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*   Name: Carlos Raul GUTIERREZ

        *   Affiliation: Member of ISOC Costa Rica Chapter

        *   Position applied for: Policy committee Chair

        *   Why you are running for the position?: to continue with NPOCs efforts to effectively participate in the GNSO council's mission as manger of  ICANN policy development process, in particular the upcoming discussion and sub-PDP on the preventive and curative rights for IGOs and INGOs

        *   Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: no

        *   How many Hours a week you are able to dedicate to the position: 1 day per week

        *   Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please state: I have been Costa Rica's Rep to the GAC from 2011-2014, Councilor 2014-2016 (NomCom, Non-voting), Council's Liaison to the GAC 2016-2017, Councilor 2017-2019 (NomCom, assigned to the Contracted Party House CPH, Member to the 2nd ATRT Review (2013) and the 1st Competition, Consumer choice and Consumer Trust Review (2015-2016), Co-Chair of the ccNSO-GNSO Working Group on the use of Country and Territory Names at the top level, Member of the WT5 of the Sub-Pro PDP.

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Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
carlosraul@gutierrez.se
+506 8837 7176
Aparatado 1571-1000
COSTA RICA
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Name: Raoul Plommer
Affiliation: Open Knowledge Finland
Position applied for: Vice Chair
Why am I running for the position: Above all, I want to finish what we started before I got elected as the Vice Chair for the first time in 2017. I'm happy to say that I'm sending the new charter finally to our members tomorrow, right after the Finnish Internet Forum, which takes place tomorrow..
Conflicts of Interest: None.
Able to work per week: 5h.
Involvement in WG’s and PDPs: NomCom Implementation review team
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Name: Joan KerrRaoul Plommer
Affiliation: Foundation for Building Sustainable CommunitiesOpen Knowledge Finland
Position applied for: NPOC Executive Committee Chair.

NPOC is full of positive team spirit, trust, collaboration and is poised to become fully involved in the policy development processes ICANN. The NPOC EC work as a cohesive team which enable the achievements thus far, 

Why you are running for the position?

To further implement the strategies developed over the last few years.

I am an Entrepreneur. For the past 43 years my experience ranged from project concept to completion with not for profit organizations, the private sector, to facilitating energy conservation workshops to business consulting.  I have been involved in organizing three (3) International Humanitarian Technology Conferences in Canada, and reviewer for the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference.   I have 30 years experience in community service, many as the Chair or in a leading role.

I love to develop organizations and engage people to ensure they feel part of the process and have an opportunity to participate. I prefer to work with people and lead by getting things done.  My personal philosophy is in building leaders is the best way forward.

As the current Chair of the NPOC EC, I feel that we have achieved a great many things in these past few years, including increasing our membership, drafting a new charter, creating marketing materials, submitting policy statements and collaborating with other constituencies within ICANN. 

However, there is much to be done. Our policy commitments need to initiate, increased communications with our members to collaborate and strengthen NPOC. I see those as the next focus for building NPOC, and I would like to work with the EC to develop both of these.

Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: NO

How many Hours a week you are able to dedicate to the position:

I am able to dedicate about 3 hours per week.

Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please state:

I am not involved in working group, I have spent the time on NPOC's development and organization. I have participated in any calls that affect NPOC and NCSG.

I am writing this statement to ask for your continued support to continue as Chair of NPOC.  

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Joan Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian

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*   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, 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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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

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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:

Chairperson
Why am I running for the position: Above all, I want to finish what we started before I got elected to the EC for the first time in 2017.

Conflicts of Interest: None.
Able to work per week: 5-10h.
Involvement in WG’s and PDPs: NomComRIWG




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Name: Ioana Stupariu

Region of residence: Europe (currently in Romania/often in Hungary)
Gender: Female
Affiliation: President of two NGOs (Lawyr.it Association, which is an NPOC member, and AGORA Debate), Associate Professor at Babes-Bolyai University Law School (Romania), GigaNet Secretary. Also a tech regulation strategist, working with SMEs, owning and managing ReadyTech Consulting (independent consultancy)
Position applied for: NPOC Vice-Chair

Statement of interest: available here, also LinkedIn profile [linkedin.com]. 

Why you are running for the position?

My statement will have both a professional, as well a personal part - both of which I see as relevant, as the majority of you do not know me. 

