+1 @Tapani.

2016-08-16 21:46 GMT+01:00 Arsène Tungali <[log in to unmask]>:

> I love your style, Chair and wish you all the luck! You did it so you can
> do it again!
>
> -----------------
> Arsène Tungali,
> @arsenebaguma
> +243 993810967
> GPG: 523644A0
> Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
>
> Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
>
> > On Aug 16, 2016, at 8:03 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Here's my candidate statement for the NCSG Chair election.
> >
> >
> >
> > Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment:
> >
> >   Tapani Tarvainen, Europe, male, chief engineer at Jyväskylä University,
> >   Finland.
> >
> >
> > Any conflicts of interest:
> >
> >   None.
> >
> >
> > Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position:
> >
> >   NCSG has an important part to play in keeping the Internet free by
> >   influencing ICANN's policies. And we have several gifted and
> >   competent people working on those policies.
> >
> >   But in order to get their work done they also need administrative
> >   support - bureacracy if you will.
> >
> >   I see the role of Chair in NCSG as an administrative one:
> >   keeping the bureaucracy working and well-oiled so that the
> >   people working on substantive issues can get on with their
> >   work with minimal administrative hurdles.
> >
> >   That also explains my approach to administration: I believe it
> >   should be mostly invisible, and the Chair and Executive Committee
> >   should generally do their job in the background, keeping away from
> >   the limelights.
> >
> >   That's what I've been doing the past year and at least NCSG
> >   has not totally collapsed yet, so I guess I could've done worse.
> >
> >   Although admittedly when I started as the Chair last year I was, in
> >   retrospect unsurprisingly, too optimistic about what I could get
> >   done and how fast. But that is the way of things: they always take
> >   longer than expected.
> >
> >   A few things I've got on on the agenda, either going on or
> >   planned for the coming year:
> >
> >   * New membership management system is well on the way, indeed
> >     I hope it to by up and running before the Hyderabad meeting.
> >
> >   * An independent website for NCSG is also coming along as part
> >     of the same project.
> >
> >   * The Finance Committee has been reactivated, although later than
> >     I'd hoped, so they haven't been able to do much yet, but
> >     I trust they'll do more in the coming year.
> >
> >   * More NCUC-NPOC joint activities and continuing to improve
> >     the relations between our two constituencies.
> >
> >   * Conducting a review of constituencies as our charter requires
> >     us to do every two years.
> >
> >   * Establishing and documenting procedures for various things
> >     the Executive Committee needs to do, like member removal.
> >
> >
> > Qualifications for the position:
> >
> >   Been there, done that. :-)
> >
> >   I won't bore you with my resume: let it suffice to say that
> >   I have an extensive experience in dealing with and administering
> >   various civil society organizations. Now including the NCSG.
> >
> >
> > Statement of availability for the time the position requires:
> >
> >   Yes: I have agreed with my employer, Jyväskylä university, that I
> >   can continue to use some working hours to Chair the NCSG. I have
> >   also decreased my activities in Effi, so I think I will have enough
> >   time to handle the duties of our stakeholder group's Chair.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tapani Tarvainen
>



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