[NCUC-EC] Statement of Interests NCUC Appointees at the NCSG EC

[Bruna Martins dos Santos]

Dear all,

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is the last day to cast your votes. *Please
chime in until 20h00 UTC! *

Best,
Bruna

Em ter, 4 de dez de 2018 às 16:00, Michael Karanicolas <
mkaranicolas at gmail.com> escreveu:

> Thanks for forwarding on. In light of this, I'd like to change my votes to
> Robin and Monika. She seems to have a good handle on the issues, and put in
> a strong application.
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:55 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Below follows Monika Zalnieriute's SOI, who submitted it today as
>> discussed on this thread
>> <https://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2018-December/010149.html>. I
>> understand that the ones who have voted might feel submitting new votes, *I
>> ask all to please chime in until december 6th. *
>>
>> best,
>> B
>> Zalnieriute, Monika
>>
>> para eu, Maryam
>>
>> Dear Chair and the members of the NCUC EC,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I am writing to re-apply for the position on the NCSG Executive Committee,
>> where I have been representing NCUC for the past two years.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *My experience and activities at NCUC and NCSG *
>>
>>
>>
>> I have been involved in the NCUC and NCSG since 2014, both in policy,
>> administrative and outreach work and activities:
>>
>>
>>
>> *a)    **On policy level,* my work mainly has been focusing on the human
>> rights issues related to ICANN’s policies and procedures, with some special
>> focus on data protection and privacy & WHOIS and RAA and freedom of
>> expression and new gTLDs. This work has started with the writing of the report
>> on ICANN & Human Rights[1]
>> <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_9104333971675996630__ftn1> commissioned
>> by the Council of Europe, then working with the NCUC member organization
>> Article 19 in producing another 2 reports on ICANN and Human Rights,[2]
>> <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_9104333971675996630__ftn2> which in
>> turn have provided a platform for the creation of the Cross-Community
>> Working Party on ICANN’s Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect
>> Human Rights, as well as GAC’s Working Group on International Law and Human
>> Rights.
>>
>>
>>
>> In addition to this work, I have also been working on data protection,
>> RAA & WHOIS issues externally outside ICANN – in trying to attract
>> attention and involvement of privacy watchdogs in ICANN’s policy making
>> processes. E.g., together with NCUC colleague Stephanie Perrin we have
>> attended meetings of the *International Working Group on Data Protection
>> in Telecommunications* where we have discussed data protection and
>> privacy issues with the Data Protection Commissioners. This line of work
>> seeking to involve Data Protection Commissioners in ICANN’s privacy and
>> data protection issues have been gaining a momentum, with the coming into
>> force of the GDPR.
>>
>>
>>
>> In addition to data protection and privacy, currently I am also working
>> on the three academic articles and a policy report on the UDRP procedures
>> and due process & freedom of expression issues for the upcoming review of
>> the UDRP in the part 2 of the RPM PDP. Kathy Kleiman and Robin Gross have
>> been very generous in providing initial feedback. This work is ready for
>> presenting to NCUC colleagues to comment and discuss best strategy how to
>> use it in the PDP in a way most beneficial to the NCUC interests, and I am
>> planning to share it after a the end of Year break.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *b)  **On administrative level,* I have been serving on the NCSG EC for
>> the past two years, and with our colleagues from NPOC have been regularly
>> overseeing the new membership applications, overseeing the NCSG elections
>> and nominating alternates for the GNSO councillors. We have also drafted
>> document on the NCSG member removal procedures, as well as have been
>> engaged in election reform work.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *c)    **On outreach and awareness raising level,* I have been actively
>> promoting and raising awareness about the NCUC and our activities at
>> various academic and multistakeholder conferences related to Internet
>> policy and digital rights, such as, e.g., Cybercrime, Cybersecurity
>> Conference in Delhi in November 2018, the APrIGF in Vanuatu August 2018,
>> AuIGF, the CPDP in Brussels in January 2016, and the APrIGF in Taipei in
>> July 2016. At such conferences and fora, not only I have been actively
>> networking and spreading the information about NCUC generally, but have
>> also convened and moderated specific panels on NCUC focus areas of work,
