[Npoc-discuss] CALEB OGUNDELE (SOI) Statement of Interest

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

Dear NPOC Members,

As with tradition, please find below my Candidate statement.

Name : Caleb Ogundele



Current Seat I'm holding:  Membership Committee Chair


Position applied for:  Membership Committee Chair


Affiliation:  African Academic Network on Internet Policy (AANOIP)



Why you are running for the position?:



It is very important to connect with members who are stakeholders for
growth . Engaging with other stakeholders and varied interests within the
ICANN community to understand the work that NPOC does with the view of
serving as a more vocal voice of reasoning and logic during engagements
with other communities within and beyond ICANN



Additionally, the bedrock of the GNSO which NPOC is part of is the policy
and public comments for the Not-for-Profit Orgs. I have participated in a
couple of draft documents used to engage within the NCSG and NPOC. As part
of these efforts, I have tried to stimulate interest of our members while
communicating with members by calling their attention to public comments
that they can participate in and contribute to.


During my tenure as Communication Chair, I have had the privilege of
working with the Executive Team and the NPOC community to achieve some
notable accomplishments. We successfully revamped our website, ensuring a
user-friendly experience and mobile responsiveness. We also implemented a
regular newsletter to keep our members informed. These achievements were
made possible through the dedication and collaboration of our team.


As *Membership Chair*, I am committed to building upon our progress and
achieving even greater heights within the ICANN community. It is crucial
for NPOC to have a strong and vibrant membership base, and I believe in
connecting with stakeholders and fostering understanding of NPOC's work. I
aim to serve as a vocal voice of reason and logic during engagements with
other communities within and beyond ICANN.

In addition to my involvement within NPOC, I have actively participated in
policy development and public comment processes within the GNSO and NCSG. I
have also undertaken outreach efforts to engage non-profit and civil
society domain owners, promoting the benefits of participation in ICANN and
NPOC. These experiences have reinforced my belief in the power of bottom-up
consensus and the importance of member engagement.



Recently, during a major internet governance meeting in my region, I and
another member of the NPOC Excom carried out outreach to engage
Not-for-Profit, Civil Society domain owners who previously never had a
clear understanding of what they stand to benefit in participating in ICANN
and by extension NPOC. This was done through a panel session and the
distribution of promotional materials of NPOC.



I strongly believe that if elected once again as your membership committee
chair, my work within the leadership of the NPOC will reflect actionable
outcomes, an increase in NPOC’s membership activities, member’s quarterly
“ask-your-executives anything” sessions, educational webinars as well as
outreach and engagements that serves all member’s interest.


I represent diversity, age, and regional wise, and with the support of
members, they will continue to experience a bottom-up approach consensus to
DNS Policy engagement with a focus on realizing the ICANN's
multistakeholder PDP missions.





Additionally, I am also active within regional affiliations such as
AFRINIC, ISOC-NG Chapter, Nigerian IGF MAG and AFRALO and currently in a
couple of working groups within ICANN.



You can learn more about my professional career here




Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?:



No





How many Hours a week you are able to dedicate to the position: 5+ hours



Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please state:



An Active member of the NCSG Policy Committee, more recently, I have
accepted to serve as an alternate in SubPro IRT , Universal Acceptance
Measurement WG, CWPG, AFRALO Hot Topics Working Group, IDN Policy Working
Group, At-Large Social Media Working Group



Please find a link to more information about me
<https://bit.ly/calebogundele>: *https://bit.ly/calebogundele
<https://bit.ly/calebogundele>*







Thank you for your support over the years and looking forward to more
engagement.

-- 
*Caleb Ogundele*
Email: muyiwacaleb at gmail.com
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