May 2016 - Npoc-discuss - lists.icann.org

Elections
by Joan Kerr May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

Hello NPOCers, Just a gentle reminder that the NPOC nomination process closes on Thursday 26th May 2016 at 2359 UTC. If you are interested in an NPOC Executive Committee position, please send in your nominations to the NPOC discuss mailing list, on or before the closing date. There are no nominations for Policy Committee Chair and Secretariat. To see open positions and nominees, please check: https://community.icann.org/display/NPOCC/Open+Positions+-+Candidates If you are considering a position, please note that the info below: - Candidates can formally post their nomination on the NPOC Discuss list by: - stating their name and the position being applied for; - self nominate, or name of nominator; - statement of why you would make a good candidate; and - making a formal declaration: I, (the above-named) ....................................................................., declare that: - I am an active member of NPOC, and that if elected, I consent to serve. - I do not have any pecuniary or conflict of interest with ICANN Joan Kerr, NPOC, Membership Chair

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NPOC Leadership Elections: Nominations Close Tomorrow 26 May 2016
by Maryam Bakoshi May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

Dear All, Nominations for positions close tomorrow, Thursday 26 May 2016 at 2359 UTC. We currently have nominations for the the following positions: * Chair: Klaus Stoll, Rudi Vansnick * Vice Chair: Poncelet Ileleji, Martin Silva Valent * Communications Committee Chair: Juan Manuel Rojas * Membership Committee Chair: Joan Kerr * Secretariat: Olévié Kouami We are yet to receive nominations for the Policy Committee Chair position. Please feel free to nominate or self nominate for any of the above positions. Deadline for this is tomorrow, 26th May 2016 2359 UTC As a reminder the election timeline is below: Elections Time line Days Start End Inform membership 2016 elections time line 1 24 Apr 2016 25 Apr 201§ Nominations for positions 30 26 Apr 2016 26 May 2016 Formal acceptance of candidates completed 3 26 May 2016 29 May 2016 Open elections – voting process 30 29 May 2016 28 Jun 2016 Elections results announced 1 28 Jun 2016 28 Jun 2016 Notice of elections can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/c02AAw Candidates Statement can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/v02AAw The election process is being managed by Glen de Saint Gery (SO/AC Support Manager) and Maryam Bakoshi (Secretariat Support) Many thanks, -- Maryam Bakoshi Secretariat Support - NCSG, NCUC, NPOC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: maryam.bakoshi(a)icann.org<mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org> Mobile: +44 7737 698036 Skype: maryam.bakoshi.icann

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Nomination position Communication Committee chair
by Rudi Vansnick May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

Dear all, I would like to nominate Tom MacKenzie for the position of Communication Committee chair. Knowing Tom for several years, I’m confident he has the appropriate skills required for this position. A strong communication program is basic for the deployment the strategic plan I have been working on the last couple of months, bringing together the NPOC members and allowing them to interact and bring forward their concerns. Tom has been involved in several structures and organisations, with focus on interaction and communication between many partners. I dare hope he will accept this nomination. Kind regards, Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org/> rudi.vansnick(a)npoc.org Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32

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Self-nomination NPOC chair position
by Rudi Vansnick May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

