Dear All, Greetings to all, Since, there was no meeting to get to know APRALO LT candidates; I thought of sharing with you as a contestant to Vice Chair role, what new I will bring to APRALO Community. Sharing with you here, my experience as Middle East Space Co-Chair, where we regularly develop position statement on one of ICANN topics to present it to ICANN board and ICANN concerning bodies for their consideration. You could find the different position statements developed from the region at https://icannwiki.org/ICANN_ME_SPACE. To those who are interested in the issue of "Universal Acceptance & Email Address Internationalization using Arabic Script” are invited to fill the doodle poll <https://doodle.com/poll/p8aftau7rchrkehx>, so you can join the discussion meeting on June 8th. With the above idea in mind, I would like to capitalize on Justine Chew’ proposal for APRALO Policy Platform <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W0Luo9HT6_bTKmUcXluSVgZIfPd-x3l1nTDDVnKd...> so I can empower APRALO ALS members and unaffiliated individual members to be engaged in ICANN policy comments using a similar approach to the Middle East Space. Ending by wishing a happy Eid Al Fitr to those observing it. Wishing you all the safety and well-being with the new normal. Best wishes, Nadira ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj@gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:49 AM Subject: Re: Nomination request for Nadira AL Araj for APRALO Vice Chair To: At Large <apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>, amritachoudhury < amritachoudhury@ccaoi.in> Dear All, Dear At-Large Staff, Following the acceptance of my nomination to the APRALO vice chair, I put below my EOI, (it is also attached to the kind attention of At-Large staff) *With appreciation, I accept my nomination for the APRALO vice chair role. This nomination came at the right and ripe time of my At-Large journey, particularly after taking ATLAS III capacity building program and being alumni to its At-Large ambassadors. * *My journey with APRALO started after my first ICANN 53 meeting as a fellow when I asked to be the second representative of my ALAS ISOC Palestine Chapter. Since then I attended almost every APRALO monthly meeting and did convey the different APRALO/ICANN updates to my Chapter officers and its members regularly. In the same year, I initiated the first ICANN outreach booth at the locally famous ExpTech 2015 followed by workshops at local universities. * *I am an independent researcher, self-retired from the higher education sector in my country. My time is balanced between occasional projects and community volunteerism including ICANN. Therefore, whenever I volunteer, I take my responsibilities very seriously and members of the tasks I volunteer at would observe my added-value contributions. I rendered my expertise to different APRALO ad-hoc working groups such as the APRALO 2019 hot topics, the APRALO History Project, and the study on APRALO ICANN fellowship member's engagement. My SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Nadira+Al-Araj+SOI> will provide more about my active engagements.* *However, I would like to highlight my experience as the elected ALAC/APRALO community delegate to ICANN Nominating Committee for both NomCom 2018 and 2019, which gave me a comprehensive understanding of ICANN and how At-Large fit into ICANN multi-stakeholder structure. The trust that I got from my NomCom colleagues reflected in the 360 Peer Reviews Aggregate Results.* *To fit into the APRALO leadership team, I worked towards having a good understanding of the APAC community by getting a first-hand experience through my participation in APSIG, and now I am the treasurer on its Executive Committee. Attending APTLD 70 as a speaker and the collocated events of APTLD75 and the 6th ME DNS forum in Dubai as the ME DNS program Committee member. Adding my attendance as a fellow and speaker the APrIGF 2019 where I volunteered in the working group for writing the well-known forum synthesis document and the revisions of the different forum guidelines.* *In my acceptance to this nomination, I read the expected requirements and responsibilities of APRALO Leaders team from the Rules of Procedure, and with confidence; I can say I am qualified for this role.* --