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Candidate Statement - Emmanuel Vitus for NPOC Secretariat
by vitus＠afrotribune.com May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

Dear All, My sincere appreciation to Poncelet, Arsene Raymond Adisa Iona and others for the nomination. I'm deeply humbled and feel this is a strong call to service. I therefore ask for your kind support during this election by voting me for the secretariat. Read my statement below: Name: Emmanuel Vitus Biography & CV: LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmavitus/> Affiliation: Afrotribune Position applied for: Secretariat Why I applied for this position: As you are all aware, the secretariat is an administrative position, and as a communication expert with years of experience I see myself as having new and fresh ideas that can be very useful for the EC and the community. I would like to improve on what we ought to be doing and what we have done in NPOC especially at the EC level. My years in communication and policy development will be a great asset to work for you and advise the leadership. My focus, when elected, is to work closely with the EC, especially the membership committee to increase capacity building webinars for members, policy engagement, strengthen them and notify them of possible funding or support opportunity to also participate on site at such meetings through the use of CROP or remotely. Also, I want the secretariat to be a great liaison between the EC and the community members. This I believe will help them participate more actively without feeling left out when it comes to decision-makings and documenting policy thoughts without the necessary incentives and motivation. It is my belief that there is a better option in diversity and youthfulness which stands as a major rally point for my supercharged energy to do and perform better to fill the big shoes left by Oreoluwa. With your voices behind me, I can use the knowledge I have gained in working with CSOs to best represent and implement your ideas. So, if you like what I hope to achieve, I would be most appreciative of your support Together, we must get engaged, to ensure that this community remain open, pluralistic and democratic. Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: No How many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the position? 5 - 10 hours or more as the demand for responsibility brings. Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please state? Over the last year, I have been an active contributor to the policies been discussed at the level of NCSG and NCUC ICANN public meetings and remotely in-between. I have participated actively at my regional RALO in the At-large structure and leading the creation of ICANNWIKI French to increase participation of the francophone community. Internet Governance involvement - Chairperson of Togo Internet Governance Forum (2016-2019) - Faculty Member, West Africa School of Internet Governance (2019) - Faculty Member, Benin School of Internet Governance (2019) - UNESCO Freedom of Expression Experts committee (2016-2018) - Africa School of Internet Governance selection committee (2019) - Focal Point and Resource Person for Africa Union PRIDA project (2019-2020) Internet Governance related Publication - Co-authored IGF Academy Transfer Guide. A handbook to foster Internet Governance Initiatives in the Global South, 2016 - Co-authored Digital Rights in Africa Report 2019 & 2020 - Co-authored Global Information Society Watch, Country report, Togo, 2017 - Co-authored Global Information Society Watch, Country report, Ghana, 2018 - Co-authored A4AI's Affordability Report (Country reports: Ghana & Ivory Coast, 2017) - ICANN's Africa DNS Market Study (Country reports: of Ghana, Mali, 2017) - Fake news: the strategic fight in Africa vs government censorship (Article, 2018) - Data protection: Africa vs EU GDPR, (Policy Brief, 2018). - Migrating to IPv6: Why Africa must accelerate the migration process (Articles, 2017) - Reporter's Guide to Election Coverage in Togo (Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2019) Policy reviews and recommendations - Review and Recommendations for Senegalese Communications bill (Paradigm Initiative, 2019) - Review and Recommendations for Togo Electronic communication and Cybersecurity bills (Paradigm Initiative, 2019) - Review and Recommendations for Benin Communications bill (Paradigm Initiative, 2019)

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Nomination: NPOC colleague Caleb Ogundele for position of Chairperson, NPOC Membership Committee
by Sam Lanfranco May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

NPOC Colleagues, I would like to nominate NPOC colleague Caleb Ogundele as a candidate for the position of Chairperson of the NPOC Membership Committee. Caleb has agreed to stand and in due course will be submitting the information and statements as per the requirements of the NPOC Charter. Caleb is finishing his term as Chairperson of the NPOC Communications Committee and in my view has excellent qualities to chair the Membership Committee. He comes to NPOC with an academic and non-profit sector background that will serve well NPOC’s membership efforts and initiatives. Sam Lanfranco, NPOC ------------------------------------------------ "It is a disgrace to be rich and honored in an unjust state" -Confucius 邦有道，贫且贱焉，耻也。邦无道，富且贵焉，耻也 ------------------------------------------------ Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus),Econ,York U.,CANADA email: sam(a)lanfranco.net (mailto:sam@lanfranco.net) Skype: slanfranco blog: https://samlanfranco.blogspot.com (https://samlanfranco.blogspot.com) Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852