My experience in IG

I have been involved in Internet Governance ecosystems since 2017, when I first got introduced to the ICANN environment in an outreach campaign in Central Europe. I had already been aware of DNS policies and interference with human rights and society due to my master and doctoral research (on data regulation and privacy), so this allowed me to quickly become attached to what ICANN is doing. I have then become involved in South Eastern Europe Dialogue on IG (as an Ambassador) and organized an IGF (Hungary), the first of its kind. For those in academia, I am also a GigaNet Secretary since January 2019 (The Global Internet Governance Academic Network).

Since joining ICANN, I have been 3 times a fellow, twice a coach, and an NPOC mentee, having participated in almost all meetings since joining. I contributed primarily to comments (fellowship, privacy, budget), penned a couple, joined CCWG. I am currently in the NextGen evaluation committee and a CROP coordinator for NPOC. I am also an individual member of Euralo and NCUC, but I decided my main contribution should be towards making NPOC a stronger piece in the ICANN ecosystem, as leader of one of the NGOs I founded. Since joining NPOC as a mentee in 2018, I have followed discussions closely and tried to contribute as much as I could. For instance, throughout last year, I supported Caleb on implementing NPOC communications strategy. At the moment, I am happy to fill in as a Membership chair since earlier this year and be a CROP coordinator since last autumn, both roles allowing me to get a closer look at the intricacies of NPOC.

Why I am a good fit

For those that do not know me personally: I am a person of action. I don't speak much and often, and especially not unless I have something constructive to add. As a researcher, I like to be well documented before I issue an opinion, especially on those areas I do not usually deal with. I seek to always carry out my commitments, and make promises only inasmuch I can deliver on them. My time is divided among numerous commitments, so I like to be efficient and I do well with time (and project) management. I appreciate honesty and always seek to be straightforward. 

I also have a varied experience and background (legal, civil society and academia, specialized in tech regulation), which allows me to better understand different views and positions, as well as to see things in perspective. Though I work with businesses, I ended up caring a lot about NPOC primarily because I care about not-for-profits and civil society, being an advocate for their rights, so much more relevant now, in the context of digitalization. If you wish, take this as a "hobby", what I like to do in my spare time, what motivates me and gives me joy. 

Why I am running for this role

I strongly believe in the importance of representation and multi-stakeholderism, not just within ICANN, but in the broader society. I joined NPOC because I felt that not-for-profits' voice was not as strong as it should, within ICANN, and I was confident, due to my background, that I could contribute to changing this:

  • I run two NGOs active in promoting democratic values, so I am well familiar with not-for profits' particular issues. 
  • As a tech strategist and law professor, I can also understand the material (legal, human rights) issues regarding DNS matters. 
  • I am (rather) young, I am a female in a highly male-dominated field, and from an underrepresented geographic area within ICANN, so I am well accustomed to having to work hard to make your voice heard and bring your contribution. 
  • I am also (relatively) new to ICANN, especially compared to many of my peers present here on the ICANN discussion lists. 


All this gives me a unique understanding of what newcomers face, as I know, as a recent outsider, that it is not easy to get in. It is not easy to fully grasp the often complicated mechanisms within ICANN, and it certainly is not easy to make a real contribution, regardless of how competent or experienced you are outside ICANN. 

As a Vice-chair, my personal focus would be, on the one hand, on engaging current members, finding out their relevant struggles and how we can better represent them, and on the other, bringing in new members, other not-for-profits that may not even be aware, at this point, of our existence. Moreover, having recently joined the NPOC EC and NCSG EC as a temporary Membership chair, I would continue to support the leadership in identifying and bringing forward our members' concerns to the broader ICANN community and leadership, with more transparency and better representativity. 

I believe such a position would be a great fit for me, and the one in which I could best serve NPOC, as it would allow me to work together with each of my EC colleagues (Communication, Membership, Policy) on improving NPOC's position, adding my youthful energy and expertise. I think the current EC has done a tremendous job in their mandate, bringing a lot of positive changes, and I would very much like to continue walking on their steps. So I hope you will trust me with your vote for the next year!

Do you have any conflict(s) of interest? No.

How many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the position? 6-10h, depending on the need. 

Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts? Not actively at this point.





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Hi everyone

I am new to NPOC, but not new to ICANN, or to Policy Development.

I’m the ViceChair of the ISOC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter, which has been a member of this Constituency for several years. I truly appreciate the trust placed in me by the nomination to stand for election as Policy Chair. I accept the nomination and will do my best to excel in the position, should I be chosen. I understand the importance of the Policy Committee to the NPOC  - this is the reason that we are here, after all. I do not have any conflicts of interest, work for myself, so am flexible with time to devote to the position, and am currently involved in a few At-Large and regional WGs. I haven’t been heavily involved in ICANN policy for a while, but I do keep up and am on a lot of the mailing lists.