Dear NPOC member, I am the current Chair of NPOC, in which capacity I have served for 2 years. I am nominating myself and willing to serve as Chair for another year. I have worked really hard to lay the foundation for a strong Constituency and NPOC is at a turning point to consult, engage and inform our members. This was the strategy for the past two years. I am writing this to ask for your support to continue the work. ICANN Involvement and experience When I initially became Chair of NPOC, the number priority was to build the membership to participate in the policy process. I undertook to concentrate on building a solid team, while personally representing NPOC in numerous committees, giving me the opportunity to learn the intricacies of the ICANN ecosystem. Having firsthand experience in the ICANN ecosystem and building the NPOC Excom, working with Staff and other Constituencies, gives me a unique insight to lead NPOC into the next phase. See my involvement in ICANN below. 3 years ago, I had a one-on-one meeting with Fadi Chehadé, the former ICANN CEO, engaging myself in increasing the performance of NPOC in ICANNs policy work. I also committed to increase the number of members of NPOC. I recognize that the numbers did not increase as much as we expected due to various factors, however, as much as numbers are good, it is essential we also engage our existing members. To have weight on the decisions in the GNSO and the ICANN policy development, NPOC needs qualified and engaged people in the committees. So far, I have seen many very good nominations, which of course I support fully. And this convinced me to go for another year of NPOC leadership, at least if the membership wants me to do so. Policy work. Having now about 12 years experience in ICANN, through my engagement in At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) till 2012, and since that date in NPOC, I was engaged in the policy work through many working groups. Working groups are the kernel element of the development of required policy in the world of gTLDs. Moreover, it helps in giving direction to the rules and regulations needed in global for the Internet governance. How to help NGO’s in getting better service with regards the use and/or registration of their respective domain name(s) is part of the work within the working groups. For all of them I volunteered and spend many hours in conference calls, following the debates and discussions online and participated in the final decision taking process. A learning curve which I would propose NPOC members to take profit of too. This work is also close to what is most often very useful in NGO’s daily operations and will enable you to have another view on how to be engaged in leadership and decision taking processes. Begin this year the Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI) nominated and elected me as the chair of this committee. An extremely interesting committee looking into how to improve the implementation of policy work in the GNSO. In June, we will launch the public comment period on the 2 issues we were asked by the GNSO council to bring forward solutions for. 2 weekly calls where part of the work in order to get to the final consensus on both of the issues and I have to thank the members of this committee for their engagement and commitment. Outreach and awareness. As many of you know ICANN has invested a lot of energy (and some financial resources) to enable anyone to understand what ICANNs mission is and how to be part of that specific mission. I would say it is still work in progress as we talk. Many new actions and proposals were dropped on the table, the Civil Society Engagement group, comprising ICANN staff, GNSO as well as ALAC members, are working on these proposals so they would fit for each of the communities and constituencies. As we, NPOC and other constituencies do not have the resources and even less the financial funding to do all the outreach work needed, I would strongly advice ICANN would further invest financial, human and other resources in order to enable our communities to be part of the ICANN family and benefit of the work done inside and outside. Future Vision Finally, (I had not the intention to be long), I would like you to enable me to finalize the work I got engaged and committed too when 3 years ago I discussed the plan with Fadi. Soon, I will have the opportunity to have a profound exchange with the new CEO Göran Marby, and will commit the final process of getting NPOC at the level of recognition it should be rewarded. Getting voting rights in the GNSO council is essential to raise the voice of the NGO’s and Civil Society when it comes to protect their rights and allow them to benefit of the marvelous product each domain name is. I ask for your support to enable me to finalize the work I got committed to 3 years ago, and thanks for your support throughout the past 2 years, hoping you will allow me to do a last year effort as I proposed. Kind regards, Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC)

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NPOC Leadership Elections: Meet the Candidates Call | Thursday 02 June 2016 | 18:00 UTC
by Maryam Bakoshi May 24, 2016

May 24, 2016

Dear All, Please find below participation details for Meet the Candidates Call on Thursday 02 June 2016 at 18:00 UTC Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/npoc/ Time Zones: http://tinyurl.com/zlkawbj Time in some other locations: Sydney: Friday, 3 June 2016, 04:00 Tokyo: Friday, 3 June 2016, 03:00 Beijing: Friday, 3 June 2016, 02:00 Moscow: Thursday, 2 June 2016, 21:00 New Delhi: Thursday, 2 June 2016, 23:30 Paris: Thursday, 2 June 2016, 20:00 Buenos Aires: Thursday, 2 June 2016, 15:00 New York: Thursday, 2 June 2016, 14:00 Los Angeles: Thursday, 2 June 2016, 11:00 Agenda: Q & A Session Passcodes/Pin codes: Participant passcode: NPOC For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the conference. Please send me an email off list, if you require dial out Dial in numbers: Country Toll Numbers Freephone/ Toll Free Number ARGENTINA 0800-777-0519<tel:0800-777-0519> AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE: 61-8-8121-4842 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA BRISBANE: 61-7-3102-0944 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA CANBERRA: 61-2-6100-1944 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE: 61-3-9010-7713 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA PERTH: 61-8-9467-5223 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA SYDNEY: 61-2-8205-8129 1-800-657-260 AUSTRIA 43-1-92-81-113 0800-005-259 BELGIUM 32-2-400-9861 0800-3-8795 BRAZIL 0800-7610651<tel:0800-7610651> CHILE 1230-020-2863 CHINA CHINA A: 86-400-810-4789 10800-712-1670 CHINA CHINA B: 86-400-810-4789 10800-120-1670 COLOMBIA 01800-9-156474 CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-64 800-700-177 DENMARK 45-7014-0284 8088-8324 ESTONIA 800-011-1093 FINLAND 358-9-5424-7162 0-800-9-14610 FRANCE LYON: 33-4-26-69-12-85 080-511-1496 FRANCE MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-85 080-511-1496 FRANCE PARIS: 33-1-70-70-60-72 080-511-1496 GERMANY 49-69-2222-20362 0800-664-4247<tel:0800-664-4247> GREECE 30-80-1-100-0687 00800-12-7312 HONG KONG 852-3001-3863 800-962-856 HUNGARY 06-800-12755 INDIA INDIA A: 000-800-852-1268 INDIA INDIA B: 000-800-001-6305 INDIA INDIA C: 1800-300-00491 INDONESIA 001-803-011-3982 IRELAND 353-1-246-7646 1800-992-368 ISRAEL 1-80-9216162 ITALY MILAN: 39-02-3600-6007 800-986-383 JAPAN OSAKA: 81-6-7739-4799<tel:81-6-7739-4799> 0066-33-132439 JAPAN TOKYO: 81-3-5539-5191<tel:81-3-5539-5191> 0066-33-132439 LATVIA 8000-3185 LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1364 MALAYSIA 1-800-81-3065 MEXICO 001-866-376-9696 NETHERLANDS 31-20-718-8588 0800-023-4378<tel:0800-023-4378> NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4771 0800-447-722 NORWAY 47-21-590-062 800-15157 PANAMA 011-001-800-5072065 PERU 0800-53713 PHILIPPINES 63-2-858-3716 POLAND 00-800-1212572 PORTUGAL 8008-14052 RUSSIA 8-10-8002-0144011 SAUDI ARABIA 800-8-110087 SINGAPORE 65-6883-9230 800-120-4663 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-25 SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-80414 SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1083 00798-14800-7352 SPAIN 34-91-414-25-33 800-300-053 SWEDEN 46-8-566-19-348 0200-884-622 SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-6398 0800-120-032 TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7379 00801-137-797 THAILAND 001-800-1206-66056 UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9025 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3225 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS: 44-113-301-2125 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM LONDON: 44-20-7108-6370 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1425 0808-238-6029 URUGUAY 000-413-598-3421 USA 1-517-345-9004 866-692-5726 VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-3702 Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using a mobile telephone. Many thanks, -- Maryam Bakoshi Secretariat Support - NCSG, NCUC, NPOC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: maryam.bakoshi(a)icann.org<mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org> Mobile: +44 7737 698036 Skype: maryam.bakoshi.icann

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Save the Date: Meet the Candidates Call | 02 June 2016 | 1800 UTC
by Maryam Bakoshi May 24, 2016

