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| I would like to thank Tapani Tarvainen for nominating me for another term as Chair of NCSG, and thanks to all those who have signaled their support. It is an honour to serve you all, and I do feel that I have only got started. My name is Stephanie Perrin, I live in Canada, I am a woman and I am retired from 35 years service in the Canadian federal government, where I worked extensively on Data Protection issues in the Communications and IT departments, including the drafting of the Canadian private sector law. I took a leave of absence from the government to work as Chief Privacy Officer for Zero Knowledge Systems in 2000, and in 2003 set up my own consulting company, Digital Discretion Inc. I returned to government to work as Director of Research and Policy in the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada from 2005-7, and retired from Service Canada in 2013. I currently do a bit of privacy consulting, through Digital Discretion. Given that my work always involves research and the implementation of law dedicated to the promotion of human rights and protection of privacy, it would be a rare occasion for me to have a conflict in any paid or volunteer work that I engage in, with the goals, activities and objectives of NCSG. I am well versed in the declaration of conflicts, and will do so should such an occasion arise. It is a truism that those who work as public servants often underestimate what they have learned in their tasks, in terms of management experience, policy expertise, understanding of public interest and stakeholder differences, and risk management. After 6 years of volunteering at ICANN largely to promote its adherence to privacy law, I have realized that there are other aspects of management that I might usefully contribute to our enterprise here. I hope to do so over the coming year, focusing on metrics of our engagement, improved assistance to members to contribute, more policies governing our conduct, and procedures to clarify how we operate. In particular, I have worked on and hope to bring to our discussions: Risk management and the concept of maturity models and growth in capabilityEthics and respect for a gender neutral, multicultural workplaceFinancial managementTransparency and open governmentTraining and developmentThese are all areas I have worked in and received training in over the years. My resume is available on request. I received a PhD from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies in 2018, and I have an MA and BA in English literature. I have a certificate in risk management from the Sprott School of Management. I speak english and french. I have been donating about 30 hours a week to ICANN over the past few years. I am retired (sort of) and can afford to contribute this time, but I recognize it is extremely hard for younger people with careers and families to look after to contribute this amount of time. We need to figure out better ways to distribute the workload, but I am certainly willing to give another year of work at this level. I consider the multistakeholder model to be one of the more promising forms of governance in the information society, but I cannot say it is working at peak performance level. It is one of my goals to help improve how we do this, and it appears that this will be a critical year to focus on this issue, as ICANN.org has announced its intention to renovate the MS model. I hope you will elect me leader during this critical time, and I also hope that you will join in a rigorous effort to influence the outcome of this change of state at ICANN. Finally I would like to thank Maryam Bakoshi for all she does to support me, the leadership team, and all of us, as our dedicated staff member. Stephanie Perrin | Name: Bruna Martins dos Santos Region of residence: Brazil, Latin America Gender: female Employment: Policy and Advocacy Strategist at Coding Rights Conflicts of Interest: none that I am aware of Reasons for willingness to take on the position: I believe that, as a stakeholder group, we could reach higher levels of participation once the right bridging between incoming members and PDP active members is done. For that specific point, and in regards to what has already been discussed, I had the honor to follow up on the great work performed by previous chairs of NCUC and to help shape efforts such as the NCUC Policy Writing course and offer our members the right tools for participating and feeling more confident in finding the right places and opportunities to contribute with our SG. Having spent the past 2 years in leadership positions at NCUC, I was able to have a comprehensive view of the challenges our members might face when engaging with our Stakeholder Group, as well as some of the intricacies of our groups. In light of being an avid advocate for ICANN's Multistakeholder model and Civil Society participation on it, as well as NCSGs relevance to the model, I would love the challenge of trying to help find solutions for some of the participation gaps we face nowadays and enable new members to engage with the many challenging policy discussions the Policy Committee coordinates.