>> such as, e.g., data protection and privacy and WHOIS and RAA, free speech
>> and new gTLDs; inviting NCUC members to speak at those events and connect
>> with broader Internet/privacy communities. E.g, in the CPDP conference in
>> January in Brussels in 2016, there were 4 other NCUC members on the
>> ‘Internet Infrastructure & Human Rights’ panel: Stefania Milan, Stephanie
>> Perrin, Niels ten Oever and Corrine Cath. Together with Farzaneh Badii and
>> Rafik Dammak we also convened a special outreach session at ICANN’s office
>> at that occasion.
>>
>>
>>
>> In addition to organizing several such panels well as various
>> discussions and roundtables, a special issue on ‘Internet Architecture and
>> Human Rights’ of the journal 'Policy & Internet,' published by Oxford
>> Internet Institute, is in the workings and will be published in print in
>> 2019 (separate articles published earlier online): co-edited by me and NCUC
>> member and former GNSO Councillor, Dr. Stefania Milan, and which includes
>> contributions from our NCUC members Milton Mueller and Farzi Badii
>> (accepted), Niels ten Oever (accepted), and hopefully Stephanie Perrin (not
>> yet confirmed)
>>
>>
>>
>> As next year, the APrIGF will be held in Russia, in addition to actively
>> participating and convening panels at the main APrIGF event, with some
>> academic colleagues working on Internet Governance, we are planning the
>> academic pre-conference, the focus of which will be academic input to the
>> Internet policy and the NCUC work. Hopefully, the pre-conference will allow
>> to attract more academics from the Asia-Pacific region to join NCUC and our
>> work on the DNS policy.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Experience carrying out NCSG EC tasks*
>>
>>
>>
>> I have been serving on the NCSG EC for the past two years and in addition
>> to experience of carrying out routine tasks, such as membership
>> applications, these two years have also provided opportunity for some rarer
>> experience of dealing with internal disagreements/different interpretations
>> of rules regarding the NCSG elections (in particular, NOTA rules), and some
>> subsequent appeals and processes to solve such appeals. On top of the
>> routine task and supervision of the election, I have also been involved in
>> drafting of the document for the NCSG member removal procedures, election
>> reform work, as well as the creation of the new NCSG member database.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Things I want to do to improve our representation on NCSG EC.*
>>
>>
>>
>> During my term on the NCSG EC, in order to improve representation of the
>> NCUC members on the NCSG EC, I am determined to:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.)  Improve communication, transparency and accountability of the NCSG
>> EC towards:
>>
>>
>>
>> a)    *NCUC members: *I will prepare and release general informational
>> summary reports of the NCSG EC teleconferences held monthly to the NCUC
>> members listing the agenda of issues discussed and decisions that have been
>> made; this should allow for increased transparency and accountability of
>> the NCSG EC towards our members.
>>
>>
>>
>> b)    *NCUC EC:  *Improve communication between NCSG EC (NCUC's reps
>> there) and NCUC EC and Chair: draft regular e-mail to the NCUC EC on
>> important issues discussed in the NCSG EC (discussing more strategic
>> issues/decision to be made in the future for the NCUC than in the
>> informational summaries to all the members) and potentially propose an
>> online meetings/calls between NCUC members on the NCSG EC and NCUC EC when
>> needed.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.)  Work on creating and documenting the processes that have been
>> sometimes been dealt with in an *ad hoc* manner within NCSG, such as
>> NCSG members removal procedures and elections.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *My Availability and Willingness to Participate*
>>
>>
>>
>> I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Law at the UNSW Sydney and
>> in addition to ongoing research into Internet governance and digital
>> rights, I am teaching courses on ‘Surveillance, Security and Democracy’ and
>> ‘Internet Governance and Human Rights’ at the UNSW Sydney in 2019. My
>> schedule is fairly flexible and I am available to participate in regular
>> teleconferences and in discussions on the NCSG-EC mailing list regarding
>> NCSG-EC. I am also available for any other discussions needed to advance
>> the goals and work of NCUC and the NCSG-EC.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope that my determined involvement in NCUC and NCSG work, both in
>> policy, administrative work and outreach activities, places me in a good
>> position to represent NCUC on NCSG EC.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely Yours,
