<div dir="auto">Just clarifying that I no longer hold the position of chair and this might be obvious since Julf has been steering us forward for the last couple of years. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Apologies for the minor mistake! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best, <br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><i>Bruna Martins dos Santos <br></i></b><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Global Campaigns Manager | <a href="http://digitalaction.co" target="_blank">Digital Action</a></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">German Chancellor Fellow 21' (</font></span></font><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">) | <a href="https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Alexander von Humboldt Foundation</a></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Member | <a href="https://direitosnarede.org.br/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Coalizão Direitos na Rede</a> </font></span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span><font size="2" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Co-Coordinator</font></span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> | <a href="https://igcaucus.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Internet Governance Caucus </a><br></span><font size="2" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></span></font></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="1" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/boomartins" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">@</font>boomartins</a> // </font></font></span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">Skype: bruna.martinsantos</span></div></div><div><font size="1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Email: <a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com" target="_blank">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Bruna Martins dos Santos <<a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a>> schrieb am Do. 23. Mai 2024 um 16:54:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial">Candidate</span> <span style="font-family:Arial">Statement</span> - <span style="font-family:Arial">Bruna</span> <span style="font-family:Arial">Santos</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Name: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial">Bruna</span> Martins dos <span style="font-family:Arial">Santos</span> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Declared region: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">LAC </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Gender:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Female </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Employment:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Global Campaigns Manager at Digital Action</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Conflicts of Interest:  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">none that im aware</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Reasons for willingness to take on the position: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">After a long time serving in administrative positions throughout NCSG and NCUC, as chair of both groups, and first term as GNSO Councilor I would humbled if given the opportunity to continue to be one of the NCSG elected members to the GNSO Council and work on behalf of our community but in a more strategic way. Given the current difficulties of engagement on policy work from our members - either through lack of knowledge of ICANNs PDPs and structure or lack of means for participation -, I remain committed to engaging with our membership and other ICANN Stakeholder groups on the most pressing issues. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Having spent a couple of years in leadership positions I believe I was able to have a comprehensive view of the challenges faced by our Stakeholder Group while existing as the sole civil society voice within GNSO, as well as some of the intricacies of our groups. Added to that, after the completion of my first term of the GNSO council I'm now even more ready to start leading some of our policy positions together with our other councilors and PC. In light of being an avid advocate for ICANN's Multistakeholder model and Civil Society participation on it, as well as NCSGs relevance to the model, I would love the challenge if elected to my second and last term as GNSO Councilor </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Qualifications for the position:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I hold a BA in Law with experience in Internet Regulation, Human Rights and International Law and experience in policy making processes regarding the Internet that started back in 2011 while I had the chance to work at the drafting team of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet. Ever since then, I have worked for the brazilian government until 2016, as a legal advisor on social matters, and as advocacy coordinator for several collectives and Civil Society Organizations in Brazil, and have engaged with politicians and policy makers, as well as other stakeholder groups in high level conversations pertaining the most different aspects of the Internet. Currently I hold the position of Global Campaigns Manager at Digital Action where I help lead the Global Coalition for Tech Justice and the Year of Democracy Campaign in calling big tech companies out for the harms promoted by their products and services. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Moving on to ICANN, I have been involved with our stakeholder group since 2017 - when I joined as a member after remotely following our discussions for years. Ever since, I have served as NCUC Chair, Vice-Chair and NCUC EC representative for the LAC region, and currently hold the position of NCSG Chair. Besides the leadership positions, I have contributed to NCSG's policy work, having volunteered for being one of the pen holders for some of the provided input to the New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures WG Comments and am an alternate at the EPDP Phase #2</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial">Statement</span> of availability for the time the position required: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I confirm that I have the required availability to focus on the needed discussions and processes where a GNSO Councilor is required. Despite working full time I have managed to successfully complete my terms both as NCUC and NCSG Chair, as well as my 1st term as a NCSG Couniclor, with a fair amount of time dedicated to the position's duties. The same is likely to happen if I'm elected. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Additional information: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Apart from my work at ICANN I am also one of the co-coordinators of Internet Governance Caucus and an IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group member, have acted as one of the key constituents at the roundtable designated for debating recommendations 3A/B of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, and help coordinate the Internet Governance Forum's Best practice Forum on Gender and Digital Rights.</span></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards, </div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><i>Bruna Martins dos Santos <br></i></b><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Global Campaigns Manager | <a href="http://digitalaction.co" target="_blank">Digital Action</a></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">German Chancellor Fellow 21' (</font></span></font><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">) | <a href="https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Alexander von Humboldt Foundation</a></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Member | <a href="https://direitosnarede.org.br/" target="_blank" style="font-family: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