May 24, 2016

Dear all, The time has come to elect the NPOC Executive Committee again. A number of candidates are up for election. It is important that NPOC member can make informed decisions about who is representing them. Please join the candidates at a conference call on Thursday 2nd of June 2016, 1800 UTC, for an interactive Q&A session. We will keep statements by the candidates at a minimum and we will focus on discussing your questions. Please submit any questions you might have to the NPOC-discuss list or directly to maryam.bakoshi(a)icann.org<mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org>. It's your Right to decide who will serve on the NPOC Executive Committee Some of questions we will be answering, and our focus for the future includes, but not limited to: * Why is NPOC important for me and my organization? * What we can do to make NPOC more effective in Internet Governance policy making? * What do NPOC members need and expect? * What is the future of ICANN and the Internet? * What can NPOC do too attract more members? This session will be moderated by Maryam Bakoshi, NPOC Secretariat Support Please disseminate this invitation freely. Many thanks, -- Maryam Bakoshi Secretariat Support - NCSG, NCUC, NPOC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: maryam.bakoshi(a)icann.org<mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org> Mobile: +44 7737 698036 Skype: maryam.bakoshi.icann

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Re: [Npoc-discuss] NPOC "Ask your candidates" conference call June 2nd 16UTC
by Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. May 24, 2016

May 24, 2016

Excellent idea Klaus!!!! Lets promote the June 2nd call WIDELY, so we get some traction out of this election process and lets hope the new Team has a clear mandate from the membership Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez +506 8837 7176 Skype: carlos.raulg Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica) On 23 May 2016, at 7:52, Klaus Stoll wrote: > Dear Friends > > Greetings. It is great to see that people are coming forward and make > themselves available for the various positions. > > I think that all candidates should communicate with the membership as > much as possible, and I therefore propose that we will invite all NPOC > members to a "Ask you candidates" session for Thursday the 2nd of June > 16.00 UTC. All candidates of all positions should attend and make > themselves available for questions. > > Could you please let us know if you have any objections to the idea in > general. > > Candidates, please let us know if you are willing and able to attend. > > Please also let us know if you have a big problem with the date and > time. > > Members, please submit to NPOC discuss any question that you want to > ask the candidates. > > If there is general agreement we will ask Maryam to set up the call. > Please let us know by close of business 20.00 pm UTC tomorrow 24th of > May. > > Yours > > Klaus > > _______________________________________________ > Npoc-discuss mailing list > Npoc-discuss(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss

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Re: [Npoc-discuss] NPOC SECRETARY - SELF NOMINATION
by Olévié Kouami May 23, 2016

