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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear NCSG members,<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Please find below my candidate statement. <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">I would like to thank Michael Oghia again for nominating me and express my gratitude to all those who expressed their support. Your words of encouragement were very important for me. Thank you very much. <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u><br></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><u>Candidate Statement, Tatiana Tropina, nomination: GNSO Council </u></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Name:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> Tatiana Tropina <span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Region:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> Europe<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Gender:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> Female <span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Employment:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> Senior Researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany <span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Conflict of interest:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> None<span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position: <span></span></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">The main – actually, the ultimate – reason why I am willing to take this particular position is that I want the Noncommercial stakeholders to have a strong voice and a strong representation in the GNSO policy-making processes. And here I am not talking about the number of seats on GNSO Council that belongs to NCSG and allows us to vote. I want NCSG to have a stronger voice in deliberations, in advocating for our interests, in bringing our values to the ICANN policy-making outcomes. <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">I am also willing to do my best to make the NCSG members informed and to ensure a broader participation of the membership in policy-making processes. I see the areas where we can put more efforts, like the channels of communication between NCSG membership and councillors, the work of the NCSG policy committee, the involvement of the broader NCSG membership in the policy making. I also want NSCG to further strengthen collaboration with other stakeholder groups – because we don’t exist in a vacuum and we can have good alliances on some issues while fighting on the others and standing firm on protecting the noncommercial interests. I am ready to work hard on this.<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">To sum up, I would like to direct my efforts to:<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">making NCSG always vocal, visible at present at the Council <span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">informing NCSG membership on the policy processes, building capacity and engagement <span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">collaborating and communicating with the stakeholders when we can have common ground or common positions on the issues. <span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Qualifications for the position:<span></span></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">During the past 8 years of my career, I have been focusing mostly on two things: policy-making and capacity building. Before getting involved in the domain name issues, I was focusing mostly on cybersecurity and cybercrime – also on capacity building in this field for different stakeholder groups – and then I became more engaged with the broader issues of Internet governance. <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">I am not a veteran at ICANN, but probably not a newcomer either. I joined NCUC in 2015 and jumped in with both feet. I started with participating in the CCWG-Accountability Workstream 1 and CCWP for Human Rights and became a member of the NCSG Policy Committee. After the start of Workstream 2, I have been very active in the Human Rights subgroup and was one of the penholders in the small team that worked on the actual drafting of the Framework of Interpretation for the Human Rights bylaw. I am also active in the Jurisdiction subgroup, and I tried to help with drafting SO/AC accountability subgroup report (well – only a section or two but was happy to provide my input!). I am active in the CCWG on Internet Governance and, again, was a part of drafting team for the CCWG charter amendments. Yes, I am trying to make a point here – for me, participation is real. Participation means grabbing a pen (ok, a keyboard) and being vocal. <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Last year I was elected as a European representative for the NCUC executive committee. Again, I have a track record of my participation: from outreach (some of you might remember out outreach in Copenhagen, EuroDIG and other venues) to taking part in different procedural and administrative tasks. I took an active part in drafting procedural rules and in addressing the ICANN's comments to NCUC bylaws. I participated in budget request drafting, and in drafting IGF proposals together with other NCUC members – and we secured our presence at IGF 2017 because our proposal was selected. <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">What fascinated me about ICANN in the beginning of my involvement and still fascinates me is that the more you are willing to take part, the more input you provide – the more of actual results, the real impact of your work on policy or accountability processes you can see. It is very inspiring and rewarding. I think this one of the factors that keep us, volunteers, going on. I believe that NCSG can benefit from my qualification and my willingness to work if I am elected to the GNSO council. I am vocal, I am present, I am ready to put my volunteer time and expertise in the policy-making and capacity building to see the real impact on policy. <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Statement of availability for the time the position requires:<span></span></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">I know how much involvement the GNSO Council position requires. I think the track of my volunteer activity at ICANN and other IG spaces speaks for itself: I am ready to put long hours into ICANN-related commitments. As I have quite flexible working hours and schedule, there has never been a problem to devote time to ICANN and I can fully commit to GNSO work. <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Last but not least: I wish good luck to all the other candidates – they are excellent! <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Warm regards,<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Tatiana </font><font face="Times"><span></span></font></span></p>
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