Qualifications for the position: I hold a BA in Law with experience in Internet Regulation, Human Rights and International Law and experience in policy making processes regarding the Internet that started back in 2011 while I had the chance to work at the drafting team of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet. Ever since then, I have worked for the brazilian government until 2016, as a legal advisor on social matters - including the construction of the initial draft of our Data Protection Law and the regulatory decree of Marco Civil da Internet. After that, I have been with Coding Rights since the beginning of 2018, helping coordinate advocacy efforts around Human Rights in the Digital Age and Internet Governance related debates at the local, regional and global level and our engagement as key constituents at the roundtable designated for debating recommendations 3A/B of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, participation in missions to the UN Human Rights Council during sessions n. 37th and 38th, and recent discussions on the Brazilian Data Protection Law and with passing new regulation to include the creation of our National Data Protection authority in it. Moving on to ICANN, I have been involved with our Stakeholder group since 2017 when I joined as a member after remotely following our discussions for years. I am also the current Chair of the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Constituency and have been working together with the NCSG leadership ever since. Previous to that, I was also the elected Latin America and Caribbean Executive Committee representative and vice-chair in the 2018 edition of the EC. Besides the leadership positions, I have been contributing to NCSG's Public comments, having volunteered for a few of them and being one of the penholders for NCSG provided policy comments to the PDPs Community Comment #2 and the Initial and Supplemental reports of the WG.
Statement of availability for the time the position required: I confirm that I have the required availability to focus on the needed discussions and processes where the NCSG chair is required. Despite working full time I have managed to successfully complete my terms both as NCUC EC LAC and NCUC Chair with a fair amount of weekly dedication to the chair duties - with some extra time for public comments. Additional information: I also happen to be one of the co-coordinators of Internet Governance Caucus, a fora for advocacy debates and representation of civil society contributions in Internet governance processes that was created in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society and to foster coordination between Civil Society actors to participate in that and many other processes. Apart from ICG, I am one of the co-facilitators of the Internet Governance Forum Best Practice Forum on Gender and Access, a space that I have contributed to ever since 2016.
Thank you all for the attention!
best, --
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| Name: Tatiana Tropina Juan Manuel Rojas P Region: Europe Latin America Gender: Female Male Employment: Senior Researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany Journalist/Podcaster (self-employed) and Entrepreneur, working at Minka Digital NGO (on formation), Director Ageia Densi Colombia (among other projects). Conflict of interest: None Reasons Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position:
The ultimate reason for my involvement at ICANN is that I want Noncommercial stakeholders to have a strong voice and a strong representation in the ICANN community as a whole and in the GNSO policy-making processes in particular. As a serving GNSO Councillor, who is eligible for the second term, I can say that I put my best effort to ensure that our - NCSG - voice is heard, that we are not only there cast our votes on the Council, but also always to deliberate, to advocate, to convince and, when necessary, to collaborate. GNSO Councillors elected by the NCSG serve to bring non-commercial values to the ICANN policy-making outcomes. I believe that in the last years NCSG made further progress to get those values taken into account, "standing on the shoulders” of those veterans who fought for them since the inception of ICANN. I hope I provided my contribution to this progress as a serving Council member, and I am willing to do this for another term.
I would also continue putting my efforts to ensure broader participation of NCSG membership in policy-making processes, via policy committee meetings, public comments and capacity building. In addition to the policy work, I have been actively involved in capacity building efforts at the ICANN meetings and other venues by participating in outreach activities of NCSG and NCUC, which targeted both newcomers and seasoned members and informed them about the on-going policy work.
When I ran for my first GNSO term, I also aimed to ensure that NSCG will further strengthen collaboration with other stakeholder groups, when necessary, and contribute into building alliances, and I am still willing to work hard on this - together with my fellow councillors I indeed contributed to this collaboration with regard to various policy-making processes, and I am going to continue doing so when it serves the interests of NCSG.
To sum up, I have put my best efforts into, and - if elected - I will continue doing the following:
- making NCSG always vocal, visible at present at the Council, in Council deliberations and work on drafting Council documents,
- getting NCSG membership engaged in the policy processes and building capacity to do so,
- collaborating and communicating with other stakeholder groups when it serves the best interests of NCSG while upholding our positions and values.