May 23, 2016

2016-05-23 14:12 GMT+01:00 Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. <crg(a)isoc-cr.org>: > I want to second Olévié Kouami for Secretary of NPOC!!!! > > Cheers for this great emerging new Team!!! > > Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez > +506 8837 7176 > Skype: carlos.raulg > Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica) > On 23 May 2016, at 7:11, Olévié Kouami wrote: > > Hi all ! >> >> +1 @Carlos. >> >> I would really love to see my young brother and fiend Martin at this >> position in the next Excom; >> >> So, I decline my first nomination for the Vice-Chair position to the >> postiion of Secretary of NPOC. >> >> Certainly the NPOC need a good secretary as well. >> >> So, like I was told, lets move forward and fill those nominations, so we >> bring new LIFE to the NPOC. >> >> The NPOC really need to get up to speed to its new responsibilities under >> the Transition. >> >> Warm regards >> -Olévié- >> >> >> 2016-05-23 1:35 GMT+01:00 Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. <crg(a)isoc-cr.org>: >> >> Dear NPOC members, >>> >>> I fully support the nomination of this young, smart and dedicated friend. >>> >>> Martin´s effort is an excelent case of ICANN´s effort to get a whole new >>> generation of participants into the multi-stakeholder policy development >>> process. >>> >>> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez >>> +506 8837 7176 >>> Skype: carlos.raulg >>> Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica) >>> >>> On 21 May 2016, at 17:37, Martin Pablo Silva Valent wrote: >>> >>> Dear NPOC Members, >>> >>>> >>>> I am Martín Silva Valent, current Secretariat of NPOC, and I >>>> hereby nominate myself for the Vice-Chair open position. I declare >>>> that: I >>>> am an active member of NPOC, and that if elected, I consent to serve; >>>> and I >>>> do not have any pecuniary or conflict of interest with ICANN. >>>> >>>> I am finishing my term as Secretariat and after more than two years of >>>> work assisting the Chair and Vice-Chair of NPOC I feel I have concluded >>>> a >>>> learning cycle. My engagement with policy development, mentoring and >>>> outreach and in-reach work has increased and I feel I can contribute >>>> more >>>> as Vice-chair than as a Secretariat. I also think that is fair that >>>> someone >>>> else become Secretariat, a privileged role I enjoyed and from which I >>>> learned almost everything I know about ICANN. >>>> >>>> >>>> About Me in ICANN: >>>> >>>> I am honoured for the trust I’ve received from the community >>>> to be Secretariat and I can only hope that the community feels I was up >>>> to >>>> the expectation. Besides being the Secretariat of NPOC inside ICANN I >>>> am an >>>> Alumni of the Fellowship Program and the Leadership Training Program, >>>> and >>>> twice the Coach Leader of the Fellowship, things that eventually led me >>>> to >>>> be an official Mentor for ICANN future leaders and developing both >>>> Coaching >>>> and Mentorship material and strategies (something I still work on). For >>>> NPOC I have done, and still do, extensive outreach both in my >>>> geographical >>>> zone, the LAC zone, and other places when I have the opportunity. I also >>>> participate in two working groups, “The Standing Committee on >>>> Improvements >>>> Implementation” and the “Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms >>>> (RPMs) >>>> in all gTLDs”. This is just to mention some relevant events, but I also >>>> collaborate and help in a lot of other things (i.e.: last week I gave a >>>> presentation of NPOC in the LACRALO monthly call and I am helping the >>>> NCSG >>>> to present a Workshop Proposal for the IGF). >>>> >>>> >>>> About Me outside ICANN: >>>> >>>> I am 27 years old and a Lawyer living in Buenos Aires >>>> Argentina. I presented in my name and got approved a Workshop for the >>>> IGF >>>> in Brazil along with the Youth Coalition for Internet Governance >>>> regarding >>>> Youth in the Multistakeholder Process. I also do research in the NGO I >>>> represent (AGEIA DENSI, a specialized NGO in research and development of >>>> Internet Law and Economy issues) and the university where I teach Civil >>>> Law >>>> (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella). In the past I’ve done work with Human >>>> Rights and Genocide regarding the Argentina and the Armenian cases. >>>> >>>> I do research on various Internet Law matters, some of them >>>> have been published (i.e.: Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Internet >>>> Policy, a Latin America Case Study, funded by the Internet Policy >>>> Observatory at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University >>>> of >>>> Pennsylvania). Besides my academic and IG work, I am a licensed Lawyer >>>> in >>>> Buenos Aires and I do practice corporate law in my own family law firm >>>> with >>>> some clients that are usually not related to Internet, all non-related >>>> to >>>> DNS in any way. >>>> >>>> I like to work with professionalism but I also enjoy the >>>> social and the affective part of working together with other people, >>>> especially when they are different to me. I work hard and I am kind, I >>>> trust any of my wo-workers can give testimony to that. I am not >>>> perfect, I >>>> make mistakes and I am always in a learning process and usually find >>>> myself >>>> being the ignorant in the room, but I love that because it means I am in >>>> the right place, challenging myself and making my experience better and >>>> deeper. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> About the future of NPOC: >>>> >>>> The past of NPOC is still quite short, but since I’ve >>>> started >>>> working the Membership base has been cleaned up and is more >>>> transparent, it >>>> has also grown in active members and participants (in my first >>>> constituency >>>> meeting there where only 4 members and some lost/curious people, >>>> imagine!). >>>> This was thanks to an extensive work that Joan Kerr did and the enormous >>>> amount of work that we all in the ExCom did with different outreach, and >>>> in-reach, activities. Said that, NPOC is about Policy making since is >>>> part >>>> of the GNSO, and therefore our ultimate goal is to produce policy that >>>> takes in account the interest of our community, in this case, the >>>> Operational Concerns of Non-for-Profits, a forgotten subject in ICANN >>>> since >>>> the dawn of times. >>>> >>>> It still baffles me how ICANN is full of NGO people but no one >>>> acknowledges the challenges and opportunities that the DNS represent for >>>> the NGOs. Operating an NGO, just like operating an enterprise, using the >>>> domain name system has a rich set of problems and potential solutions >>>> that >>>> we are still yet to discover. That’s why the engagement activities are >>>> so >>>> important, because we need far more input, feedback and activity from >>>> the >>>> community to say that NPOC is producing accurate Policy according to its >>>> mission. So far, we have done all that we could to produce policy in a >>>> vast >>>> amount of working groups taking in account how many active members we >>>> had >>>> in the beginning (Rudi Vanna, Klaus Stoll and Sam Lanfranco to name the >>>> most influential in this last years). This is all changing thanks to the >>>> work done in the last years and I am confident that as time passes and >>>> the >>>> team grows and evolves the Policy work will be getting only better and >>>> better to give the NGOs out there the proper defence of their >>>> operational >>>> interest inside the GNSO. >>>> >>>> As Vice-Chair I will deepen my work and continue to develop >>>> in the most inclusive and multistakeholder manner the policy issues that >>>> the domain name system presents. I have to say it clear, even if I am >>>> not >>>> the next Vice-chair, even if I continue as a Secretariat or as just a >>>> simple active member, I will work the same with all the member of NPOC >>>> and >>>> continue to put my shoulder to the matter at stake, because I believe is >>>> the right thing to do and I truly enjoy doing it. >>>> >>>> >>>> Final words: >>>> >>>> Thank you very much for your time and don’t forget to vote on the >>>> elections and participate as much as you can in the NPOC activities >>>> after >>>> that. We need you all and we need you know, just as you need NPOC to >>>> not be >>>> left behind in the Domain Name System. I kindly ask you to vote for me >>>> if >>>> you think I can do the best work as Vice-Chair. If you wish to contact >>>> me >>>> don’t hesitate to drop an email or a message in Skype (user: >>>> mpsilvavalent). >>>> >>>> Cheers to all, >>>> >>>> Martín._______________________________________________ >>>> Npoc-discuss mailing list >>>> Npoc-discuss(a)icann.org >>>> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> Npoc-discuss mailing list >>> Npoc-discuss(a)icann.org >>> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI* >> *Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl **Editeur de logiciels de >> gestion (PGI/ERP) S.I.G.E. (http://www.oandkit.com >> <http://www.oandkit.com>)* >> >> *Président/CEO de l'INTIC4DEV (Institut des TIC pour le développement) >> http://www.intic4dev.org <http://www.intic4dev.org> * >> >> *Eminent National Expert for the World Summit Award >> (http://www.wsis-award.org <http://www.wsis-award.org>) * >> >> *Secrétaire Général de l'ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des >> professionnels des TIC (http://www.estetic.tg <http://www.estetic.tg>)* >> >> *ICANN-GNSO-NCSG-NPOC Communications Committee Chair ( >> http://www.npoc.org/ >> <http://www.npoc.org/>)**ICANN - Fellow & Alumni (http://www.icann.org >> <http://www.icann.org>) - Membre de Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org >> <http://www.isoc.org>) * >> *Membre fondateur du RIK-Togo (Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au >> Togo) >> *(http://www.globalshea.com) >> *Skype : olevie1 FaceBook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – >> Togo* >> > -- *Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI* *Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl **Editeur de logiciels de gestion (PGI/ERP) S.I.G.E. (http://www.oandkit.com <http://www.oandkit.com>)* *Président/CEO de l'INTIC4DEV (Institut des TIC pour le développement) http://www.intic4dev.org <http://www.intic4dev.org> * *Eminent National Expert for the World Summit Award (http://www.wsis-award.org <http://www.wsis-award.org>) * *Secrétaire Général de l'ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC (http://www.estetic.tg <http://www.estetic.tg>)* *ICANN-GNSO-NCSG-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.npoc.org/ <http://www.npoc.org/>)**ICANN - Fellow & Alumni (http://www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org>) - Membre de Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org>) * *Membre fondateur du RIK-Togo (Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au Togo) *(http://www.globalshea.com) *Skype : olevie1 FaceBook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo*