 

I know that many of you don’t know me, so, I’m going to introduce myself with a short bio.

 

Jacqueline Morris is a University Lecturer, Researcher, Gender and ICT Activist, and Internet Governance volunteer.

She sits as a Director on the Board of the National ICT Company of Trinidad and Tobago (iGovTT), is Chair of the Human Resources Committee, sits on the Strategic ICT Committee, and has given input to Parliament on ICT related legislation.

She has been a lecturer at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, in the fields of Education Technology and Instructional Design, at the Centre for Education Programmes. She has also lectured in Process Engineering at UTT, and in Education, Digital Tourism, and Management Information Science at the UWI both at the St. Augustine and Cave Hill campuses. She has also spent many years training adults in ICT and Internet technologies, as well as focusing on increasing the participation of girls and women in technology fields.

She was a founding member of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Gender Caucus in 2002 and was appointed a member of the United Nations’ Expert Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) in 2004.

She was an appointed member of ICANN 's Interim At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) from 2005 to 2007, and was Chair of that committee in 2007.

Within ICANN, she was the At Large's liaison to the ccNSO at ICANN for 2007-2008, a member of the ALAC BCEC, Associate Chair of the ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) in 2010-2011 and the member for At Large, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) on the ICANN NomCom in 2011-2012. She has also participated in the ICANN ccNSO on behalf of the .tt ccTLD. She has also participated in several Working Groups.

 

I hope that this gives you some idea of who I am and what I can bring to the position of Policy Chair for NPOC. I’m open to any questions anyone has.

Regards

Jacqueline Morris




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Dear NPOC Community,


It is with great pleasure that I accept the nomination for the position of  Membership Chair. I'm humbled and see this as a call to service once again


I want to thank Prof. Sam Lafranco for nominating me, to Carlos and Poncelet who seconded and to everyone(I wish I could mention everyone’s name but for space constraint) on the mailing list who endorsed my nomination 

 

It has been an exciting year serving as your communication chair and I am proud of some of the modest accomplishments made while working with the rest of the EC and the NPOC community.


I look forward to working with everyone to build on what we started but now as a candidate running for the membership committee to achieve greater heights within the ICANN community.


Please find below my candidate statement.


Caleb Ogundele




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Name: Oreoluwa Lesi

Affiliation: Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC

Position applied for: Communications Chair

Why you are running for the position?:

I believe that the work that ICANN does is deeply important and that my prior ICANN and professional experience place me in an excellent position to contribute meaningfully to achieving its goals –especially as the Communications Chair.

Over the last two years, I have served as NPOC’s Secretariat and have done the following:

  • Coordinated the documenting and monitoring of the EC’s huge workload, helping to keep team members on track with their respective action items

  • Provided administrative support, making available information about NPOC meetings and action plans to the EC and NPOC community on the mailing list and website

  • Maintained detailed and up to date financial records on NPOC’s income and expenditure

  • Communicated NPOC’s mission to potential new members by giving information at the ICANN booths at public meetings. I alsoco-organised and moderated a panel discussion at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, a leading African internet governance forum in April 2019, which served as an outreach opportunity for NPOC. With fellow NPOC member Caleb Ogundele, another panel was planned at the same conference for 2020.


Working as Secretariat has provided me with a unique overview of as well as the opportunity to work across the broader NPOC landscape from finance to membership, policy, communications and administration.


I believe that this experience will strengthen my ability to carry out the Communication Chair’s primary work, which is to coordinate the efficient exchange of information between NPOC, NCSG and the ICANN community. Indeed, part of my work as Secretariat was the regular communication of key information from the EC meetings with the rest of the NPOC community.


I bring with me deep experience in the nonprofit sector and understand their concerns, especially as it relates to technology and specifically Internet-related issues. I have worked in the nonprofit space for 18 years and lead a nonprofit (the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC [wtec.org.ng]), which works to build an inclusive technology ecosystem, with more women technology creators, entrepreneurs and leaders. My work centers on increasing digital inclusivity in who can use the Internet safely and effectively to enhance their educational, professional and civic activities.



This means that I need to stay abreast of the domain name and wider technology policy landscape, especially as related to data security and privacy issues and their intersections with gender.It also means that I have experience communicating often complex concepts to my nonprofit stakeholders.


