The nominee's statement above reflects true Rafik Dammak! Rafik you have my backing. I wish you all the best! J ames N Gitau Nairobi, Kenya *Cell-Phone +254 722 212171 or +254 721 274273* Before printing this mail make sure it is completely necessary. THE ENVIRONMENT IS EVERY ONE'S BUSINESS. On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:52 PM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Please find below my candidate statement, > > > - *Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment;* > > Rafik Dammak > Asia(Tunisian citizen) > Male > Computer engineer > > - *Any conflicts of interest:* > > none > > - *Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular > position: * > > I am willing to volunteer for NCSG again and serve in policy position this > time representing non-commercial interests: > > 1. To advocate for NCSG positions within GNSO council regarding policy > development. For that purpose, I will liaise with the wider NCSG membership > to keep them informed about GNSO council activities, decisions, updates, > regularly consult with them and explaining rationale behind any vote. I > want also to emphasize about working and cooperating with other NCSG > councillors to make us more effective, coordinated. > 2. For years, I worked on engaging NCSG members and doing regular > outreach. As councillor, I will focus on helping newcomers and those > interested by policy to grasp more about ICANN and in particular GNSO > functioning with regard to working group and policy development processes. > I will also continue the work on the membership engagement from another > level: currently, we have our monthly policy confcall but more need to be > done to make it more accessible and understandable. I will be glad to > work on preparing new leadership to volunteers in next year's' positions, > via mentorship, advices with help of other veterans > 3. Liaise with other groups in GNSO and cooperate with them for > common positions, to increase NCSG influence and make us more vocal and > visible. > > • *Qualifications for the position:* > I served NCSG interests in several roles and became aware about our > members needs, expectations, the challenges facing us and our own limits. I > chose such position because I do believe we have to strengthen our policy > work and prepare for next levels set by the context of IANA stewardship > transition, ICANN reform and forthcoming GNSO changes. I do think that I > bring different experiences: > > > 1. I participated in several working groups within ICANN on behalf of > NCSG. I was co-chair of new applicant support working group , a cross > working group between GNSO and ALAC aimed to give support for new gTLD > applicants from developing countries, and I am also the co-chair the > cross-community working group on Internet Governance. > 2. I was GNSO councilor in 2009 for 3 years representing NCSG and > non-commercial interests. I am pretty familiar with GNSO policies, > processes and procedures, kept updated of latest changes happening there > in addition to the awareness about the dynamic of the groups we have to > work with. > 3. I was NCSG and NCUC chair for 3 years now, doing the admin and > organizational work at stakeholder group and constituency level, liaising > with ICANN staff and leadership, with other groups officers. I also kept > following policy development and supported councillors work, acknowledging > the challenges and difficulties > > • *Statement of availability for the time the position requires:* > Yes, I am available and committing as GNSO councillor > > • *The nominee’s statement may also include any other information that > the candidate believes is relevant: * > I learned a lot with my involvement within NCSG in last years and saw > different aspect of our challenges as group and as structure. We are a > volunteer-based structure and we get to prepare for the future, while I can > help for policy as I did for the organizational side, I would like to spend > also the time to prepare for those will lead in coming years. nobody lasts > forever and everyone should be easily replaced to keep NCSG sustainable. >