Dear All, I will like to gratefully accept the nomination for the position of membership chair in NPOC. My sincere appreciation to Felix and Remmy 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 to make NPOC great again by voting me for the Membership Chair. To know more about me, please use the links below Linkedin Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmavitus/> ICANNWIKI PROFILE <https://icannwiki.org/Emmanuel_Vitus_Agbenonwossi> Resume <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sLq0-dd4xjWXNpeF9mal9OWXNlOHNTUG1MZzltbi0...> Publications <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emmanuel_Vitus_Agbenonwossi> Phone: +1 (206) 420-9548 *CANDIDATE STATEMENT* *Name:* Emmanuel Vitus *Affiliation: *Afrotribune *Position applied for: *Membership Chair *Why I applied for this position:* As with growth in every institution which is measured by her member's growth, the NPOC membership strength in numbers, engagement, and motivation serves as a stimulus for the advancement of our dear constituency. In this regard, I see myself as having such motivations with new and fresh ideas from interactions i have had with inactive members. I would like to improve on what we ought to be doing and what we have done in NPOC especially at the level of members engagement through capacity building and recruitment with the warm support of all NPOC members when elected. The membership of NPOC is so diverse and it needs active participation from more NGOs and technical folks who work in IGOs / NGOs. With the Executive Committee and members support we need to stimulate our members by doing regional and inter-constituency outreach, distribution of outreach materials with our policy focus by collaborating also with the Councilors actively as well as collaborate with other members of Exco and largely the non-commercial stakeholders group by ensuring that our Policy interest witness a new turn of events and stimulate members interest. One of the key takes that will be my focus is diversity, inclusion, focus, timeliness, trends, dedication and mentorship for new and upcoming members and work towards getting NPOC to take its rightful place and recognition within the ICANN multistakeholder process. My focus, when elected, is to increase capacity building webinars for members policy engagement, strengthen them and notify them of possible funding or support opportunity to also participate onsite at such meetings through the use of CROP or remotely. This I believe will help them participate more actively without feeling left out when it comes to documenting policy thoughts without the necessary incentives and motivation. As a multiple United Nations Official language speaker, I stand in a better position to ensure that members with the language barrier can also be carried along specifically during recruitment efforts. It is my hope that at the end of the tenure, we will be able to measure my performance with the number of members active participation and those that will be recruited to join our growing number. 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 than the incumbent Membership chair who has done a lot in his capacity but nee *Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?:* No *How many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the position:* At least 6 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. meetings. I have participated actively at my regional RALO in the At-large structure and currently leading the creation of ICANNWIKI French.