[Re-send] Candidate Satement - GNSO Council

[Remmy Nweke]

Hi Martin
Accept my support on this second term as always.
Regards

On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 9:04 pm Joan Kerr, <joankerr at fbsc.org> wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>
> Thank you again for running for GNSO Council, you are a valuable asset.
> Regards,
>
> On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 3:14 PM Martin Pablo Silva Valent <
> mpsilvavalent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please find below my candidate statement,
>>
>> *Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment;*
>>
>> Martin Silva Valent
>> Argentinean and Italian Citizen, living in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
>> Male
>> Lawyer, Bar in Buenos Aires, Partner of Silva.legal (a business law firm,
>> mostly real-estate development, hospitality, and some industrial clients)
>> and Co-founder and Director of Datas (NGO for Activism, Research and
>> Education on Technology Governance).
>>
>> *Any conflicts of interest:*
>> none
>>
>> *Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position:
>>    *
>>     I’ve invested more than five years in working inside ICANN mission
>> fending the Non-commercial Interest, mostly form the NGOs perspective.
>> ICANN has been the main project on my work as an activist, regardless of
>> all my other projects in Internet Governance or Algorithm Governance, and
>> now that I’ve finished my first year in the GNSO Council I finally feel I
>> can deliver the full potential of my collaborations.
>>     I chose to do this work because I believe that this stakeholder is
>> underrepresented in the Internet Governance ecosystem, and the DNS is one
>> of the few cores or critical resources of the net, by ensuring the DNS
>> stays good for all we are ensuring that other works further the stream can
>> be done with or within internet to make a better society. DNS is not enough
>> but is necessary for the current state of the Internet (as has been since
>> it is beginning).
>>     I think the main goal of the NCSG is to provide a DNS as open as
>> possible so everyone in the world can do and express their individuality
>> and their communities. This means to create systems that allow expression,
>> privacy, security, and stability, but all these concepts demand further
>> understanding, like the role of identities, language, organizational issues
>> and so on.
>>     I would say my main work inside ICANN besides the Council mandate is
>> my role as an NCSG leader in the Review of all  Right’s Protection
>> Mechanism Working Group, where the right holders of trademark try to make
>> process to protect their rights, and we try to make sure those processes
>> are respectful of the other stakes outside trademark law, so that the
>> process is no abusive or abused.
>>
>> *Qualifications for the position:*
>> Besides being a Lawyer that worked for years with Technology Governance
>> issues in the Civil Society, I co-founded an NGO with global outreach,
>> doing research, education, and activism with several organization and
>> universities. Inside ICANN, after 5 years I’ve worked with hundreds of
>> members around the globe inside and outside the NCSG, taking me to lead
>> several processes and works, coaching over a dozen generations of Fellows
>> and living through experiences like the IANA-Transition.
>>
>> * • Statement of availability for the time the position requires:*
>> As a self-employed person, I manage my own schedules. I’ve already
>> attended all GNSO Council calls and fulfilled my duties.
>>
>> * • The nominee’s statement may also include any other information that
>> the candidate believes is relevant: *
>>
>> I think my skills and personalities are a good complement to the Council
>> team. I am used to working with other, lead and follow. I always put the
>> needs of the community against my own and I feel I am more than ready to
>> take my full potential to the Council Work in such a moment of change for
>> the organization.
>>
>> I am open to questions and comments! So please do reach out.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Martín Silva Valent
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Joan Kerr,
>
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>
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>
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