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NPOC "Ask your candidates" conference call
by Klaus Stoll May 23, 2016

May 23, 2016

Dear Friends Greetings. It is great to see that people are coming forward and make themselves available for the various positions. I think that all candidates should communicate with the membership as much as possible, and I therefore propose that we will invite all NPOC members to a "Ask you candidates" session for Thursday the 2nd of June 16.00 UTC. All candidates of all positions should attend and make themselves available for questions. Could you please let us know if you have any objections to the idea in general. Candidates, please let us know if you are willing and able to attend. Please also let us know if you have a big problem with the date and time. Members, please submit to NPOC discuss any question that you want to ask the candidates. If there is general agreement we will ask Maryam to set up the call. Please let us know by close of business 20.00 pm UTC tomorrow 24th of May. Yours Klaus

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NPOC SECRETARY - SELF NOMINATION
by Olévié Kouami May 23, 2016

May 23, 2016

Hi all ! +1 @Carlos. I would really love to see my young brother and fiend Martin at this position in the next Excom; So, I decline my first nomination for the Vice-Chair position to the postiion of Secretary of NPOC. Certainly the NPOC need a good secretary as well. So, like I was told, lets move forward and fill those nominations, so we bring new LIFE to the NPOC. The NPOC really need to get up to speed to its new responsibilities under the Transition. Warm regards -Olévié- 2016-05-23 1:35 GMT+01:00 Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. <crg(a)isoc-cr.org>: > Dear NPOC members, > > I fully support the nomination of this young, smart and dedicated friend. > > Martin´s effort is an excelent case of ICANN´s effort to get a whole new > generation of participants into the multi-stakeholder policy development > process. > > Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez > +506 8837 7176 > Skype: carlos.raulg > Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica) > > On 21 May 2016, at 17:37, Martin Pablo Silva Valent wrote: > > Dear NPOC Members, >> >> I am Martín Silva Valent, current Secretariat of NPOC, and I >> hereby nominate myself for the Vice-Chair open position. I declare that: I >> am an active member of NPOC, and that if elected, I consent to serve; and I >> do not have any pecuniary or conflict of interest with ICANN. >> >> I am finishing my term as Secretariat and after more than two years of >> work assisting the Chair and Vice-Chair of NPOC I feel I have concluded a >> learning cycle. My engagement with policy development, mentoring and >> outreach and in-reach work has increased and I feel I can contribute more >> as Vice-chair than as a Secretariat. I also think that is fair that someone >> else become Secretariat, a privileged role I enjoyed and from which I >> learned almost everything I know about ICANN. >> >> >> About Me in ICANN: >> >> I am honoured for the trust I’ve received from the community >> to be Secretariat and I can only hope that the community feels I was up to >> the expectation. Besides being the Secretariat of NPOC inside ICANN I am an >> Alumni of the Fellowship Program and the Leadership Training Program, and >> twice the Coach Leader of the Fellowship, things that eventually led me to >> be an official Mentor for ICANN future leaders and developing both Coaching >> and Mentorship material and strategies (something I still work on). For >> NPOC I have done, and still do, extensive outreach both in my geographical >> zone, the LAC zone, and other places when I have the opportunity. I also >> participate in two working groups, “The Standing Committee on Improvements >> Implementation” and the “Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) >> in all gTLDs”. This is just to mention some relevant events, but I also >> collaborate and help in a lot of other things (i.e.: last week I gave a >> presentation of NPOC in the LACRALO monthly call and I am helping the NCSG >> to present a Workshop Proposal for the IGF). >> >> >> About Me outside ICANN: >> >> I am 27 years old and a Lawyer living in Buenos Aires >> Argentina. I presented in my name and got approved a Workshop for the IGF >> in Brazil along with the Youth Coalition for Internet Governance regarding >> Youth in the Multistakeholder Process. I also do research in the NGO I >> represent (AGEIA DENSI, a specialized NGO in research and development of >> Internet Law and Economy issues) and the university where I