Candidate Statement - Juan Manuel Rojas

[Remmy Nweke]

Hi Juan
Was nice reading you profile again.

Can you confirm if you are already a GNSO councillor as you email signature
indicated?

And if yes, which entity/region/constituency are you representing currently.

Well done
Remmy Nweke

On Tue, May 26, 2020, 7:35 PM Juan Manuel Rojas <
0000048934d5d033-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu> wrote:

> Dear NCSG members,
>
> Below is my Candidate Statement. Thank everyone for the support given.
>
> Candidate Statement
>
> Nomination: GNSO Council
>
> Name: Juan Manuel Rojas P
>
> Region: Latin America
>
> Gender: Male
>
> Employment: Journalist/Podcaster (self-employed) and Entrepreneur,
> working at Minka Digital NGO (on formation), Director Ageia Densi Colombia
> (among other projects).
>
> Conflict of interest: None
>
>  Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular position:
>
> I have been involved in Internet Governance ecosystems and I have been
> working in my country in capacity building about Freedom of Speech, DNS
> Abuse and Cybersecurity. I firmly believe that Digital Divide is not only
> about infrastructure but knowledge and how we can use the technology for
> good, as we have seen in this healthy crisis that we are living at this
> moment. I believe that in every step of my engagement in ICANN I learned to
> read the ICANN Process and Policy making, I learned to read the different
> stakeholder’s interest, dynamics and problems, and of course, I learned to
> follow mentors, lead mentees, lead groups, calls, working process and
> create the right strategies and dynamics to properly address the
> non-commercial coerces in the DNS policy of the GNSO.
>
> Being a GNSO Councilor allows me to fully apply all that I’ve been
> learning and fight from a better position in the cause of non-commercial
> interest.
>
>  Qualifications for the position:
>
>           I have participated in ICANN  since early 2011 when I was a
> member of the General Assembly for At-Large Latin American and Caribbean
> Regional Organizations (LACRALO). Recently I have been involved in
> Executive Committee from Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency
> (NPOC), as former Policy Committee member for Non-Commercial Stakeholder
> Group (NCSG), appointed Executive Committee for NCSG  and member of New
> gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group. I also have participated as
> member in Working Groups such as: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop
> Guidelines and Principles for the GNSO’s Roles and Obligations as a
> Decisional Participant in the Empowered Committee, GNSO Locking of a Domain
> Name subject to UDRP and Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory
> Services to Replace Whois.
>
> My leadership as a current member is serving on the Executive Committee of
> Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group  (NCSG) as well as the Not-for-Profit
> Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC), addressing topics such as
> Cybersecurity and  Domain Names Abuse. I also served as Communications
> Chair for the NPOC Executive Committee and four months ago I stepped in as
> the temporary replacement Councilor in the GNSO Council when Martin left
> the position open. During all this time I engaged with SubPro WG which
> currently discusses Topics that are very sensitive to our non-commercial
> interests.
>
>             Some of my academic experience includes my participation as a
> lecturer in academic events such as: ICEGOV (International Conference on
> Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance) organised by United Nation
> University - UNU, in China (2010) and Estonia (2011). Also, I have been a
> fellow of Internet Governance events and courses such as LACIGF (2011,2012
> and 2014), South School of Internet Governance and Internet Governance
> Capacity Building Program.
>
> I have been working on unpublished research about the Maturity of IT
> services in the public sector which has a primary objective to assess the
> service management effectively in government entities and to provide an
> updated view of method, models and frameworks used for knowing that
> maturity stage in each public body. Previously, I have published some
> papers about e-government entitled E-government models in Latin-America:
> comparative research, E-participation and e-governance at Web 2.0 in Local
> Governments of Colombia and Strategies to achieve the e-participation in
> processes of democratization of local governments what are showing my
> permanent concern about quality information, interaction and e-services
> provided to citizens from government entities.
>
>  Statement of availability for the time the position requires:
> I am aware of how to handle volunteer obligations, because I am also a
> Scout Leader, and leadership positions, I’ve been doing it for years
> inside and outside ICANN. During this time I have actively participated in
> Council meetings without missing no one who shows my commitment to this
> job.
>
> Especially in the GNSO Council I’ve proved I can keep up with the time and
> work required to be there. I have a flexible agenda and it is possible for
> me to tailor my availability to suit the GNSO Council needs. I fully commit
> to continue and always improve my work and performance in ICANN, whether
> inside or outside the Council.
>
> I am very happy to be part of this and I want to again thanks all for the
> support. This is a little abstract from my background and would be an honor
> to me to represent LatinAmerica and Caribbean as its Councilor.
> Best Regards,
>
>
> JUAN MANUEL ROJAS P.
> Presidente - AGEIA DENSI Colombia
> GNSO Councilor - ICANN
> Cluster Orinoco TIC member
> Master IT candidate, Universidad de los Andes
>
> Cel. +57 3017435600
> Twitter: @JmanuRojas <http://www.twitter.com/jmanurojas>
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