Nomination of Farzaneh Badiei for the GNSO Council

Wed Jun 5 02:17:22 EEST 2019

I wish to endorse your nomination  Farzanah,

I totally concur with your statements and support your candidature.

Kind regards

Poncelet

On Tuesday, 4 June 2019, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Thank you, Amr for the nomination.
>
> I accept it and here is my statement:
>
> *Name: *Farzaneh Badii (officially written as Badiei)
>
> *Region of Residence:* North America
>
> *Gender: Female*
>
> *Employment:* Internet Governance Project (Georgia Institute of
> Technology) https://internetgovernance.org
> <https://www.internetgovernance.org/>
>
> *Conflicts of Interest: *None
>
>
> I believe the noncommercial stakeholders' group can exert quite a lot of
> influence in policymaking at ICANN through the GNSO council if it pays
> attention to the most important issues, treat the noncommercial posts
> seriously and care about noncommercial values such as freedom of
> expression, preventing government and trademark overreach, and protection
> of privacy.
>
> I think NCSG needs to have at least a short term strategy on how to deal
> with ICANN processes and policies. We have established our set of values
> over time but we need a strategy to achieve them. This is what can be done
> at the policy committee with the help of NCSG chair. I am hoping that I can
> help  Stephanie who is already shaping our strategy.
>
> I am not quite happy with the recent developments at ICANN, one is giving
> too much power to the governments (sometimes stems from the bylaws but not
> always), the desire to "fix" the multistakeholder model while the actual
> deficiencies stem from other sources and decisionmakers and not from the
> community. The power of ICANN org and its influence on the Board is also
> another problem that should be tackled. While I cannot address all these
> issues at the Council, I believe I can at least pay attention to the
> developments and alert NCSG members about them.
>
> Another reason I would like to be on the Council is to keep NCSG members
> informed of what decisions are being made. Rafik did a tremendous job and
> reported all the time but he is very busy and needs help. Since February
> 2019, NCSG members have not received a report on what the Council is doing.
> Rafik cannot do everything single-handedly. We need to step up and help and
> report and keep NCSG members informed.
>
> I think it is quite important to be vocal during GNSO council meetings and
> on the mailing list. Of course, Council members cannot weigh in on all the
> issues but I think at least they have a duty to keep abreast of most of the
> important issues that affect NCSG values and their own values and speak up.
>
> I have been involved with NCSG/NCUC since 2015. As most of you know I was
> the chair of NCSG in 2018 but decided not to run for re-election due to
> travel restrictions. NCSG needed a present chair during the meetings. The
> chair's presence during meetings is very important because she has to
> defend NCSG values and standing, in the corridors, in private conversations
> and make sure NCSG does not miss out on important issues which are normally
> relayed to the chair.
>
> The travel restrictions have now ended for me and I have been traveling
> but I am a believer in remote participation. I think many of these ICANN
> Face to Face meetings are unnecessary. We are not a business association to
> network for business, we are making policies. We are not tourists either.
> So while I can travel and attend meetings, I think I can be effective as
> well if I just attend remotely and be aware of the issues and react to
> them.
>
>
> All in all, my purpose for running for the GNSO council is to inform NCSG
> members of what we are doing, uphold its values in GNSO council processes
> and help with hopefully maintaining the multistakeholder model and keep
> checks and balances on powerful actors at ICANN. If you think these are
> important issues to be addressed then vote for me!
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 4:13 PM Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at icannpolicy.ninja>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I’m very happy to nominate Farzaneh Badiei as a candidate for this year’s
>> elections for NCSG representatives to the GNSO Council.
>>
>> Farzaneh has done an outstanding job at advocating for non-commercial
>> interests in ICANN for a number of years now. Her service on behalf of
>> non-commercial interests has included administrative/executive when she
>> chaired the NCUC and NCSG, governance and accountability when working with
>> issues such as the CCWG for Enhancing ICANN’s Accountability then the
>> revision of GNSO Operating Procedures to address the new Bylaws resulting
>> from the CCWG’s outcomes, as well as policy development in the GNSO, either
>> in the form of the many NCSG comments she has contributed to, or her time
>> and effort on behalf of the NCSG on groups such as the Expedited Policy
>> Development Process on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration
>> Data.
>>
>> What’s more is that I find that Farzaneh has always taken her role as a
>> *representative* of the NCSG seriously. She and I actually disagree on
>> policy positions as often as we agree, however, I found her commitment to
>> engaging with NCSG members, and gauging our views, when developing
>> Stakeholder Group positions to be admirable. In my opinion, few of our
>> previously elected representatives have gone the distance in this regard as
>> much as Farzaneh has, and I’ve always appreciated it. If she is elected to
>> represent the NCSG on the GNSO Council, I expect that she will continue to
>> do so, which I would very much look forward to.
>>
>> I hope others are as eager as I am to see Farzaneh join our team of reps
>> on the GNSO Council.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Amr
>>
>

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