* 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, if so 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 for Remmy Nweke for the chair, Policy Committee.
Thank you and God bless our efforts.
Remmy Nweke
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Juan Manuel Rojas
Dear all, I would like to thank Martin for this nomination and I am willing to accept it for run as a Membership Chair once again. From this position we have updated all database from our members and we are planning to have many surprises for all of you, that we hope will be improving members knowledge about what NPOC EC is doing and what are relevant topics inside ICANN for us as members.
Our last year work was related to update our database and clean it up, we have also have asked information about your own experiences in DNS abuse or any other related with NPOC topics, and we are wiling to receive your feedback, even if you don't understand what are we talking about. We are planning to solve that, precisely.
Now is time to moving forward and to get all of you our members involved and engage with what we are doing. That's we are seeking, that our memberships grow up but also being more active members, and we know that all of you are experts in your fields that can add value to our Constituency!
I am able to dedicate the hours that been necessary to do the job. As I am doing inside the WG that I am involved such as: NewGTLD WT5, Subsequent Procedures and GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop Guidelines and Principles for the GNSO’s Roles and Obligations as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Committee. I also have been working on writing comments for NPOC and NCSG.
Name: Juan Manuel Rojas Organization: AGEIA DENSI Colombia
