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<b>Objet :</b> Re: Candidate Statement- NCUC EC Africa Houda CHIHI</font>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 8:41 AM Houda CHIHI <<a href="mailto:000021c4baf3bca0-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu">000021c4baf3bca0-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>hope that you are doing well, kindly below my statement of interest for the NCUC EC Africa Representative position;</div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:115%; font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-feature-settings:normal; font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:115%; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">I am
<b>Houda CHIHI</b>, a PhD in Telecom, senior researcher at InnovCOM Lab of SupCOM Tunisia, Techwomen Fellow 2019 hosted at Qualcomm California, Eugen Ionescu postdoc fellow hosted at polytechnica university of Bucharest. To the best of my knowledge, I do not
have any conflicts of interest.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial"> <b>Why do you want to
serve on the EC?</b></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify; direction:ltr; unicode-bidi:embed; margin:0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height:115%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:115%; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">Driven by my passion
in ICANN activities and for more engagement and as i learned a lot from my two fellowship opportunities ICANN 78 & ICANN 80 i am interested in serving EC position in my region Africa. In addition i am IETF 118/119/120/121/122 fellow i am planning a collaboration
between IETF and NCUC. Furthermore, i want to bring my experience through my participation in different groups of IETF and propose the draft that already did in IETF to investigate it from policy perspective with the help of NUCU members.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:115%; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">In addition through my
participation at NCUC CROP funding i am interested in DNS abuse investigation especially that i hold ITU Women in Cybersecurity certificate. In addition, i participated in many NCUC volunteering activities in the way that i found my passion and want to help
my region. Hence, EC Africa position is my chance to contribute in my region and in this context i will need the support of each one of the group.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">Provide a brief biography
of recent experience, associations, and affiliations relevant to serving on the Executive Committee. Describe the relevance of your personal and professional experience to serve on the NCUC Executive Committee, and identify any conflicts of interests you might
have.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">I was recently appointed as a member of
IPv6 cybersecurity coordinator of North Africa. I want to share my expertise together with policy challenges with the group. In addition, i am member of ITU AI Readiness Expert Group. I believe in my leadership skills to take this role. Among my goals is to
improve engagement through capacity building programs. Participate in mentorship process of newcomers. I participated in different IGF events and panels.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial"> The EC performs several
functional responsibilities for the Constituency. What level of time commitment can you bring to your EC role on a weekly and overall basis? Describe any concerns or limitations on your ability to attend online meetings of the Executive Committee and ICANN
Meetings in person.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">Time management is my skill as a researcher.
I am committed to dedicate all the necessary time to my work on EC.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">Communication with
the membership is critical. How would you keep members apprised of your EC-related activities?</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">Following my responsibilities as a Regional Representative
i will be in charge in informing in proactive way about any calls of volunteering activities. I am interested in mentoring newcomers in my region and involve them in some volunteering activities. As an ambassador of my region Africa among my duties in this
role is to recruit new members and highlight more visibility in the concern of NCUC activities.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">I will advocate for more NCUC members engagement in ICANN
related policy discussion on the African continent, I will update NCUC members of IG related activities in Africa. I will host routine online meetings to engage regional members and ensure NCUC participation in regional activities. I will engage with ICANN
regional engagement team.</span></p>
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</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">How do you foresee NCUC’s
function, scale, or role changing in the future? What areas of ICANN policy, if any, need more attention and why? Incumbent candidates should answer in a manner that is both backward and forward-looking, i.e. taking note of their contributions and work in
the previous year.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">Following my experience as a Fellow newcomer
in NCUC i need mentorship to know more about NCUC acticities. I am planning to invite fellows of my region becoming members of NCUC to share their experience in ICANN and i will explain NCUC policy process.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">I believe the new g TLD program implementation
require intense participation by NCUC to ensure that more non commercials benefits from the next round.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">Thank you so much & Looking forward to
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