+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 > -- *Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI* *Co-Gérantt de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl **Editeur de logiciels de gestion (PGI/ERP) S.I.G.E. (http://www.oandkit.com <http://www.oandkit.com>)* *Président/CEO de l'INTIC4DEV (Institut des TIC pour le développement) **https://www.facebook.com/groups/1064246710336502/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/1064246710336502/>* *Eminent National Expert for the World Summit Award (http://www.wsis-award.org <http://www.wsis-award.org>) * *Secrétaire Général de l'ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC (http://www.estetic.tg <http://www.estetic.tg>)* *ICANN-GNSO-NCSG-NPOC (http://www.npoc.org/ <http://www.npoc.org/>) **ICANN - Fellow & Alumni (http://www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org>) - Membre de Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org>)-**Membre fondateur du RIK-Togo (Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au Togo) *( http://www.globalshea.com) *Skype : olevie1 FaceBook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo*