Good day everyone, Kindly find below my candidate statement for the position of Membership Chair in the upcoming elections. •Name: Juan Manuel Rojas P •Affiliation: AGEIA DENSI Colombia •Position applied for: Membership Chair •Why you are running for the position?: I am running as a Membership Chair because I believe that we need to involve our members in the policy work that we are thinking to do. NPOC it has been worried just for reach new members, and of course, that is part of the task, but also it is important to all our members being more active and informed about what is ExCom doing and how they can be part of it. I also believe that NPOC is growing up. This will make that NPOC be heard by their positions and their statements in public comments, but that is not all, because I think that we will need to make the effort to have information about what are our members doing around the world to inform, both inside NPOC members and outside, and the possibility of be the bridge to connect between each other. •Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: No •How many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the position: 8 hours •Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please state: I am involved in Subsequent Procedures WT5, about geographical names, and I was also involved in RDS PDP. I also have been very active in public comments opened by NCSG and, currently, I am part of the volunteers about single-character public comment. JUAN MANUEL ROJAS P. Presidente - AGEIA DENSI ColombiaCommunications Committee Chair. Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) - ICANNCluster Orinoco TIC memberMaster IT candidate, Universidad de los Andes Cel. +57 3017435600 Twitter: @JmanuRojas