Tatiana Tropina - Candidate statement (NCSG - GNSO Councillors elections)

[Tatiana Tropina]

Dear NCSG members,

please find below my candidate statement for GNSO Council elections. As you
know, I am currently serving as a councillor and seeking re-election for
the second term. I am very much willing to continue representing our
interests on the Council. However, before I go into details in my
statement, I would really like to thank my fellow NCSG councillors and
others from NCSG leadership who have been on board during my first term on
the Council and made it interesting, challenging and rewarding. Just a few
names as it’s impossible to list everyone! Thanks to our policy stars Rafik
and Amr for their continuous support and incredible knowledge; to Ayden,
Elsa, Martin and Arsene for hard work, fruitful discussions, and being a
great team; to Farzaneh and Stephanie for fighting tirelessly for
noncommercial interests as NCSG chairs; and to many others on the NCSG who
contribute to policy work.

*Candidate Statement, Tatiana Tropina, nomination: GNSO Council, second
term *

*Name: *Tatiana Tropina
*Region: *Europe
*Gender:* Female
*Employment: *Senior Researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and
International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany
*Conflict of interest: *None

*Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position:*

The ultimate reason for my involvement at ICANN is that I want
Noncommercial stakeholders to have a strong voice and a strong
representation in the ICANN community as a whole and in the GNSO
policy-making processes in particular. As a serving GNSO Councillor, who is
eligible for the second term, I can say that I put my best effort to ensure
that our - NCSG - voice is heard, that we are not only there cast our votes
on the Council, but also always to deliberate, to advocate,  to convince
and, when necessary, to collaborate. GNSO Councillors elected by the NCSG
serve to bring non-commercial values to the ICANN policy-making outcomes. I
believe that in the last years NCSG made further progress to get those
values taken into account, "standing on the shoulders” of those veterans
who fought for them since the inception of ICANN. I hope I provided my
contribution to this progress as a serving Council member, and I am willing
to do this for another term.

I would also continue putting my efforts to ensure broader participation of
NCSG membership in policy-making processes, via policy committee meetings,
public comments and capacity building. In addition to the policy work, I
have been actively involved in capacity building efforts at the ICANN
meetings and other venues by participating in outreach activities of NCSG
and NCUC, which targeted both newcomers and seasoned members and informed
them about the on-going policy work.
When I ran for my first GNSO term, I also aimed to ensure that NSCG will
further strengthen collaboration with other stakeholder groups, when
necessary, and contribute into building alliances, and I am still willing
to work hard on this - together with my fellow councillors I indeed
contributed to this collaboration with regard to various policy-making
processes, and I am going to continue doing so when it serves the interests
of NCSG.

To sum up, I have put my best efforts into, and - if elected - I will
continue doing the following:
-        making NCSG always vocal, visible at present at the Council, in
Council deliberations and work on drafting Council documents,
-        getting NCSG membership engaged in the policy processes and
building capacity to do so,
-        collaborating and communicating with other stakeholder groups when
it serves the best interests of NCSG while upholding our positions and
values.

*Qualifications for the position:*

Many of you know about my career path and my activities from different fora
than ICANN: in the last 10 years, I have been focussing on policy-making
and capacity building: in cybersecurity at my main work and in the broader
internet governance context in general. My journey at ICANN started in
2015, when I joined NCUC and contributed to the work of CCWG-accountability
during and after the transition, then became a member of the NCSG policy
committee, later - was elected as a European representative on the NCUC EC
in 2016 and - ultimately - was elected for my first term on the GNSO
Council in 2017. In all of those roles, I have been trying to contribute as
much as I could and represent non-commercial interests at ICANN in the best
possible way. Those who follow closely the work of GNSO or NCSG policy
committee know that I have always been "in the thick" of policy making,
fully involved in Council discussions and deliberations and in channelling
the input from NCSG membership to the GNSO Council level. Furthermore, in
addition to my work on GNSO Council I am serving as an alternate on EPDP
team and — since very recently - got involved in the GNSO bylaws drafting
team as NCSG representative.

With all this work that has been already done, I believe I am fully
qualified to continue serving on the Council for another term if NCSG
membership still puts faith in me and elects me. When I ran for my first
term, I promised to be vocal, be present, and be ready to put as much of my
volunteer time and expertise in the policy-making on the GNSO level as
needed. I did live up to those promises - I am indeed a very vocal GNSO
Council member and I do my best to advance non-commercial interests there
and to participate in coordination with the NCSG Policy committee to
represent us even better.

*Statement of availability for the time the position requires:*

As someone who is already serving her first term on the GNSO Council, I
know that it requires time commitment and dedication. My track record of
attending GNSO meetings — I guess my record should say I attended all of
them during my term, at least I don’t remember missing one -- and my active
participation speaks for itself. Furthermore, I have been active in other,
between-the-meetings, Council activities, like drafting Council responses
to GAC communique and shaping other documents, small group deliberations,
strategy discussions, and also in NCSG policy committee meetings. Of
course, the time required to attend the meetings is just the tip of the
iceberg. There is a time commitment for preparation, coordination, NCSG
policy committee work, there is a non-stop ongoing work between the calls
and meetings. I am still ready to put my time and effort and fully commit
to this work, as I already have proven to do.

I am happy to answer your questions here on the list or on the "meet the
candidates" call.

Good luck to all the candidates!

Warm regards,
Tatiana
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