Nomination of Farzaneh Badii for the seat of NCSG Chair

[Yolanda Mlonzi]

Hi Ayden,

I would like to support your nomination for Farzaneh, you have perfectly
stated your reasons.

 As a newish member, Farzaneh has been so approachable, patient and open to
hearing ideas. A quality that I admire the most about this nominee is her
openness. For me this is important, especially when we are advocating for
things like accountability & transparency within ICANN.

Personally, she has shown me another side of what a leader is and could
be... In my books, she is great!

P.s. In the beginning I did not even know she was the NCUC chair due to her
humility, approachable nature and quirky sense of humour :)

Yolanda.



On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Lenandlar Singh <lenandlar.singh at uog.edu.gy
> wrote:

> Hi Ayden
> I would like to second your Nomination of Farzaneh for Chair of NCSG.
>
> Regards
> Len
>
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to nominate Dr Farzaneh Badii for the seat of NCSG Chair.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Farzaneh, I sincerely hope you will accept this nomination.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Ayden Férdeline
>> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> *Lenandlar Singh*
> *Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science*
>
> *University of Guyana*
>
>
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