online a few years ago)
> NCUC members at different levels have been playing a crucial role in
> defending non-commercial users’ rights.  I believe that the constituency
> can do even more in voicing the Non-Commercial Users concerns and defending
> their interests especially on the topic of DNS Abuse and strengthening
> the ICANN multistakeholder model. I also hope that we can keep a spirit of
> consultation and openness with our membership and keep them informed of
> current discussions in order for them to have an impact on the current
> discussions.
>
> I thank you for this opportunity and look forward to serving you again,
> this time I hope as NCUC Chair .
>
> Le lun. 20 mai 2024 à 09:45, romina florencia Cabrera <
> romicabrera83 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Thanks
>>
>> El lun, 20 de may. de 2024 5:15 a. m., Narine Khachatryan <
>> ms.narine.khachatryan at gmail.com> escribió:
>>
>>> +1 to Ines Hfaiedh, as a  NCUC Chair.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> On Thu, 16 May 2024, 20:18 Hfaiedh Ines, <hfaiedh.ines2 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you very much all for all your support will be following with the
>>>> SOI.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 16, 2024, 09:38 Shavkat Sabirov <ssabirov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I fully support the nomination of Hfaiedh Ines as NCUC Chair candidate!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> Shavkat Sabirov
>>>>> Internet Association of Kazakhstan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> чт, 16 мая 2024 г. в 06:02, <jharsianti15 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I give my support to Ines as NCUC chair candidate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Juliana
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14 May 2024, at 18.34, Raymond Mamattah <
>>>>>> mamattah.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am happy to support Ines' nomination as the NCUC Chair.  She has
>>>>>> served diligently well in the African representative role and she has all
>>>>>> the qualities to be a good chair.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Furthermore, as a way of encouraging more ladies to be active in the
>>>>>> ecosystem, I am very confident she becoming the Chair will ginger on other
>>>>>> younger ladies to actively engage in the ecosystem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Raymond Mamattah
>>>>>> [image: linkedin]
>>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-selorm-mamattah/> [image:
>>>>>> facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/selorm.mamattah> [image: twitter]
>>>>>> <https://twitter.com/RMamattah>
>>>>>> Accra, Ghana
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 7:00 AM Hfaiedh Ines <hfaiedh.ines2 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear friends and colleagues,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hope this email finds you well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As you might have noticed, the elections in NCUC have started with a
>>>>>>> nomination period.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is humbly that I nominate myself for the position of NCUC Chair
>>>>>>> after 8 years of joigning NCUC as a member and serving the community at
>>>>>>> some terms as NCUC Africa Representative.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I will follow up soon with a detailed statement of interest and will
>>>>>>> be available to answer questions during the "Meet the Candidates" when
>>>>>>> scheduled.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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