In my professional capacity outside of ICANN, I am a Vital Voices Lead Fellow(awarded to emerging and established women leaders across the world) and anAshoka Fellow [ashoka.org](a network of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs). I speak frequently at Nigerian and international conferences and other fora on the intersection of technology and gender.


I sit on several boards, including BudgIT, [yourbudgit.com] (a Nigerian-based nonprofit which uses technology to simplify the budget and other public information to stimulate a community of active citizens) and the FAS Foundation (which builds the capacities of Nigerian engineers and supports engineering research).


Within ICANN, I am also a member of the African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) and NCSG.


Here is my SOI: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Oreoluwa+Somolu+Lesi+SOI


Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?:  No


How many Hours a week you are able to dedicate to the position:

At least 4 hours (As the Secretariat, some weeks I devoted up to 8 hours or more to NPOC work)


Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please state:

This year, I have been the penholder for 2 public comments drafted on behalf of NCSG:on the ICANN Public Meetings 2024-2028 and Revised Dates in 2022 [icann.org] and on the Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025. [icann.org]

Since late 2019, I have also been one of the 2 NPOC representatives on the NCSG Policy Committee, a role which has afforded me the opportunity to better understand various policy issues, especially with the perspective of how they affect Nonprofits and other Noncommercial actors.

Over the last two years, I have been an active contributor to the rewriting of the NPOC Charter, working with the rest of the Charter Review team at public meetings and remotely in-between meetings.

Across the wider ICANN ecosystem, I am a member of AFRALO and currently serve on the AFRALO Operating Principles Review Working Group.

I am an ICANN66 fellow [icann.org] and accepted as a fellow for ICANN67 [icann.org] (deferred to ICANN69).




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. 

*   Name: Ioana Stupariu

        *   Affiliation: Lawyr.it Association, Central European University

        *   Position applied for: NPOC Communications Chair. 
In fulfilling this role, I wish to collaborate closely with the other members of the ExCom to fulfil NPOC's mission and hope to be given the opportunity to learn from each and all of them. 

        *   Why you are running for the position? Three reasons:

  1. Skills and experience: I have been working in business development and marketing for 10+ years, in both business and NGO work. I have done social media campaigns, website development and management, PR campaigns, corporate branding and communication, and so on. I am experienced in using design tools like Adobe suite, newsletter tools (Mailchimp), social media management tools (Hootsuite), website development platform (Joomla and Wordpress). It has always been my passion, which I have been doing continuously for pleasure alongside my legal studies since highschool.
  2. Ideas: I have so many ideas on what we could do with NPOC, revolving around: a. Increased social media presence, primarily via Twitter, but not only. b. Regular reporting to and consulting with community members, via website, social media, lists. c. Unitary marketing materials, representing our goals and mission. d. A coherent recruitment strategy, built alongside the Membership Chair, to make NPOC attractive to new members, keep members involved, and most importantly. e. Most importantly, a better understand of what NPOC is and does, and how we can better serve our members (both within and outside NPOC).
  3. NPOC: I understand well NPOC and its specific mission, and most importantly, I deeply believe in it becoming a stronger voice, representing its members. Due to my diverse background (having done policy/branding/marketing/NGO work), I think I am strategically placed to create a Strategy that would enhance that in the year to come. 
        *   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: I am a NCSG, NPOC, NCUC and Euralo member. I have just joined Registration Data Policy Implementation Team, I am a member of the CCWG on Human Rights and member of the European Individuals Working Group. I was also involved in RPM. 

Many thanks for reading this and wishing you a great election week!

