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,

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Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla
Linux user No 542404