RECORDED / Nomination of Dana Cramer for NARALO NomCom
Dear Kathleen, Your nomination is recorded. Thank you. Kind Regards, Yeşim Sağlam From: Kathleen Scoggin <kathleenscoggin@gmail.com> Date: 13 April 2025 Sunday at 21:29 To: NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Nomination of Dana Cramer for NARALO NomCom Good afternoon all, I am pleased to nominate Dana Cramer for the NARALO NomCom position. Dana and I served as ISOC youth ambassadors together and she has been very involved in both the ICANN community and the broader internet governance ecosystem. Dana is a PhD Candidate in Toronto researching fluctuations in multistakeholder Internet governance and geopolitics. She also leads Youth IGF Canada, a national non-profit that works closely with youth all over Canada including rural, remote, and Indigenous stakeholders. Dana was also a NexGen, ICANN81 Fellow, and will be an ICANN83 fellow in June. She will also be part of the Government of Canada's official delegation to WSIS+20 in July, among many other accomplishments! The skills around PhD research and the NomCom position are closely aligned, making Dana a great fit for this position. The need to be objective, confidential, and evaluate information in a holistic and comprehensive manner is well evidenced in Dana's past work and training. Best, Kathleen
Dear Dana, Your nomination acceptance is recorded and I’m posting your e-mail below as your SoI for the position. Please let me know if you prefer using a different SoI. Thank you. Kind Regards, Yeşim Sağlam From: "dana.cramer@torontomu.ca" <dana.cramer@torontomu.ca> Date: 14 April 2025 Monday at 21:09 To: Yesim Saglam <yesim.nazlar@icann.org>, Kathleen Scoggin <kathleenscoggin@gmail.com>, NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: [NA-Discuss] RECORDED / Nomination of Dana Cramer for NARALO NomCom Dear All, First of all, thank you Kathleen for nominating me for the NARALO NomCom position. Over the past year, since I began my ICANN journey as a NextGen during ICANN79 and have more recently joined the At-Large Community Engagement Sub-committee (ACES). I have been humbled to get to know many of you both in-person at ICANN79, ICANN81, and the IGF in Riyadh last December, as well as virtually on our NARALO calls and through LinkedIn and WhatsApp. I want to provide a bit about myself as I’m still a bit of a newcomer, but hoping to give some broader context of my readiness for this position. As Kathleen mentioned, I am pursuing my PhD in Toronto in a joint-program between two universities (Toronto Metropolitan University and York University). I also built Youth IGF Canada [youthigfcanada.ca]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youthigfcanada.ca__;!!PtGJab4!7ZoPALU...> as a national nonprofit and ensured its recognition as Canada’s Youth IGF with the UN IGF Secretariat. Through being a PhD Candidate while also a nonprofit leader, I have built the unique experience of academic excellence while simultaneously becoming a community practitioner in my Internet governance specialization. I have done this all before the age of 30 (I’m 28 now). With the NomCom position’s requirements of accomplished persons, a broad professional network, a capacity to consult widely and accept community input, a person who is neutral and objective, and who understand ICANN’s mission and impact, I believe I am a strong candidate. I am an a national [crtc.gc.ca]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/crtc.gc.ca/eng/acrtc/prx/2020cramer.htm__...> (Canada) and internationally [iicom.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.iicom.org/feature/dana-cramer-2/__;!!...> award-winning researcher and writer in topics of cybersecurity [iicom.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.iicom.org/feature/dana-cramer/__;!!Pt...>, telecommunications policy [intellectdiscover.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10...>, and digital platforms policy [cnmap.mcmaster.ca]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cnmap.mcmaster.ca/events/comcultpolicy202...>. One of my recent works [cigionline.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cigionline.org/publications/assessing...> published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, on fluctuations in multistakeholder Internet governance, was widely received with the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) promoting the piece heavily, and Vint Cerf reading it and forwarding it to the IGF Leadership Panel. I have vast professional networks in Canada and the United States which include academic communities in the fields of communication studies, Internet governance, and telecommunications policies; think tank networks focused on digital policy; government networks in Canada across various regulators, ministries, and federal Cabinet Ministers putting forward digital policies (e.g., online harms, AI); and wide civil society networks across Canada, the U.S., and the UK who focus on Internet governance, online safety, and an open Internet. I have also collaborated with two ccTLDs (Canada, Australia) on various projects, and also have strong relations with ARIN as our region’s RIR. Lastly, I am heavily involved with the Internet Society (which started after I was an ISOC Youth Ambassador last year, where I won top Ambassador which resulted in ISOC commissioning a video about my leadership in Canadian Internet governance), and have helped open doors to ISOC on Canadian digital policies to ensure they can help answer questions of how to keep the Internet open and inclusive in Canada when we have emerging regulations and bills surrounding this space. In other words, I don’t just have people and organizations in my orbit, I actively look to fold them into broader networks as part of strengthening the multistakeholder model to ensure the safety and resiliency of one open global Internet. I have been part of various consultation spaces. I previously worked for Canada’s communications regulator where I supported on creating a new public consultation online space [crtcconversations.ca]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.crtcconversations.ca__;!!PtGJab4!7ZoP...