Dear NPOC colleagues, I bring you greetings from the city of Lagos, Nigeria. I wish to thank @Martins Pablo Silva for this honour of nomination which I had since accepted to be your incoming Chair, Policy Committee, with your kind support and vote. Below is my response to required questions, especially for those of my friends and colleagues who may have missed it. * * Name:* Remmy Nweke * * Affiliation:* DigitalSENSE Africa Media. * * Position applied for: *NPOC Policy Chair ** Why you are running for the position?:* I would like to improve on what we ought to be doing in NPOC Policy Committee, of course, with the warm support of all NPOC members when elected, especially with the Executive Committee and to support our Councilors actively as well as collaborate with other members of Exco and largely the non-commercial stakeholders group by ensuring that our Policy Development Process (PDP) witness a new turn of events with timeliness, trends, dedication and mentorship for new and upcoming members and work towards getting NPOC to take its rightful place in comity of NomCom stakeholders, among others. * * Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?*: NO * * How many Hours a week you are able to dedicate to the position:* Not less than dedicated 5 hours per week. * * Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, ifso please state:* Of course yes, I am involved in a number of working groups including currently being the NPOC Representative to the NCSG Finance Committee, where I was the pen holder for the first-ever draft Operating Procedure (OP) which is undergoing review among other initiatives as the vice chairman of the (NCSG-FC) in charge of the Secretariat until recently. As a member of NPOC Policy Committee, I have tried often to encourage participation in our Policy Development Processes (PDP). Equally, I am an active individual member of ICANN’s Generic Name Supporting Organisations (GNSO) like Non-Commercial Users Stakeholder Group (NCSG), Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) respectively and a forerunner of all-inclusive diversity advocacy, accountability and transparency. I recently served as one of the by-lawyers for the NPOC charter review working group and currently member of NPOC team reviewing response for the NomCom Implementation Working Group request for constituencies feedbacks, among others. In liaison with Raoul Plommer our current Vice Chair, I have consistently raised issues of concern to NPOC at the ongoing NomCom Implementation Working Group for adequate inclusion and balanced representation of communities including NPOC in the NomCom. At the African regional level, I am a reliable member of At-Large Advisory Committee of ICANN under AFRALO - African Regional At-Large Organisation; member of the ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach and Engagement; Fellow, Cyber Security Policy on Human Rights Defenders; Chairman, Communication & Advocacy Committee (CAC), IPv6 Council Nigeria and promoter of the Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable since 2011. Lately, I served as an elected Executive board member, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the managers of .NG country code Top Level Domain and extended my services to several committees including Communications and Publicity, Accreditation, Finance and Establishment, as well as an elected Vice President of the African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS), pioneer Lagos branch Secretary, Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) and former publicity secretary, Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) cum chairman, International Relations of NIG; pioneer Secretary, ICT Media Initiative; BARK Foundation – a knowledge-based advocacy group; Internet Governance Caucus (IGC), chief advocate, ICTMedia TinkTank, to name a few. Additionally in Nigeria, DigitalSENSE Africa, an ICANN certified At-Large Structure; where I serve as Lead Strategist, saw efforts at building multistakeholderism which gave rise to nurturing of today’s Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) of which I am equally serving as a member of the NIGF-Multistakeholder Advisory Group (NIGF-MAG). Just as I preside over the Protocol, Security and Exhibition Committee for the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development Goals (CSCSDG-2019) in Nigeria and served as a member of the Civil Society Selection Group for the recently concluded WSIS+10 Stakeholder Selection Committee for the United Nations (UN) President of the General Assembly, among others. Therefore, I crave your support to enable us move NPOC and the Policy Committee precisely to the next level as anticipated. So, vote wisely *Remmy Nweke* for the chair, Policy Committee. Thank you and may God bless our efforts. Remmy Nweke Chair Nominee, NPOC Policy ____ REMMY NWEKE, mNGE, Lead Consulting Strategist/Group Executive Editor, DigitalSENSE Africa Media [*Multiple-award winning medium*] (DigitalSENSE Business News <http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews>; ITREALMS <http://www.itrealms.com.ng>, NaijaAgroNet <http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng>) Block F1, Shop 133 Moyosore Aboderin Plaza, Bolade Junction, Oshodi-Lagos M: 234-8033592762, 8023122558, 8051000475, T: @ITRealms <http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms> Author: A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria <https://www.facebook.com/adecadeofictreportageinnigeria%E2%80%8E> *2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D & Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable <http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng>* JOIN us!! *Vice President, African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS <http://www.acsis-scasi.org/en/>) *NPOC FC Rep @ICANN Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG)* <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg> _________________________________________________________________ *Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this document and attachments are confidential and may also be privileged information. 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