Qualifications for the position:
Many of you know about my career path and my activities from different fora than ICANN: in the last 10 years, I have been focussing on policy-making and capacity building: in cybersecurity at my main work and in the broader internet governance context in general. My journey at ICANN started in 2015, when I joined NCUC and contributed to the work of CCWG-accountability during and after the transition, then became a member of the NCSG policy committee, later - was elected as a European representative on the NCUC EC in 2016 and - ultimately - was elected for my first term on the GNSO Council in 2017. In all of those roles, I have been trying to contribute as much as I could and represent non-commercial interests at ICANN in the best possible way. Those who follow closely the work of GNSO or NCSG policy committee know that I have always been "in the thick" of policy making, fully involved in Council discussions and deliberations and in channelling the input from NCSG membership to the GNSO Council level. Furthermore, in addition to my work on GNSO Council I am serving as an alternate on EPDP team and — since very recently - got involved in the GNSO bylaws drafting team as NCSG representative.
With all this work that has been already done, I believe I am fully qualified to continue serving on the Council for another term if NCSG membership still puts faith in me and elects me. When I ran for my first term, I promised to be vocal, be present, and be ready to put as much of my volunteer time and expertise in the policy-making on the GNSO level as needed. I did live up to those promises - I am indeed a very vocal GNSO Council member and I do my best to advance non-commercial interests there and to participate in coordination with the NCSG Policy committee to represent us even better.
Statement of availability for the time the position requires:
As someone who is already serving her first term on the GNSO Council, I know that it requires time commitment and dedication. My track record of attending GNSO meetings — I guess my record should say I attended all of them during my term, at least I don’t remember missing one -- and my active participation speaks for itself. Furthermore, I have been active in other, between-the-meetings, Council activities, like drafting Council responses to GAC communique and shaping other documents, small group deliberations, strategy discussions, and also in NCSG policy committee meetings. Of course, the time required to attend the meetings is just the tip of the iceberg. There is a time commitment for preparation, coordination, NCSG policy committee work, there is a non-stop ongoing work between the calls and meetings. I am still ready to put my time and effort and fully commit to this work, as I already have proven to do. I am happy to answer your questions here on the list or on the "meet the candidates" call.
Good luck to all the candidates!
Warm regards,
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| Name: Ayden Férdeline Region of Residence: Europe Gender: Male Employment: Technology Policy Fellow, Mozilla Foundation Conflicts of Interest: None Reasons for willingness to take on the position: I have had the great privilege of representing the NCSG on the GNSO Council for the past two years, and now that I’ve learned the ropes, I’d like to volunteer to serve another term. Through the GSNO Council, civil society has real voting power to impact domain name system policy. We are not the primary actor there and our challenges and constraints to participation are both well-known and legitimate. But this is not to say that we cannot be more vocal or have more influence. We all have different ways of operationalizing how we bring about change. In Stephanie Perrin, when she was on the Council, that was by methodically deconstructing arguments and highlighting the holes in them. In our new NCSG Councilor Elsa Saade, her willingness to take the mic and to ask questions and to make others explain their points of view has just as powerfully seen their arguments collapse into pieces. Personally, I’m not always the most vocal person, and instead I have opted to Chair the Council’s Standing Committee on Budget and Operations. This has allowed me to take a deep dive into the financial and operational aspects of how ICANN org and the ICANN Board are functioning and to bring matters of common concern to the attention of the Commercial Stakeholders Group and the Contracted Parties House so that, in recognition of the fact that we lack some of the muscle that they do, we can work together to advance change. I’ve enjoyed doing this, and I’ve enjoyed being on Council supporting and developing positions that advance non-commercial interests at ICANN. In general I would say that I have well-developed normative positions on issues, but when faced with specific policy questions, I take care to revise my thinking based on evidence and analysis. What I find exciting about ICANN is how it harnesses the power of the Internet to experiment in democratic governance on a global scale. It allows end-users like myself to participate in the management of a global resource. This public involvement in policy making is something which I have taken very seriously in the nearly four years that I have been an NCSG member, and if re-elected, I am willing to put in the hours to represent the NCSG professionally and intelligently as we advance and preserve non-commercial interests in GNSO discussions. Qualifications for the position: I am currently a technology policy fellow with the Mozilla