> to solicit more diverse opinions on Canadian communications policy to ensure policies our Commission made were reflective of the public and in their interest. As part of Youth IGF Canada and our recognition as an NRI, we consult broadly on our annual agenda, which last year took me to Indigenous organizations across Canada, government departments, and civil society groups. In Youth IGF Canada, I managed the creation of our Engagement Strategy [youthigfcanada.ca]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youthigfcanada.ca/portfolio/__;!!PtGJ...> which worked to create a taxonomy of organizations in Canada who have youth, or were digitally focused, in our attempt to fold more young Canadians into our Youth IGF space as to build these youth up as Internet governance leaders. This dedication to iterative consultation processes is key to the NomCom position which I have such a track record. As part of my PhD training, I have strong critical thinking skills which allows me to practice neutrality and objectivity when reviewing data, sources, and impact to ensure a levelled analysis can be made. Finally, as part of this PhD research, I have studied ICANN and the multistakeholder model significantly. Although I am a newcomer, I believe I bring a unique understanding of ICANN which was developed external to the organization, while now being a bit more internal through my engagements in NARALO and ICANN’s newcomer programs. If you have any questions for me in the interim of this election process, I would happy to discuss more - just email me at dana.cramer@torontomu.ca. I’m looking forward to this election amongst a friendly slate of competitors. Thank you for your consideration. All the best, Dana Dana Cramer (she/her/elle) PhD Candidate | Toronto Metropolitan University President | Youth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Canada NARALO Individual Member | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) e: dana.cramer@torontomu.ca<mailto:dana.cramer@torontomu.ca> s: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-cramer/ [linkedin.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/in/dana-cramer/__;!!PtGJ...> Research Interests: Internet Governance; Internet Fragmentation; Splinternet; Multiple Public Internets; Internet Infrastructure & Standards; Broadband; Telecommunications & Technology Policy; Geopolitical Competition; Political Economy of Communication; Internet Usage; Sustainable Development New Publication: Cramer, Dana. (2024). Assessing the near future of multi-stakeholder internet governance. Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Digital Policy Hub. https://www.cigionline.org/publications/assessing-the-near-future-of-multi-s... New Publication: Hurrell, C., Beatty, S., Murphy, J.E., Cramer, Dana, Lee, J., & McClurg, C. (2024). Learning and Teaching about Scholarly Communication: Findings from Graduate Students and Mentors. portal: Libraries and the Academy 24(1), 83-104. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2024.a916991 [doi.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/doi.org/10.1353/pla.2024.a916991__;!!PtGJ...>. From: Yesim Saglam via NA-Discuss <na-discuss@icann.org> Date: Monday, April 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM To: Kathleen Scoggin <kathleenscoggin@gmail.com>, NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [NA-Discuss] RECORDED / Nomination of Dana Cramer for NARALO NomCom Dear Kathleen, Your nomination is recorded. Thank you. Kind Regards, Yeşim Sağlam From: Kathleen Scoggin <kathleenscoggin@gmail.com> Date: 13 April 2025 Sunday at 21:29 To: NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Nomination of Dana Cramer for NARALO NomCom Good afternoon all, I am pleased to nominate Dana Cramer for the NARALO NomCom position. Dana and I served as ISOC youth ambassadors together and she has been very involved in both the ICANN community and the broader internet governance ecosystem. Dana is a PhD Candidate in Toronto researching fluctuations in multistakeholder Internet governance and geopolitics. She also leads Youth IGF Canada, a national non-profit that works closely with youth all over Canada including rural, remote, and Indigenous stakeholders. Dana was also a NexGen, ICANN81 Fellow, and will be an ICANN83 fellow in June. She will also be part of the Government of Canada's official delegation to WSIS+20 in July, among many other accomplishments! The skills around PhD research and the NomCom position are closely aligned, making Dana a great fit for this position. The need to be objective, confidential, and evaluate information in a holistic and comprehensive manner is well evidenced in Dana's past work and training. Best, Kathleen
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