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Monika Zalnieriute.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> [1] <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_9104333971675996630__ftnref1> Dr.
>> Monika Zalnieriute and Thomas Schneider, ‘A Council of Europe Analysis on
>> ICANN’s Procedures and Policies in the Light of Human Rights, Fundamental
>> Freedoms and Democratic Values, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, DGI (2014)
>> 12, available at
>> http://www.coe.int/t/informationsociety/icann-and-human-rights.asp.
>>
>> [2] <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_9104333971675996630__ftnref2> Dr.
>> Monika Zalnieriute, ‘ICANN’s Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human
>> Rights,’ *Policy Brief for Article 19: Global Campaign for Free
>> Expression*, February 2015, London, available at
>> https://www.article19.org/data/files/medialibrary/37845/ICANN-P APER-
>> WEB.pdf. Dr. Monika Zalnieriute, ‘Issue Report for the Cross Community
>> Working Party on ICANN’s Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect
>> Human Rights: Practical Recommendations for ICANN, June 2015, London,
>> available at
>> https://www.article19.org/data/files/medialibrary/38003/ICANN_report_A5-for-
>>  webv2.pdf
>>
>>
>> Em seg, 3 de dez de 2018 às 10:39, Michael Karanicolas <
>> mkaranicolas at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I vote for Robin and Raphaël. Robin has made excellent contributions to
>>> the NCUC and to the NCSG, and is incredibly well qualified to keep serving.
>>> Raphaël I have had some experience with in the CCWP Human Rights, where
>>> he's had a lot of energy and enthusiasm, which will make him well placed
>>> for the position, and I thought that his application was more substantive
>>> than Peters.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 11:42 PM David Cake <dave at davecake.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am strongly in favour of re-appointing Robin Gross. Obviously Robin’s
>>>> experience is exceptional, I believe she is still engaged in the work of
>>>> the EC, and I have great trust in her judgement.
>>>>
>>>> I do not have strong opinions on the other two candidates, and I would
>>>> like to know more about Peter Akinremi’s involvement before making a
>>>> decision. If any of the the EC have worked with them, I would appreciate
>>>> sharing information (possibly confidentially would be appropriate rather
>>>> than on a public list).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On 3 Dec 2018, at 10:54 am, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Please find below all the statements of Interests to serve as the two
>>>> NCUC Appointees to the NCSG EC.
>>>>
>>>> *Please bear in mind that the EC needs to reach a final decision by dec
>>>> 6th *so I can announce the two new appointees on the list on the 7th
>>>> (the latest).
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Bruna
>>>>
>>>> ___________________________
>>>> Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
>>>> sáb, 1 de dez 22:30 (Há 2 dias)
>>>> para chair, Maryam
>>>> Statement of Interest of Robin Gross
>>>>
>>>> I am writing to apply to be re-appointed as NCUC’s representative to
>>>> the NCSG Executive Committee.  I have formerly served as NCSG’s Chair,
>>>> NCUC’s Chair, and as the noncommercial representative to the GNSO Council
>>>> when the 2007 New GTLD Policy was created and adopted.  I am intimately
>>>> familiar with NCSG’s Charter as I was an active participant in its drafting
>>>> and adoption.  Recently, I participated in an ICANN working group tasked
>>>> with reforming ICANN’s bylaws and so am quite familiar with the bylaws and
>>>> other ICANN governing instruments.  I have been an active participant in
>>>> numerous ICANN GNSO working groups since 2004 and am presently a member of
>>>> the leadership team in the New GTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group.  I
>>>> am extremely familiar with the NCSG membership process including its rules
>>>> and the rationales behind the policies, and in 2017 I drafted NCSG’s
>>>> operating procedures governing the NCSG membership removal or
>>>> reclassification process.  I am an intellectual property rights attorney in
>>>> San Francisco and am teaching International Intellectual Property Rights at
>>>> Santa Clara University School of Law in Spring semester 2019.  My schedule
>>>> is somewhat flexible and I am available to participate in regular
>>>> teleconferences and in discussions on the NCSG-EC mailing list regarding
>>>> NCSG-EC.  I am additionally available for any other discussions needed to
>>>> advance the needs of NCUC and the NCSG-EC.  Thank you.
>>>> ____________________________
