Nominating Tomslin Samme-Nlar for the GNSO Council

[Elsa S]

Thank you for stepping up Tomslin! Very excited for your nomination. Full
support!

E.
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 8:14 AM Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Please find below my candidate statement.
>
> *Name:* Tomslin Samme-Nlar
>
> *Declared region of residence:* Asia/Australia/Pacific
>
> *Gender:* Male
>
> *Employment:* Technical Lead at NTT Ltd and cyber security policy
> researcher
>
> *Any conflicts of interest:* None
>
> *Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position:*
> As a first time fellow in ICANN60, we were made to study all the
> stakeholder groups in ICANN, so that we would be able to make informed
> decision as to which constituency/stakeholder group we identify with. As
> someone from the technical community, it was hard to choose, but then I
> went back to why I was interested in policy in ICANN in the first place.
> Which was and still is to represent the interest of non-commercial internet
> users, especially those from developing countries. I have had to now move
> to Australia because of employment, but that reason for participating in
> ICANN has never changed.
>
> *Qualifications for the position:*
> Since joining NCSG, I have participated in numerous policy activities
> including being a GNSO appointed chair and NCSG representative to the IANA
> Naming Function Review Team. I have also drafted many comments for NCSG. I
> believe this experience, learning and network, together gives me the
> knowledge required to represent NCSG at the GNSO council.
>
> *Statement of availability for the time the position requires: *
> By virtue of living in Australia and chairing a review team, I am no
> newbie to 3AM meetings. I am fully aware of how much effort and time
> commitment is required as a GNSO councilor, luckily my new working
> arrangement gifts me back up to 2 hours daily. Time I would otherwise be
> commuting. This gives me the opportunity to contribute more to policy work.
>
> Best Regards,
> Tomslin
>
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 19:27, Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thank you Farzaneh for the nomination and Michael for the support.
>> As always, any opportunity to contribute to policy in NCSG is always
>> good. I accept the nomination and will be sending my candidate statement
>> shortly.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomslin
>>
>>
>> On Mon., 1 Jun. 2020, 14:46 farzaneh badii, <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Members,
>>>
>>> I would like to nominate Tomslin Samme-Nlar for the GNSO Council.
>>> Tomslin represents us on the IANA Function Review Team. He has been
>>> representing us very well there, putting a lot of time and effort and
>>> contributing diligently. He has also stepped up as the co-chair of IANA
>>> Function Review Team. As you have seen during the past weeks, we had some
>>> conversations about the issues Tomslin works on.
>>>
>>> It would be great to have Tomslin represent us on the GNSO council and I
>>> hope he accepts this nomination.
>>>
>>>
>>> Farzaneh
>>>
>>
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