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Candidate Statement - Gloria Patricia Meneses
by Gloria Meneses May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

Dear Members. Thank you very much for the postulation. I will do my best if I am be elected. You can read my statement below *Name:* Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla *Region of Residence:* South America, Temporarily based in Europe (Albania) *Gender: *Female *Affiliation:* Board member at Karisma Foundation and Member of Minka Digital, volunteer at Mozilla community (2009 - 2013), Free lance backend developer and Big Data *Position applied for:* Secretary *Why am I running for the position:* I have been involved with ICANN community as a fellow since 2014 and again in 2018, when I joined to NPOC and become more active. Currently, I am looking to be more involved in the community, more active and provide support to the members. As I mentioned above, I have been involved with Karisma Foundation in Colombia, which is a civic non profit organization that promotes human right in digital environments and recently involved with Minka Digital, a new born civic organization. For a long period of time, I was very active at Mozilla community leading the local community in Colombia and as a representative for Latin America. Mozilla and Karisma showed me a wider view of Internet, in fact, due to them, I got involved in Internet Governance, attending different IGF events in my country, Latin America and Globally. *Conflicts of Interest:* None. *Able to work per week:* 4-7h. *Involvement in WG’s and PDPs: *No Best regards, -- Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla Linux user No *542404*

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Ioana Stupariu - Candidate Statement
by Ioana Stupariu May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

