<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Ayden<br></div>I would like to second your Nomination of Farzaneh for Chair of NCSG.<br><br></div>Regards<br></div>Len<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Dear all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would like to nominate Dr Farzaneh Badii for the seat of NCSG Chair. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Most of us will already know Farzaneh — and if you do not, I encourage you to reach out to her some time. She is respected across the ICANN community for a number of reasons: for her very substantive contributions within working groups, for her in-depth knowledge of ICANN and the broader Internet governance landscape, and her skills in analysis and rapporteurship. But I think newer members know Farzaneh for a very different reason; for her desire to share her knowledge, to coach, to mentor, to help. That has been my experience, and I do not believe it to be an isolated one. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Indeed, if we explore Farzaneh’s legacy from her term as NCUC Chair, we can see that she focused strongly on capacity building, hosting numerous newcomer webinars to bring new members into the fold and causing a paradigm shift in how we have all come to see the onboarding of new NCUC members. She sought to further legitimise the constituency, first embarking on a website redesign and rebrand, then reaching out to other stakeholder groups to invite collaboration where it was appropriate. She completed a revolutionary review of the NCUC Bylaws, and led the development of the constituency’s first-ever Operating Procedures. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Her significant legacy from chairing the NCUC is one of achievement, transparency, and structural and procedural change. But it was also a glimpse into her as a person. She has shown herself to be dependable [I often wonder if she sleeps, because no matter what time of day or night I contact Farzaneh, I know I’ll get an immediate response], optimistic, and calm when the pressure is on. And she backs this up with legal knowledge, experience in mediation, and political acumen. <br></div><div><br></div><div>We were lucky to have Farzaneh at the helm of the NCUC. We’d be even luckier to have her chairing the NCSG. I have every confidence that she has the right knowledge, experience, and commitment to grow the NCSG. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Indeed, she already has been — take a look at the Special Budget Requests that were granted for the NCSG this coming financial year, and you’ll note that one of the most significant - a huge $66,000 windfall for us to launch a “capacity building program for NCSG, NCUC and NPOC to enable the NCSG members to effectively participate in policymaking at ICANN from various WGs to CCWGs” was drafted by Farzaneh. This is in addition to the $20,000 she secured for the NCUC for a policy practicum, travel slots for the Internet Governance Forum in Geneva, and an additional employee to join Constituency Travel to facilitate visas, among other instances where she’s backed up her words with resources.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Farzaneh, I sincerely hope you will accept this nomination. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div class="m_-3608584163144690424protonmail_signature_block"><div class="m_-3608584163144690424protonmail_signature_block-user"><div>Ayden Férdeline<br></div><div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline" title="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/ferdeline</a><br></div></div><div class="m_-3608584163144690424protonmail_signature_block-proton m_-3608584163144690424protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><i>Lenandlar Singh</i><div><i>Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science</i></div><div><i>University of Guyana<br></i></div><div><i>Email: <a href="mailto:lenandlar.singh@uog.edu.gy" target="_blank"><b>lenandlar.singh@uog.edu.gy</b></a><br>Website: <b><a href="http://www.uog.edu.gy/faculties/fns/profile/mr-lenandlar-singh" target="_blank">http://www.uog.edu.gy/faculties/fns/profile/mr-lenandlar-singh</a></b><br></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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