Foundation, where I participate in advocacy and policy efforts to improve the health of the Internet. I thus have a professional interest in Internet and technology policy more broadly, but my involvement at ICANN in DNS policy is a personal endeavour and a personal interest. I enjoy putting time aside in my calendar to advance the NCSG's interests at ICANN by drafting public comments, volunteering on the frontline in working groups, and communicating to new voices my own pathway to engagement and how they too can get involved. In addition, I have facilitated workshops and webinars to upskill participants in domain name policy issues, and I have worked with NCSG and NCUC leadership and alongside other NCSG, NPOC, and NCUC colleagues to contribute to the development of our onboarding programme. I hold an MSc from the London School of Economics. Additional information: I believe in the NCSG's mission. I recognise the value of multistakeholderism, and I am passionate about the potential for technology to drive opportunity and to make our world a more open and connected place. I am absent circumstances that could give rise to a conflict of interest or bring the reputation of the NCSG into disrepute. To the best of my knowledge I have not taken any positions which are fundamentally inconsistent with the NCSG's principles or mission, and I have a history of active engagement in Internet governance-related working groups, discussion lists, and related activities. |
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Farell FOLLY | Africa | Male | - Computer Security (Cybersecurity) researcher at the Bundeswehr University of Munich, Germany. None. - Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position
After more than seven years of experience within ICANN, I now want to put my contribution at an outstanding level. My first ambition is to increase the technical skills present at the GNSO Council, especially regarding security-relevant aspects and decisions. I am confident that my knowledge of the DNS security could be of great value during liaisons between the SSAC or RSSAC. Indeed, having a better overview of the technical requirements and their feasibility renders decision-making process easier and more efficient, and lead to technically enforceable policy. Secondly, I am a very tolerant person with good communication skills. I think that this very important at the level of the GNSO Council where consensus and many decision-making processes are routines. Last but not least, as somebody with the “Ubuntu” philosophy, I am always willing to help, defend weak peoples and advocate for the interest of the people who couldn’t. This is particularly true for non-commercial users of the Internet that are important actors but with very limited means to be aware and even express themselves. - Qualification for the Position
In addition to my experiences with ICANN and broadly with the Internet Ecosystem, I am proud to have also served as an NCSG Policy member representing the NCUC. Not only is this a proof of recognition of the NCUC for my contribution within the community, but it also demonstrates my willingness to help and contribute to Policy related issues. I have a strong professional background in IT and Internet Security with many years of experiences in policy development. I have a deep knowledge of the technical aspects of the DNS (working with Whois since 2007). chairing working groups at International levels (for instance when I was an Army Captain, I had served as the Technical Director of a US Army Sponsored Program for IT and communications in Stuttgart, in Germany from 2010 to 2013), having been an executive of a national institution (ICT Governance Agency), and an IT Security manager at the United Nations, just to name a few. Currently, I am a security researcher working a project dealing with trustworthy systems and my Ph.D. focuses on the security of the Internet of Things. - Statement of availability for the position requires
As an active member of the NCSG Policy Committee, I already volunteer between 10-20 hours per week to ICANN and use to participate as an observer to GNSO Council meetings. In case I am appointed to the GNSO Council, nothing will change regarding my commitment. I will just change from the status of an observer to an active member and could even increase my commitment whenever the need be. Moreover, let me inform you that my current employer allowed me to physically attend all ICANN public meetings and agreed to set me available whenever my presence or contribution is required. - Optionally any other information that the candidate believes is relevant
Apart from being an active IT security engineer and a researcher in IoT Security, my various experiences and positions outside and within the ICANN community (NCSG, GNSO) demonstrate that I have many times been involved in governance, policy development, security, and other technical aspects. Last year, for instance, within the context of my Ph.D. research, I published an IoT security paper in the IEEE journal. Earlier in the past, I made many contributions to AFRINIC (the African Regional Registry), the Internet Governance Forum, and the International Telecommunications Union. Actually, Many events across Africa and Europe welcomed me a couple of times as a speaker. To name a few, I participated in the Africa Internet Summit in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 as a speaker on different topics related to the use of the Internet and the DNS; and In October 2018, I was invited in Copenhague to give a talk on IoT Security during the Danish Internet Day. For the rest, let’s discuss during the candidates Meeting. Thank you for considering my candidacy, and I truly hope that the knowledge, experience, and desire to contribute which I bring to the NCSG will be considered useful. @__f_f__
Best Regards____________________________________ (Ekue) Farell FOLLY
NCUC Rep. to the NCSG Policy Committee
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| Name: Farzaneh Badii (officially written as Badiei) Region of Residence: North America Gender: Female Employment: Internet Governance Project (Georgia Institute of Technology) https://internetgovernance.org [internetgovernance.org] Conflicts of Interest: None I believe the noncommercial stakeholders' group can exert quite a lot of influence in policymaking at ICANN through the GNSO council if it pays attention to the most important issues, treat the noncommercial posts seriously and care about noncommercial values such as freedom of expression, preventing government and trademark overreach, and protection of privacy. I think NCSG needs to have at least a short term strategy on how to deal with ICANN processes and policies. We have established our set of values over time but we need a strategy to achieve them. This is what can be done at the policy committee with the help of NCSG chair. I am hoping that I can help Stephanie who is already shaping our strategy. I am not quite happy with the recent developments at ICANN, one is giving too much power to the governments (sometimes stems from the bylaws but not always), the desire to "fix" the multistakeholder model while the actual deficiencies stem from other sources and decisionmakers and not from the community. The power of ICANN org and its influence on the Board is also another problem that should be tackled. While I cannot address all these issues at the Council, I believe I can at least pay attention to the developments and alert NCSG members about them. Another reason I would like to be on the Council is to keep NCSG members informed of what decisions are being made. Rafik did a tremendous job and reported all the time but he is very busy and needs help. Since February 2019, NCSG members have not received a report on what the Council is doing. Rafik cannot do everything single-handedly. We need to step up and help and report and keep NCSG members informed. I think it is quite important to be vocal during GNSO council meetings and on the mailing list. Of course, Council members cannot weigh in on all the issues but I think at least they have a duty to keep abreast of most of the important issues that affect NCSG values and their own values and speak up. I have been involved with NCSG/NCUC since 2015. As most of you know I was the chair of NCSG in 2018 but decided not to run for re-election due to travel restrictions. NCSG needed a present chair during the meetings. The chair's presence during meetings is very important because she has to defend NCSG values and standing, in the corridors, in private conversations and make sure NCSG does not miss out on important issues which are normally relayed to the chair. The travel restrictions have now ended for me and I have been traveling but I am a believer in remote participation. I think many of these ICANN Face to Face meetings are unnecessary. We are not a business association to network for business, we are making policies. We are not tourists either. So while I can travel and attend meetings, I think I can be effective as well if I just attend remotely and be aware of the issues and react to them. All in all, my purpose for running for the GNSO council is to inform NCSG members of what we are doing, uphold its values in GNSO council processes and help with hopefully maintaining the multistakeholder model and keep checks and balances on powerful actors at ICANN. If you think these are important issues to be addressed then vote for me! Farzaneh I have been involved in Internet Governance ecosystems and I have been working in my country in capacity building about Freedom of Speech, DNS Abuse and Cybersecurity. I firmly believe that Digital Divide is not only about infrastructure but knowledge and how we can use the technology for good, as we have seen in this healthy crisis that we are living at this moment. I believe that in every step of my engagement in ICANN I learned to read the ICANN Process and Policy making, I learned to read the different stakeholder’s interest, dynamics and problems, and of course, I learned to follow mentors, lead mentees, lead groups, calls, working process and create the right strategies and dynamics to properly address the non-commercial coerces in the DNS policy of the GNSO. Being a GNSO Councilor allows me to fully apply all that I’ve been learning and fight from a better position in the cause of non-commercial interest. Qualifications for the position: I have participated in ICANN since early 2011 when I was a member of the General Assembly for At-Large Latin American and Caribbean Regional Organizations (LACRALO). Recently I have been involved in Executive Committee from Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC), as former Policy Committee member for Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), appointed Executive Committee for NCSG and member of New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group. I also have participated as member in Working Groups such as: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop Guidelines and Principles for the GNSO’s Roles and Obligations as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Committee, GNSO Locking of a Domain Name subject to UDRP and Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace Whois. My leadership as a current member is serving on the Executive Committee of Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) as well as the Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC), addressing topics such as Cybersecurity and Domain Names Abuse. I also served as Communications Chair for the NPOC Executive Committee and four months ago I stepped in as the temporary replacement Councilor in the GNSO Council when Martin left the position open. During all this time I engaged with SubPro WG which currently discusses Topics that are very sensitive to our non-commercial interests. Some of my academic experience includes my participation as a lecturer in academic events such as: ICEGOV (International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance) organised by United Nation University - UNU, in China (2010) and Estonia (2011). Also, I have been a fellow of Internet Governance events and courses such as LACIGF (2011,2012 and 2014), South School of Internet Governance and Internet Governance Capacity Building Program. I have been working on unpublished research about the Maturity of IT services in the public sector which has a primary objective to assess the service management effectively in government entities and to provide an updated view of method, models and frameworks used for knowing that maturity stage in each public body. Previously, I have published some papers about e-government entitled E-government models in Latin-America: comparative research, E-participation and e-governance at Web 2.0 in Local Governments of Colombia and Strategies to achieve the e-participation in processes of democratization of local governments what are showing my permanent concern about quality information, interaction and e-services provided to citizens from government entities. Statement of availability for the time the position requires:
I am aware of how to handle volunteer obligations, because I am also a Scout Leader, and leadership positions, I’ve been doing it for years inside and outside ICANN. During this time I have actively participated in Council meetings without missing no one who shows my commitment to this job. Especially in the GNSO Council I’ve proved I can keep up with the time and work required to be there. I have a flexible agenda and it is possible for me to tailor my availability to suit the GNSO Council needs. I fully commit to continue and always improve my work and performance in ICANN, whether inside or outside the Council. I am very happy to be part of this and I want to again thanks all for the support. This is a little abstract from my background and would be an honor to me to represent LatinAmerica and Caribbean as its Councilor.
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| Name: Stephanie Perrin Region of residence: North America Gender: female Employer: Digital Discretion Company Inc. Conflict of interest: I work as a privacy and information consultant, and I do not take clients who are not acting in good faith to comply with law, so I doubt that there are conflicts of interest. Were I to have a client whose interests might be in conflict of those of ICANN, I would recuse myself from relevant activities. Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position: I joined as a volunteer at ICANN in order to assist in bring data protection perspectives to the famous WHOIS or Registration Data Services Directory. I would like to continue working on that until there is a reasonable chance that the work done on the EPDP will not falter. While I could certainly do that work on various working groups, there are important decisions coming to Council as these matters conclude. I also am keenly interested in the potential GNSO Review, and in the implementation of PDP 3.0. We received approval for an additional budget request for this coming year, to work on leadership development and training. I feel strongly that we need better transitioning between those like myself who are ready to leave active participation in NCSG and make space for new blood, and younger folks who are keen to participate and learn but find the water just a little cold and deep to jump in head first. We need a better mentoring and training package, and I hope to help the new NCSG Chair in developing that. Qualifications for the position: I have now served as a volunteer at ICANN since February 2013, or 7 years. Committees and activities include: - Expert Working Group on the RDS (2013-2014)
- GNSO Council 2014-2017
- Chair NCSG 2018-2020
- WHOIS conflicts with law working group
- RDS PDP
- EPDP I & II
- RDS II Review Team
- various other committees and pdps
Statement of availability for the time the position requires: 2020 has been a very busy year for me, and the current COVID 19 social distancing regime has also caused considerable disruption. In principle, the following year should be a little easier, if only because there will be much less travel! I am semi-retired, although very active with other volunteer activities and some client work. In principle, I have the time and the flexibility to adjust to the rigours of ICANN volunteer work. Stephanie Perrin |
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| Name: Johan Mikael ("Julf") Helsingius Region of residence: Europe Gender: Male Employer: BaseN Netherlands (IoT services operator)
Conflict of interest: The only possible conflict of interest is that I am a board member of SIY (the Finnish ISOC chapter).
Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position: I have always been an advocate of freedom of speech and privacy (see https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Penet-5Fremailer&d=DwICaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=1A9IIOkJia11FXDmJ1R4Jn7wGT4ExHiVuBF89mvNt_Q&m=YQuczHdz7VGBX_kGWrim0CZs8aEwjYrDwUgfBwaEZwg&s=YtVfDsZ9_X576wQ1pzyNWTLhkn6812jvwrrkDeO8i6A&e=), and feel my positions mostly align with those of the NCSG. I am also keen to protect the governance of the global Internet in a way that furthers those goals.
Qualifications for the position: Reasonable experience with ICANN (two years on the council as NCA, third year as liaison to the GAC) as well as the larger Internet Governance landscape (co-chair of RIPE co-operation WG, board member of Finnish ISOC chapter) and the Internet industry (founder of several ISPs and former telecoms executive).
I am a former member of CCWG Accountability, and current member of the EPDP 2 (shoot me now!) and CCWG Auction Proceeds. I am also currently chair of the GNSO Council Standing Selection Committee.
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The summer and fall of this year are turning out to be really busy for me, but things are quieting down by the time I would take the council seat, so I do believe I do have the time needed at that point, but I will not volunteer for a possible EPDP 3...
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| After considering the circumstances of this extraordinary election and the re-opening of nominations, and discussion with some trusted colleagues, I have decided to nominate for GNSO Council. I have previously been a GNSO councillor for 4 years, from 2013 to 2016, and was council vice-chair from 2014-2015. I have also significant experience with the GNSO policy development process, including forming part of the leadership team for a major PDP, and being an active member of several more. I am currently an alternate representing the NCSG in the EPDP. I believe I have previously demonstrated a strong knowledge of policy development issues, the ability to be an effective councillor, the commitment to do the work during policy processes and for council, and a commitment to representing both NCSG and the GNSO as a strong active advocate. I am from the Asia-Pacific region, which is currently not represented on the council. I have no commitments in ICANN outside the GNSO (or other than the EPDP alternate role). I am able to commit the time (generally several hours a week, plus three+ meetings a year) that the role requires. I am an individual member of NCUC and NCSG. I have had roles on both the EC of NCUC (and briefly served as Chair in 2013) and of NPOC, and have good relationships with both constituencies. On a personal note, I have had some personal and work issues in recent years that have, at times, made it difficult to give ICANN issues the full focus they deserve. I am confident that those issues are resolved, and that I would be able to serve as a strong and fully engaged representative on council, and I am enthused to do so. Sincerely David |
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| Declared region of residence: Asia/Australia/Pacific Gender: Male Employment: Technical Lead at NTT Ltd and cyber security policy researcher Any conflicts of interest: None Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position:
As a first time fellow in ICANN60, we were made to study all the stakeholder groups in ICANN, so that we would be able to make informed decision as to which constituency/stakeholder group we identify with. As someone from the technical community, it was hard to choose, but then I went back to why I was interested in policy in ICANN in the first place. Which was and still is to represent the interest of non-commercial internet users, especially those from developing countries. I have had to now move to Australia because of employment, but that reason for participating in ICANN has never changed. Qualifications for the position:
Since joining NCSG, I have participated in numerous policy activities including being a GNSO appointed chair and NCSG representative to the IANA Naming Function Review Team. I have also drafted many comments for NCSG. I believe this experience, learning and network, together gives me the knowledge required to represent NCSG at the GNSO council. Statement of availability for the time the position requires:
By virtue of living in Australia and chairing a review team, I am no newbie to 3AM meetings. I am fully aware of how much effort and time commitment is required as a GNSO councilor, luckily my new working arrangement gifts me back up to 2 hours daily. Time I would otherwise be commuting. This gives me the opportunity to contribute more to policy work. Best Regards, Tomslin |
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| CANDIDATE STATEMENT for GNSO COUNCIL MEMBER
Candidate Name: Wisdom Kwasi Donkor
Citizenship: Ghana
Gender: Male
Language: English
Any Conflict of Interest: None
It is an honor to be considered for election to the position of GNSO council member, and I accept the Nomination. I will take this opportunity to provide brief information about my background, my history with ICANN and my views and vision for the GNSO over the next 12 months. I will make myself available to answer any questions you may have.