Dear all, Thank you first of all for the nomination and the trust shown - I feel humbled and honored, at the same time, by your trust, and will do my best to fulfil your expectations, if I will be elected. You can find below my statement, as per NPOC's elections rules. Name: Ioana Stupariu Region of residence: Europe (currently in Romania/often in Hungary) Gender: Female Affiliation: President of two NGOs (Lawyr.it Association, which is an NPOC member, and AGORA Debate), Associate Professor at Babes-Bolyai University Law School (Romania), GigaNet Secretary. Also a tech regulation strategist, working with SMEs, owning and managing ReadyTech Consulting (independent consultancy) Position applied for: NPOC Vice-Chair Statement of interest: available here<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=71605420>, also LinkedIn profile<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioanastupariu/>. Why you are running for the position? My statement will have both a professional, as well a personal part - both of which I see as relevant, as the majority of you do not know me. My experience in IG I have been involved in Internet Governance ecosystems since 2017, when I first got introduced to the ICANN environment in an outreach campaign in Central Europe. I had already been aware of DNS policies and interference with human rights and society due to my master and doctoral research (on data regulation and privacy), so this allowed me to quickly become attached to what ICANN is doing. I have then become involved in South Eastern Europe Dialogue on IG (as an Ambassador) and organized an IGF (Hungary), the first of its kind. For those in academia, I am also a GigaNet Secretary since January 2019 (The Global Internet Governance Academic Network). Since joining ICANN, I have been 3 times a fellow, twice a coach, and an NPOC mentee, having participated in almost all meetings since joining. I contributed primarily to comments (fellowship, privacy, budget), penned a couple, joined CCWG. I am currently in the NextGen evaluation committee and a CROP coordinator for NPOC. I am also an individual member of Euralo and NCUC, but I decided my main contribution should be towards making NPOC a stronger piece in the ICANN ecosystem, as leader of one of the NGOs I founded. Since joining NPOC as a mentee in 2018, I have followed discussions closely and tried to contribute as much as I could. For instance, throughout last year, I supported Caleb on implementing NPOC communications strategy. At the moment, I am happy to fill in as a Membership chair since earlier this year and be a CROP coordinator since last autumn, both roles allowing me to get a closer look at the intricacies of NPOC. Why I am a good fit For those that do not know me personally: I am a person of action. I don't speak much and often, and especially not unless I have something constructive to add. As a researcher, I like to be well documented before I issue an opinion, especially on those areas I do not usually deal with. I seek to always carry out my commitments, and make promises only inasmuch I can deliver on them. My time is divided among numerous commitments, so I like to be efficient and I do well with time (and project) management. I appreciate honesty and always seek to be straightforward. I also have a varied experience and background (legal, civil society and academia, specialized in tech regulation), which allows me to better understand different views and positions, as well as to see things in perspective. Though I work with businesses, I ended up caring a lot about NPOC primarily because I care about not-for-profits and civil society, being an advocate for their rights, so much more relevant now, in the context of digitalization. If you wish, take this as a "hobby", what I like to do in my spare time, what motivates me and gives me joy. Why I am running for this role I strongly believe in the importance of representation and multi-stakeholderism, not just within ICANN, but in the broader society. I joined NPOC because I felt that not-for-profits' voice was not as strong as it should, within ICANN, and I was confident, due to my background, that I could contribute to changing this: * I run two NGOs active in promoting democratic values, so I am well familiar with not-for profits' particular issues. * As a tech strategist and law professor, I can also understand the material (legal, human rights) issues regarding DNS matters. * I am (rather) young, I am a female in a highly male-dominated field, and from an underrepresented geographic area within ICANN, so I am well accustomed to having to work hard to make your voice heard and bring your contribution. * I am also (relatively) new to ICANN, especially compared to many of my peers present here on the ICANN discussion lists. All this gives me a unique understanding of what newcomers face, as I know, as a recent outsider, that it is not easy to get in. It is not easy to fully grasp the often complicated mechanisms within ICANN, and it certainly is not easy to make a real contribution, regardless of how competent or experienced you are outside ICANN. As a Vice-chair, my personal focus would be, on the one hand, on engaging current members, finding out their relevant struggles and how we can better represent them, and on the other, bringing in new members, other not-for-profits that may not even be aware, at this point, of our existence. Moreover, having recently joined the NPOC EC and NCSG EC as a temporary Membership chair, I would continue to support the leadership in identifying and bringing forward our members' concerns to the broader ICANN community and leadership, with more transparency and better representativity. I believe such a position would be a great fit for me, and the one in which I could best serve NPOC, as it would allow me to work together with each of my EC colleagues (Communication, Membership, Policy) on improving NPOC's position, adding my youthful energy and expertise. I think the current EC has done a tremendous job in their mandate, bringing a lot of positive changes, and I would very much like to continue walking on their steps. So I hope you will trust me with your vote for the next year! Do you have any conflict(s) of interest? No. How many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the position? 6-10h, depending on the need. Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts? Not actively at this point. Ioana Stupariu SJD Candidate - International Business Law -------------------------------------------------------- Central European University Department of Legal Studies Nador u. 11, 1051 Budapest, Hungary Phone: +40744251228 Stupariu_Ioana(a)phd.ceu.edu | www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu> [Risultati immagini per ceu logo][https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1BagXXaNk9Ct-0E173kqDcdjXA1Ul7dPB&expo…]

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NPOC "meet the candidates" call | 29 May 2020 | 1500 UTC
by Maryam Bakoshi May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

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Candidate statement - Raoul Plommer
by Raoul Plommer May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

I'm going to keep it short again, since not much has changed: Name: Raoul Plommer Affiliation: Open Knowledge Finland Position applied for: Chairperson Why am I running for the position: Above all, I want to finish what we started before I got elected to the EC for the first time in 2017. Conflicts of Interest: None. Able to work per week: 5-10h. Involvement in WG’s and PDPs: NomComRIWG -Raoul

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2020 NPOC Nominations Process my nominations.
by Poncelet Ileleji May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

Dear Colleagues, Good day, I wish to nominate the following based on what I see as the best possible way in strengthening NPOC. *Chair* I strongly nominate / endorse the candidature of *Raoul * *Plommer* he brings stability, openness and commitment; he has shown a desire to do things rightly in the spirit of carrying NPOC as a constituency forward. *Vice Chair* I strongly nominate / endorse the candidature of *Ioana Stupariu * *Membership Chair* - I strongly nominate / endorse the candidature of *Caleb Ogundele* as a good organiser to move things forward on membership *Communication Chair* - I strongly nominate / endorse the candidature of * Oreoluwa Lesi * I do hope the following candidates I nominated / endorsed strongly accept my nominations for the said positions. Thank you and you all have a great weekend Peace Poncelet -- Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS Coordinator The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio MDI Road Kanifing South P. O. Box 421 Banjul The Gambia, West Africa Tel: (220) 4370240 Fax:(220) 4390793 Cell:(220) 9912508 Skype: pons_utd *www.ymca.gm <http://www.ymca.gm>http://jokkolabs.net/en/ <http://jokkolabs.net/en/>* *https://www.netfreedompioneers.org/ <https://www.netfreedompioneers.org/> * *www.waigf.org <http://www.waigf.org>www,insistglobal.com <http://www.itag.gm>www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org>*

