<div dir="auto">I agree with Ayden, I would have made the same suggestion. I hope Farzi will accept that and be our chair for the next term. Go Farzi !<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br>Regards<br>@__f_f__<br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/farellf">https://www.linkedin.com/in/farellf</a><br>________________________________<br>Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 3 août 2017 08:44, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang <<a href="mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de">wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de</a>> a écrit :<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I can only add a 1++ to Aydens arguments. It is great to have Farzaneh! And thanks for her work.<br>
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br>
Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Michael Oghia<br>
Gesendet: Do 03.08.2017 08:14<br>
An: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
Betreff: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Nomination of Farzaneh Badii for the seat of NCSG Chair<br>
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I absolutely agree Ayden, Farzaneh is dedicated, disciplined, and has<br>
repeatedly demonstrated her ability to exercise sound judgement while also<br>
responding to the community.<br>
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Best,<br>
-Michael<br>
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On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 12:01 AM, Yolanda Mlonzi <<a href="mailto:mamiyaomhle@gmail.com">mamiyaomhle@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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> Hi Ayden,<br>
><br>
> I would like to support your nomination for Farzaneh, you have perfectly<br>
> stated your reasons.<br>
><br>
> As a newish member, Farzaneh has been so approachable, patient and open<br>
> to hearing ideas. A quality that I admire the most about this nominee is<br>
> her openness. For me this is important, especially when we are advocating<br>
> for things like accountability & transparency within ICANN.<br>
><br>
> Personally, she has shown me another side of what a leader is and could<br>
> be... In my books, she is great!<br>
><br>
> P.s. In the beginning I did not even know she was the NCUC chair due to<br>
> her humility, approachable nature and quirky sense of humour :)<br>
><br>
> Yolanda.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Lenandlar Singh <<br>
> <a href="mailto:lenandlar.singh@uog.edu.gy">lenandlar.singh@uog.edu.gy</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi Ayden<br>
>> I would like to second your Nomination of Farzaneh for Chair of NCSG.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards<br>
>> Len<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com">icann@ferdeline.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Dear all,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I would like to nominate Dr Farzaneh Badii for the seat of NCSG Chair.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Most of us will already know Farzaneh - and if you do not, I encourage<br>
>>> you to reach out to her some time. She is respected across the ICANN<br>
>>> community for a number of reasons: for her very substantive contributions<br>
>>> within working groups, for her in-depth knowledge of ICANN and the broader<br>
>>> Internet governance landscape, and her skills in analysis and<br>
>>> rapporteurship. But I think newer members know Farzaneh for a very<br>
>>> different reason; for her desire to share her knowledge, to coach, to<br>
>>> mentor, to help. That has been my experience, and I do not believe it to be<br>
>>> an isolated one.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Indeed, if we explore Farzaneh's legacy from her term as NCUC Chair, we<br>
>>> can see that she focused strongly on capacity building, hosting numerous<br>
>>> newcomer webinars to bring new members into the fold and causing a paradigm<br>
>>> shift in how we have all come to see the onboarding of new NCUC members.<br>
>>> She sought to further legitimise the constituency, first embarking on a<br>
>>> website redesign and rebrand, then reaching out to other stakeholder groups<br>
>>> to invite collaboration where it was appropriate. She completed a<br>
>>> revolutionary review of the NCUC Bylaws, and led the development of the<br>
>>> constituency's first-ever Operating Procedures.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Her significant legacy from chairing the NCUC is one of achievement,<br>
>>> transparency, and structural and procedural change. But it was also a<br>
>>> glimpse into her as a person. She has shown herself to be dependable [I<br>
>>> often wonder if she sleeps, because no matter what time of day or night I<br>
>>> contact Farzaneh, I know I'll get an immediate response], optimistic, and<br>
>>> calm when the pressure is on. And she backs this up with legal knowledge,<br>
>>> experience in mediation, and political acumen.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We were lucky to have Farzaneh at the helm of the NCUC. We'd be even<br>
>>> luckier to have her chairing the NCSG. I have every confidence that she has<br>
>>> the right knowledge, experience, and commitment to grow the NCSG.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Indeed, she already has been - take a look at the Special Budget<br>
>>> Requests that were granted for the NCSG this coming financial year, and<br>
>>> you'll note that one of the most significant - a huge $66,000 windfall for<br>
>>> us to launch a "capacity building program for NCSG, NCUC and NPOC to enable<br>
>>> the NCSG members to effectively participate in policymaking at ICANN from<br>
>>> various WGs to CCWGs" was drafted by Farzaneh. This is in addition to the<br>
>>> $20,000 she secured for the NCUC for a policy practicum, travel slots for<br>
>>> the Internet Governance Forum in Geneva, and an additional employee to join<br>
>>> Constituency Travel to facilitate visas, among other instances where she's<br>
>>> backed up her words with resources.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Farzaneh, I sincerely hope you will accept this nomination.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Best wishes,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Ayden Férdeline<br>
>>> <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/ferdeline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/ferdeline</a> <<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/<wbr>ferdeline</a>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> *Lenandlar Singh*<br>
>> *Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science*<br>
>><br>
>> *University of Guyana*<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> *Email: <a href="mailto:lenandlar.singh@uog.edu.gy">lenandlar.singh@uog.edu.gy</a> <<a href="mailto:lenandlar.singh@uog.edu.gy">lenandlar.singh@uog.edu.gy</a>><wbr>Website:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.uog.edu.gy/faculties/fns/profile/mr-lenandlar-singh" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.uog.edu.gy/<wbr>faculties/fns/profile/mr-<wbr>lenandlar-singh</a><br>
>> <<a href="http://www.uog.edu.gy/faculties/fns/profile/mr-lenandlar-singh" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.uog.edu.gy/<wbr>faculties/fns/profile/mr-<wbr>lenandlar-singh</a>>*<br>
>><br>
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