Looking back over the past few years, I must acknowledge the significant contributions of all that have serve on the GNSO council (past and present) their incredible contributions and support to the communities is very much appreciated. Without the Council’s outstanding leadership team and staff support, the work of the communities would be infinitely more difficult.
Last year has seen a significant amount of policy work by the GNSO community with regard to the finalization of the EPDP recommendations and works of the RPM, PDP workings groups and many other working groups that are all nearing conclusion this year. However, I believe there is still an amount of work to be done or pass significant milestones. 2020 brought about many challenges not only to ICANN but also to the entire IG community where physical meetings was affected by the covid-19 restrictions and protocols. The situation I believe brought about the slash of working time, which I think have left tremendous amount of work that needs to be managed and concluded on time. With this in mind and understanding of the work of GNSO, I look forward to working with each of you to advance the course of GNSO community and its policy development processes and improvement of its works and to contribute my knowledge and experiences to the broader ICANN communities.
I have serve on the UN IGF MAG for three years (2016 - 2018), Africa Union Internet Governance Forum (AFIGF) (2017 - 2018), ECOWAS West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) 2016 - date and many other working groups across Africa and beyond. With my engagements at this level, got me the needed experience and understand of IG policy work within the entire internet ecosystems. I have also coordinated many internet related projects and policy activities across different sectors of development (public, private, NGO’s etc).
Having worked with government (National Information Technology Agency (NITA) an Agency under the Ministry of Communications of Ghana, mandated to regulate the ICT sector until my resignation in 2017, Undertook several policy developmental projects and programs that brought about the implementation and deployment of several internet related projects across Ghana such as the construction of the national data center infrastructure, e-government network infrastructure, e-government application, laying of fiber optic cables across Ghana, community network projects, cyber security emergency response, and the re-delegation of the dot GH registry and its internal politics and subsequently the establishment of the Ghana Domain Name Registry (GDNR). All of these gave me that needed experience and understanding of the entire internet infrastructure and ecosystem.
After my resignation from Government In 2017, I founded Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (AODIRF) and Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC). This organisation are African base non-governmental organization that is championing policies on open data, ICTs, Geospatial technologies, internet governance and community development, training and capacity building and supporting and carrying out innovative projects and programs across Africa. I am currently the President and CEO of the organisation which I set up along with one other business, this organizations has grown and is doing well and has position itself as a leader of change in the continent of Africa. To reach this position requires leadership and organisational skills with the aspirations and ambitions of succeeding at all level of development.
I have a degree in Computer Science, Diploma in Computer Science, Diploma in Business Computing, Master’s Degree in Human Resource Planning and Development (HRP&D) and other professional qualification. With my leadership skills, knowledge and experiences put together, I believe will gives me the needed technical understanding to contribute meaningfully to the GNSO community. Taken into consideration the work of GNSO Council, I am very much aware of the time commitment as a GNSO Councilor and wish to give in part of my time to the course of GNSO. I have been an ICANN Fellow, coach and booth lead for many ICANN meeting and have good understanding of ICANN functions, the multistakeholder model. I have helped organise several ICANN policy forums and workshops in Ghana and other part of Africa. I have also coached and mentored several ICANN Fellows and individual across other part of the Africa and the world. |
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