Ioana

Ioana Stupariu
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Name : Caleb Ogundele
Affiliation:  African Academic Network on Internet Policy (AANOIP)
Position applied for:  Communications Committee Chair
Why you are running for the position?:
NPOC's work within the ICANN community holds an important role and in order to fulfill such roles, it needs to have a very strong communication mechanism within which other stakeholders within the community relate to the work and interest of Not-for-Profit, Civil Society, and Academics within the constituency.
It is therefore very pertinent to connect with these other stakeholders and varied interests within the ICANN community to understand the work that NPOC does with the view of serving as a more vocal voice of reasoning and logic during engagements with other communities within and beyond ICANN
In the last few months of being part of the Executive Team, we had so much commitment to fulfill this mandate and part of it was to revamp our website to have a good (HCI)human-computer interaction as well as good user interface and mobile responsiveness. This was with the help of some members and the EC who committed some of there time during this development which i was glad to have experienced and lead those efforts as communications chair.
Additionally, the bedrock of the GNSO which NPOC is part of is policy and public comments for the Not-for-Profit Orgs. I have participated in a couple of draft documents used to engage within the NCSG and NPOC. As part of this efforts, i have tried to stimulate the interest while communicating with members by calling there attention to public comments that they can participate and contribute to.
Recently, during a major internet governance meeting in my region, I and another member of the NPOC Excom carried out outreach to engage Not-for-Profit, Civil Society domain owners who previously never had a clear understanding of what they stand to benefit in participating in ICANN and by extension NPOC. This was done through a panel session and distribution of promotional materials of NPOC.
I strongly believe that if re-elected, my work within the leadership of the NPOC will reflect actionable outcomes and all members interest.  
I represent diversity age and regional wise and with the support of members, they will continue to experience a bottom-up approach consensus to DNS Policy engagement with a focus on realizing the ICANN's multistakeholder PDP missions.
I do hope to bring in diversity and proactive approach to the role I'm putting myself forward for service. 
Additionally, I am also active within regional affiliation such as AFRINIC, ISOC-NG Chapter and AFRALO and currently in a couple of working groups within ICANN. 
My participation in different fora within the internet space has also seen my contributions on internet governance policy issues ranging from data privacy, Copyright and Intellectual Property and copyright,  Cyber Security, sustainable access, digital rights, media literacy, and development & capacity and other internet related issues which I believe is consistent with some of the concerns the NPOC has within the DNS industry.
In my professional experience from being a Project Manager, System / Network Administrator,  MultiMedia Content Producer and Webmaster, I believe it puts me in a value-added position to what the Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) stands for in bringing my industry experience to bear from a technical perspective to serve in the role of communication's chair.
You can learn more about my professional career here and ICANN Wiki
Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: No
How many Hours a 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:
At-Large Capacity Building Working Group, AFRALO Hot Topics Working Group, At-Large IDN Policy Working Group, At-Large Social Media Working Group
Thank you for your consideration, support and God bless  

Caleb

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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


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Name: Emmanuel Vitus

Biography & CV: LinkedIn [linkedin.com] 

Affiliation: Afrotribune

Position applied for: Secretariat

Why I applied for this position:

As you are all aware, the secretariat is an administrative position, and as a communication expert with years of experience I see myself as having new and fresh ideas that can be very useful for the EC and the community. I would like to improve on what we ought to be doing and what we have done in NPOC especially at the EC level.

My years in communication and policy development will be a great asset to work for you and advise the leadership.

My focus, when elected, is to work closely with the EC, especially the membership committee to increase capacity building webinars for members, policy engagement, strengthen them and notify them of possible funding or support opportunity to also participate on site at such meetings through the use of CROP or remotely. Also, I want the secretariat to be a great liaison between the EC and the community members.

This I believe will help them participate more actively without feeling left out when it comes to decision-makings and documenting policy thoughts without the necessary incentives and motivation. 

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 to fill the big shoes left by Oreoluwa. 

With your voices behind me, I can use the knowledge I have gained in working with CSOs to best represent and implement your ideas. So, if you like what I hope to achieve, I would be most appreciative of your support

Together, we must get engaged, to ensure that this community remain open, pluralistic and democratic.

Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: No 

How many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the position?

5 - 10 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. I have participated actively at my regional RALO in the At-large structure and leading the creation of ICANNWIKI French to increase participation of the francophone community.

 Internet Governance involvement

- Chairperson of Togo Internet Governance Forum (2016-2019)

- Faculty Member, West Africa School of Internet Governance (2019)

- Faculty Member, Benin School of Internet Governance (2019)

- UNESCO Freedom of Expression Experts committee (2016-2018)

- Africa School of Internet Governance selection committee (2019)

- Focal Point and Resource Person for Africa Union PRIDA project (2019-2020)

Internet Governance related Publication

- Co-authored IGF Academy Transfer Guide. A handbook to foster Internet Governance Initiatives in the Global South, 2016

- Co-authored Digital Rights in Africa Report 2019 & 2020

- Co-authored Global Information Society Watch, Country report, Togo, 2017

- Co-authored Global Information Society Watch, Country report, Ghana, 2018

- Co-authored A4AI's Affordability Report (Country reports: Ghana & Ivory Coast, 2017)

- ICANN's Africa DNS Market Study (Country reports: of Ghana, Mali, 2017)

- Fake news: the strategic fight in Africa vs government censorship (Article, 2018)

- Data protection: Africa vs EU GDPR, (Policy Brief, 2018).

