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

[Louise Marie Hurel]

Hi all,

I vote for Robin and Raphaël -- which I think has been quite active and
seems very committed to our policy processes.
Look forward to seeing the collaborative work between both, and receiving
reports  - should they be elected, of course.

Cheers,

Louise Marie Hurel

Cybersecurity Project Coordinator | Igarapé Institute

London School of Economics (LSE) Media and Communications (Data and Society)
Skype: louise.dias
+44 (0) 7468 906327
*l.h.dias at lse.ac.uk <l.h.dias at lse.ac.uk> *
louise.marie.hsd at gmail.com



On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 17:49, David Cake <dave at davecake.net> wrote:

> I vote for Robin and Raphael. I’m not sure Monika has been very engaged
> over the past year, though well qualified.
>
> David
>
>
> On 6 Dec 2018, at 7:34 am, Antonella Perini <antomperini at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I vote for the re-appointment of Robin and Monika. They are both
> well-prepared and engaged and have both shown strong SOIs that support
> their capabilities.
>
> Best,
>
> Antonella
>
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 15:44, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>
>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>> @boomartins
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