Dear Nadira, Thank you for sending your SOI, it’s posted on the elections wiki page. Thank you. Kind Regards, Yeşim Nazlar From: Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 1:54 AM To: APAC-Discuss <apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>, amritachoudhury <amritachoudhury@ccaoi.in> Subject: [Ext] Re: Nomination request for Nadira AL Araj for APRALO Vice Chair 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.