- Migrating to IPv6: Why Africa must accelerate the migration process (Articles, 2017)

- Reporter's Guide to Election Coverage in Togo (Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2019)

Policy reviews and recommendations

-  Review and Recommendations for Senegalese Communications bill (Paradigm Initiative, 2019)

- Review and Recommendations for Togo Electronic communication and Cybersecurity bills (Paradigm Initiative, 2019)

- Review and Recommendations for Benin Communications bill (Paradigm Initiative, 2019)

Name: Oreoluwa Lesi

Affiliation: Women's Technology Empowerment Centre - W.TECPosition applied for: SecretariatWhy you are running for the position?: I believe that the work that ICANN does is deeply important and my professional experience and interests place me in an excellent position to contribute meaningfully to achieving its goals.

Many nonprofit organisations do not fully understand what ICANN does and its relevance to their work. This means that they do not have the opportunity to get involved in shaping policies, which affects them. NPOC’s role in educating and galvanising nonprofits to greater participation in internet governance in general and domain name policy, more specifically, is crucial in maintaining a vibrant community that includes diverse perspectives and contributions – especially one where nonprofit concerns are valued as much as those of other stakeholders.

I bring with me deep experience in the nonprofit sector and understand their concerns, especially as it relates to technology and specifically Internet-related issues.

I have worked in the nonprofit space for 17 years and lead a nonprofit (the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC [wtec.org.ng]), which works to build an inclusive technology ecosystem, with more women technology creators, entrepreneurs and leaders. I also ensure that women and women-focused nonprofits are represented on the Internet, own and can manage their domains effectively, and understand how to address issues like domain name abuse, cybersecurity and privacy challenges. My work centers on increasing digital inclusivity in who can use the Internet safely and effectively to enhance their educational, professional and civic activities.

This means that I need to stay abreast of the changing domain name and wider technology policy landscape, especially as related to data security and privacy issues and their intersections withgender. Through ICANN, I have had the opportunity to be at the forefront of learning about the latestdomain name systems and related policy and understanding how they affect the communities I work with.

Over the last year, I have served as NPOC’s Secretariat and together, the Executive Committee and NPOC community have developed a strategic outreach plan to recruit new members, developed informational materials to educate the wider community about what NPOC does (which includes a booklet, flier and slide deck), rebuilt and launched a more informative and engaging website, organised well-attended sessions at ICANN64 and ICANN63, completed the revision of the new Charter document and renewed its commitment to policy development by successfully submitting a comment to the dot org registry agreement call for public comments.

Personally, I coordinated the documenting and monitoring of the EC’s huge workload, helping to keep team members on track with their respective action items. I provided administrative support, making available information about NPOC meetings and action plans to the EC and NPOC community. Recruitment and engagement of new members is very important to me and I co-organisedand moderated a panel discussion at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, a leadingAfrican internet governance forum in April 2019, which also served as outreach for NPOC.

Working as Secretariat has also provided me with a unique overview of and the opportunity to work across the broader NPOC landscape from finance to membership, policy, communications and administration. I believe that this experience will strengthen my ability to coordinate NPOC’s administrative tasks and provide more support where needed.

In my professional capacity outside of ICANN, I have led and worked as part of teams and have developed the project management and collaborative skills that are valuable for working in the Secretariat role. I am also a member of the Nigerian chapter of ISOC and Alliance for Affordable Internet, as well as ISOC SIG Women. I am also a member of the Best Practices Forum on Gender and Access of the IGF and have contributed comments over the last year.

I am a Vital Voices Lead Fellow (awarded to emerging and established women leaders across the world) and anAshoka Fellow (a network of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs). I speak frequently at Nigerian and international conferences and other fora on the intersection of technology and gender. I sit on several boards, including the FAS Foundation, which builds the capacities of Nigerian engineers and supports engineering research.

Within ICANN, I am also a member of the African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) and NCSG.

You can learn more about me and my work on my:

Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: NoHow many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the position: At least 5 hours (As the current Secretariat, some weeks I devote up to 10 hours or more to NPOC work)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 rewriting of the NPOC Charter, working with the rest of the Charter Review team at public meetings and remotely in-between meetings.

I was part of the team that worked on NPOC’s comment to the dot org registry agreement call for public comments.

Prior to that, I was a mentee on the Community Onboarding programme and helped to refine the processes to integrate new members to NPOC. I also participated in an NCSG Policy course Advisory Group, where I contributed scenarios for the development of a NCSG Policy course.

-- Oreoluwa Lesi - Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) Executive Director +234.803.621.1307, +234.813.339.9999 | www.wtec.org.ng [wtec.org.ng] | @wteconline