teach Civil Law >> (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella). In the past I’ve done work with Human >> Rights and Genocide regarding the Argentina and the Armenian cases. >> >> I do research on various Internet Law matters, some of them >> have been published (i.e.: Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Internet >> Policy, a Latin America Case Study, funded by the Internet Policy >> Observatory at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of >> Pennsylvania). Besides my academic and IG work, I am a licensed Lawyer in >> Buenos Aires and I do practice corporate law in my own family law firm with >> some clients that are usually not related to Internet, all non-related to >> DNS in any way. >> >> I like to work with professionalism but I also enjoy the >> social and the affective part of working together with other people, >> especially when they are different to me. I work hard and I am kind, I >> trust any of my wo-workers can give testimony to that. I am not perfect, I >> make mistakes and I am always in a learning process and usually find myself >> being the ignorant in the room, but I love that because it means I am in >> the right place, challenging myself and making my experience better and >> deeper. >> >> >> >> About the future of NPOC: >> >> The past of NPOC is still quite short, but since I’ve started >> working the Membership base has been cleaned up and is more transparent, it >> has also grown in active members and participants (in my first constituency >> meeting there where only 4 members and some lost/curious people, imagine!). >> This was thanks to an extensive work that Joan Kerr did and the enormous >> amount of work that we all in the ExCom did with different outreach, and >> in-reach, activities. Said that, NPOC is about Policy making since is part >> of the GNSO, and therefore our ultimate goal is to produce policy that >> takes in account the interest of our community, in this case, the >> Operational Concerns of Non-for-Profits, a forgotten subject in ICANN since >> the dawn of times. >> >> It still baffles me how ICANN is full of NGO people but no one >> acknowledges the challenges and opportunities that the DNS represent for >> the NGOs. Operating an NGO, just like operating an enterprise, using the >> domain name system has a rich set of problems and potential solutions that >> we are still yet to discover. That’s why the engagement activities are so >> important, because we need far more input, feedback and activity from the >> community to say that NPOC is producing accurate Policy according to its >> mission. So far, we have done all that we could to produce policy in a vast >> amount of working groups taking in account how many active members we had >> in the beginning (Rudi Vanna, Klaus Stoll and Sam Lanfranco to name the >> most influential in this last years). This is all changing thanks to the >> work done in the last years and I am confident that as time passes and the >> team grows and evolves the Policy work will be getting only better and >> better to give the NGOs out there the proper defence of their operational >> interest inside the GNSO. >> >> As Vice-Chair I will deepen my work and continue to develop >> in the most inclusive and multistakeholder manner the policy issues that >> the domain name system presents. I have to say it clear, even if I am not >> the next Vice-chair, even if I continue as a Secretariat or as just a >> simple active member, I will work the same with all the member of NPOC and >> continue to put my shoulder to the matter at stake, because I believe is >> the right thing to do and I truly enjoy doing it. >> >> >> Final words: >> >> Thank you very much for your time and don’t forget to vote on the >> elections and participate as much as you can in the NPOC activities after >> that. We need you all and we need you know, just as you need NPOC to not be >> left behind in the Domain Name System. I kindly ask you to vote for me if >> you think I can do the best work as Vice-Chair. If you wish to contact me >> don’t hesitate to drop an email or a message in Skype (user: mpsilvavalent). >> >> Cheers to all, >> >> Martín._______________________________________________ >> Npoc-discuss mailing list >> Npoc-discuss(a)icann.org >> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > Npoc-discuss mailing list > Npoc-discuss(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss > -- *Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI* *Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl **Editeur de logiciels de gestion (PGI/ERP) S.I.G.E. 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