2018 NCSG Election Process and list of Candidates

[Elsa S]

Dear all,

Here is my candidate statement which I will send to Maryam separately:

Candidate Statement: Elsa Saade - Nominated for GNSO Councilor

Addressed to: The NCSG community

2nd of August 2018


My name is Elsa Saade, currently enrolled as a masters student in the City
University of New York. I’ve been working in the field of human rights for
the past 7 years, in Lebanon, the Middle East and Internationally as well.
Consistently working on advocacy, capacity building as well as digital
rights projects, I got drifted into more technical and policy driven
platforms such as ICANN in parallel to a deeper focus on surveillance
tools, privacy and censorship in the context of the Global South mostly.

My journey with ICANN started at ICANN 54 where I started as a fellow and
came back again as a fellow before I got elected to be in the NCUC EC as
the Asia Pacific Representative. From day one, and with the help of some of
my mentees in the community, I became a member of NCSG. I went through the
different phases of a member up until I understood how the dynamics within
ICANN works, and how best to balance and participate in the space for the
sake of advocating to guarantee that the rights of end users are on the
table and are part of the equation within the remit of ICANN’s influence
amongst others in the Internet Governance space..

After 3 years at ICANN, and a lot of engagement in Working Groups, Public
Comments, different conversations with different stakeholders, holding a
leadership position at NCUC EC and serving as an alternate on the GNSO
Council at ICANN62, my ICANN journey has opened a door to the Supporting
Organization which I appreciate the most and which I’ve been following
extremely closely in the past year. Tatiana Tropina honored me with a
nomination for a GNSO Councilor position and I accepted the nomination to
serve on the GNSO council for different reasons which all build up into a
want to commit to policy making on the front of NCSG. The first reason
being my background in human rights work and in civil society engagement in
one of the toughest regions. This background enabled me to listen and
strategize based on all stakeholders’ thoughts and agendas to take my
organization’s agenda forward the best way possible to protect and defend
human rights defenders in the gulf. My work can definitely feed into the
mission and vision of NCSG with a focus on end users and the values NCSG
calls for and which I share.


The second reason being that there is an increasing awareness on the
importance of privacy, freedom of expression and transparency, given new
developments with GDPR thus the EPDP, then the new Open Data Initiative
Project (ODI) which ICANN has just launched, the New gTLDs conversations
and discussions, and so on. But in parallel to the increasing awareness on
rights’ importance, there’s an increasing tide of interests tied with the
non presence of those rights without condition. And that is where NCSG
plays a role, and I’d be honored to help play one small part within that
role of pushing for our rights. Third reason I’d like to serve on the GNSO
council as an NCSG representative is to be able to work with other fellow
councilors, where I feel I could help find middle ground, help mitigate and
help strategize for a strong collective NCSG voice. I’d be honored to learn
from them too, and definitely from the past councilors who have done great
work for NCSG.

I was asked several times, what my presence with a background of human
rights in the Middle East mostly meant in a space as technically focused as
ICANN’s and my answer to that question would be, the best strategy for any
plan of success, is to see the target holistically; throw a straight arrow
to the middle of each part of the target in order to get the awaited prize.
I am proud to come from an underserved and underrepresented region which I
was happy to serve for a year at NCUC, and I am also proud to be a woman of
color who keeps a holistic strategic approach to policy development
including the  intricacies that could be considered details by some but
that really do make a difference on the whole.

I know what it is to work hard to see an idea live. At ICANN it was made
more political but more real and attainable, and I’ll be here, present and
engaged to take away and give as much as I can from the experience as a
GNSO Councillor if I am to be given the trust of our community to do so.


I'm also available for any further questions, and I look forward to our
meet the candidate call!

Best,

Elsa
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
>
> Please find below the NCSG Election Process and list of Candidates.
>
>
>
> *ALL nominees are required to make a “Public Statement” by Aug 02 2359
> UTC, that includes:*
>
>
>    - Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment;
>    - Any conflicts of interest;
>    - Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular
> position;
>    - Qualifications for the position;
>    - Statement of availability for the time the position requires; and
>    - Optionally, any other information that the candidate believes is
> relevant.
> Election Process
>
> This is an election with ballots.
>
> ·         The vote will be open from *07 August - 20 August 2018* 23:59
> UTC
>
> ·         A ballot sent to each of the active members, which list will be
> closed on 03 August 2018 23:59 UTC
>
> ·         This ballot will come from tally at icann.org.
>
> ·         Voters will need to select 3 council candidates and 1 NCSG
> Chair candidate.
>
> ·         For the NCSG Chair, the candidate with the most votes will be
> elected.
>
> The selection will *not* occur through acclamation.
>
>
>
> *2018 NCSG Election Candidates*
> I.  2018 - 2019 NCSG Chair
>
> (1 to elect) 1-year term
>
> Nominated Candidate
>
> Nominated By
>
> Accepted Nomination
>
> Geographic Region
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> Robin Gross
>
> Yes
>
> NA
>
> Poncelet Ileleji
>
> Akinremi Peter Taiwo
>
> No
>
> AF
>
> David Cake
>
> James Gitau
>
> No
>
> AP
>
>
>
> II.  2018 NCSG GNSO Representatives
>
> (3 to elect) each 2-year terms
>
> Nominated Candidate
>
> Nominated By
>
> Accepted Nomination
>
> Geographic Region
>
> Martin Silva Valent
>
> Arsene Tungali
>
> Yes
>
> LAC
>
> Raoul Plommer
>
> James Gitau
>
> No
>
> EU
>
> Rafik Dammak
>
> Ayden Ferdeline
>
> Yes
>
> AF
>
> Elsa Saade
>
> Tatiana Tropina
>
> Yes
>
> AP
>
>
>
> --
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> *Maryam Bakoshi* | SO/AC Collaboration Services Sr. Coordinator
>
> *ICANN* | Internet Corporation got Assigned Names and Numbers
>
> *S*: Maryam.bakoshi.icann | *T*: +44 7846 471777
>
>
>



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Elsa Saade
Consultant
Gulf Centre for Human Rights
Twitter: @Elsa_Saade
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