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Nomination Policy Chair
by Joan Kerr May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

Hello Everyone, I am pleased to nominate Jacqueline Morris as NPOC Policy Chair. Jacqueline is very knowledgeable about ICANN and is a hard worker. She would make an excellent Policy Chair for NPOC. Regards, -- Joan Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian _____________________________________ Chair, Climate Smart Victory Garden Team Chair, ICANN, Not for Profit Operations Constituency Chair, IEEE Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Chair, Science for Peace, Climate Smart Victory Gardens Advisor, IEEE Humanitarian Initiatives Committee Advisor, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network, (CSAYN) Canada UN WSIS Award Recipient, for Content & Creativity Durham Region Recipient, Community Partnership Award Founder, Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities www.joankerr.ca, www.fbsc.org Skype: joankerr_fbsc 1-416-907-0783

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REMINDER: Upcoming Deadlines for 2020 *NPOC* Elections
by Maryam Bakoshi May 27, 2020

May 27, 2020

Dear all, Please be reminded of the following deadlines: * 28 May: Deadline for nominations/acceptance and candidate statement. * 29 May: Meet the candidates call / Check-in ends Please note that a ballot to vote will ONLY be sent to those on the NPOC voters’ list: https://members.ncsg.is/public-voters-list_npoc If you are not on the voters’ list, please contact me before the check-in deadline. Once ballots are sent, we will be unable to send new ballots. Nominations Position Nominations Nominator Seconded Accepted Candidate Statement Chair Raoul Plommer Joan Kerr Poncelet Ileleji Yes Vice Chair Ioana Stupairu Poncelet Ileleji Joan Kerr Yes Olévié Kouami Self-nominated Yes Sam Lanfranco Olévié Kouami No Secretariat Ioana Stupairu Vernatius Ezeama No Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla Ioana Stupairu Joan Kerr Emmanuel Vitus Agbenonwossi Arsene Tungali Adisa Bolutife Policy Committee Chair Jacqueline Morris Joan Kerr Arsene Tungali Yes Membership Committee Chair Caleb Ogundele Sam Lanfranco Carlos Gutierrez Yes Communications Committee Chair Oreoluwa Lesi Vernatius Ezeama Poncelet Ileleji Yes Many thanks, -- Maryam Bakoshi | SO/AC Collaboration Services Sr. Coordinator ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers S: Maryam.bakoshi.icann | T: +44 7846 471777

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Nomination for Secretariat
by Ioana Stupariu May 26, 2020

May 26, 2020

Dear all, Looking at the wide pool of excellent members NPOC has, I would like to nominate Ms. Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla for the NPOC Secretariat. Gloria has shown interest in getting more involved within NPOC after the last Members meeting which took place in April and I believe there could be no better time for her to step up and contribute to the community than this round of elections. Having been Secretary myself in other organizations, I see this role as indispensable for an efficient NPOC leadership, thus requiring both great project management and organizational skills, as well as dedication and energy - which Gloria certainly has. I hope she accepts this nomination. I also want to say, I am so proud to see such amazing candidates for this role - Emmanuel (who has also been nominated for this) also looks like a great candidate, and I am excited to see how this will play out. Either way, the next NPOC EC will be a great one. All the best, Ioana Ioana Stupariu SJD Candidate - International Business Law -------------------------------------------------------- Central European University Department of Legal Studies Nador u. 11, 1051 Budapest, Hungary Phone: +40744251228 Stupariu_Ioana(a)phd.ceu.edu | www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu> [Risultati immagini per ceu logo][https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1BagXXaNk9Ct-0E173kqDcdjXA1Ul7dPB&expo…]

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