>>>> Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix <rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com>
>>>> sáb, 1 de dez 13:51 (Há 2 dias)
>>>> para chair, Maryam
>>>> Dear Bruna,
>>>>
>>>> Please find below my statement of interest for the NCSG EC position.
>>>>
>>>> I have now been active in ICANN for more than two years. My first
>>>> experience was acquired through the work of the Jurisdiction subgroup of
>>>> WS2, which I joined in the fall of 2016. There was some marked disagreement
>>>> within that subgroup as to the scope of its work. Nonetheless, I strove to
>>>> gather consensus around specific action points and work on those. I got
>>>> involved in drafting a part of the final recommendation, regarding choice
>>>> of law in ICANN registry agreements.
>>>>
>>>> As for the NCSG, I have been involved since May 2018, first as a member
>>>> of the human rights CCWP and then as a member of the NCUC more generally.
>>>> During the summer of 2018, I along with a few members of the group, started
>>>> a reflection on the operationalisation of the human rights bylaw, to which
>>>> I contributed a short piece which got published on CircleID.
>>>>
>>>> More specifically related to the NCUC, I have been involved in both
>>>> policy as well as "housekeeping" work. I participated in the drafting of
>>>> two comments (Study on Technical Use of RZ Label Generation Rules and Draft
>>>> IANA/PTI budget FY 2019). Following the latter comment, I have joined the
>>>> finance committee which will seek to develop an expertise in tracking and
>>>> reporting on ICANN financial matters. As for housekeeping, I have been, as
>>>> part of the tech team, in touch with Farzaneh regarding technical matters,
>>>> in order to solve the various back-end/front end issues with membership
>>>> management software.
>>>>
>>>> As part of the NCSG EC, I intend on helping organise and manage the
>>>> elections, updating and revising membership rules, coordinating and liaise
>>>> with other NSCG constituencies and other ICANN SOs/ACs more generally, and
>>>> providing dispute resolution support as needed.
>>>>
>>>> Finally, I do confirm that I understand the time requirements related
>>>> to the position and intend to participate in the calls as well as list
>>>> work. I will also report regularly to the NCUC regarding the EC's
>>>> activities.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your consideration,
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix
>>>>
>>>> __________________________
>>>> Akinremi Peter Taiwo
>>>>
>>>> para chair, Maryam
>>>>
>>>> Dear NCUC Chair,
>>>>
>>>> With reference to the call for expression, please accept my expression
>>>> of interest to serve as the NCUC candidate to the NCSG Executive Committee.
>>>> I strongly believe of my capability to serve in this capacity. I therefore,
>>>> sincerely expressed my interest to represent NCUC.
>>>>
>>>> Find inline my answers to the call criteria:
>>>>
>>>> a.       The person should have substantial knowledge about NCSG, its
>>>> mission and values, as well as NCUC.
>>>>
>>>> *Ans: YES. I do have the knowledge of NCSG and NCUC operation.*
>>>> b.      (b) The person should be familiar with NCSG Charter, as well
>>>> as ICANN bylaws and GNSO Operating Procedures;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Ans: YES. I am familiar with the NCSG charter, the ICANN bylaws and
>>>> also the operating procedures.*
>>>>
>>>> c.        The person should be willing to work in a large,
>>>> consensus-oriented committee;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Ans: YES. Working in a diverse large environment that consensus is the
>>>> priority is not a difficult task for me. The reason being that I have found
>>>> myself working in such environment for years.*
>>>>
>>>> d.      The person should be able to determine the status of members
>>>> applications, as well as help administer and maintain membership records;
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *YES. I confirm my management ability for the task.*
>>>>
>>>> e.       The person should be able to join teleconferences, as well as
>>>> have weekly availability to dedicate to NCSG-EC dedicated mailing list and
>>>> also membership approval process;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Yes. I confirm that I have the time and resources to do the following
>>>> tasks as mentioned.*
>>>>
>>>>  Regards.
>>>> --
>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>
>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>> @boomartins
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>>>
>>
>> --
>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>
>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>> @boomartins
>>
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*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

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