Nomination of Farzaneh Badiei for the GNSO Council

Wed Jun 5 03:51:21 EEST 2019

I too endorse Farzaneh for GNSO given her hard work and dedicated
commitment.

Regards

Toqa

On Wed, 5 Jun 2019, 12:44 David Cake, <dave at davecake.net> wrote:

> I support Farzaneh for GNSO Council. She has been a strong voice in policy
> debates for years, and has the skills and dedication to make an excellent
> advocate on council.
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
> On 5 Jun 2019, at 3:17 pm, Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji at YMCA.GM> wrote:
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> 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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