Nomination of Farzaneh Badii for the seat of NCSG Chair

[Pascal Bekono]

Thank you Ayden,

Farza will be the suitable candidate for this position.
@Ayden, can she also run another mandate as NCUC Chair ?

2017-08-02 22:12 GMT+01:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>:

> 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>
>
>
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