[Npoc-discuss] 2020 NPOC Nominations - Communications Chair (Candidate Statement)
Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi
oreoluwa at wtec.org.ng
Thu May 28 11:06:13 UTC 2020
Again I want to thank you all for my nomination and support for the
Communications Chair role.
Kindly find my statement below.
Ore
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*Name:* Oreoluwa Lesi
*Affiliation: *Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC
*Position applied for: *Communications Chair
*Why you are running for the position?:
*
****I believe that the work that ICANN does is deeply important and that
my prior ICANN and professional experience place me in an excellent
position to contribute meaningfully to achieving its goals – especially
as the Communications Chair.
Over the last two years, I have served as NPOC’s Secretariat and have
done the following:
*
Coordinated the documenting and monitoring of the EC’s huge
workload, helping to keep team members on track with their
respective action items
*
Provided administrative support, making available information about
NPOC meetings and action plans to the EC and NPOC community on the
mailing list and website
*
Maintained detailed and up to date financial records on NPOC’s
income and expenditure
*
CommunicatedNPOC’s mission to potentialnew members by giving
informationat the ICANN booths at public meetings. I
alsoco-organised and moderated a panel discussion at the Digital
Rights and Inclusion Forum, a leading African internet governance
forum in April 2019, which served as an outreach opportunity for
NPOC. With fellow NPOC member Caleb Ogundele, another panel was
planned at the same conference for 2020.
Working as Secretariat has provided me with a unique overview of as well
as the opportunity to work across the broader NPOC landscape from
finance to membership, policy, communications and administration.
I believe that this experience will strengthen my ability to carry out
the Communication Chair’s primary work, which is to coordinate the
efficient exchange of information between NPOC, NCSG and the ICANN
community. Indeed, part of my work as Secretariat was the regular
communication of key information from the EC meetingswith the rest of
the NPOC community.
I bring with me deep experience in the nonprofit sector and understand
their concerns, especially as it relates to technology and specifically
Internet-related issues. I have worked in the nonprofit space for 18
years and lead a nonprofit (the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre –
W.TEC <https://wtec.org.ng/>), which works to build an inclusive
technology ecosystem, with more women technology creators, entrepreneurs
and leaders. My work centers on increasing digital inclusivity in who
can use the Internet safely and effectively to enhance their
educational, professional and civic activities.
This means that I need to stay abreast of the domain name and wider
technology policy landscape, especially as related to data security and
privacy issues and their intersections with gender.It also means that I
have experience communicating often complex concepts to my nonprofit
stakeholders.
In my professional capacity outside of ICANN, I ama Vital Voices Lead
Fellow(awarded to emerging and established women leaders across the
world) and anAshoka Fellow
<https://www.ashoka.org/en-ng/fellow/oreoluwa-somolu>(a network of the
world’s leading social entrepreneurs). I speak frequently at Nigerian
and international conferences and other fora on the intersection of
technology and gender.
I sit on several boards, including BudgIT, <https://yourbudgit.com/> (a
Nigerian-based nonprofit which uses technology to simplify the budget
and other public information to stimulate a community of active
citizens) and the FAS Foundation (which builds the capacities of
Nigerian engineers and supports engineering research).
Within ICANN, I am also a member of the African Regional At-Large
Organisation (AFRALO) and NCSG.
Here is my SOI:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Oreoluwa+Somolu+Lesi+SOI
*Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?:* No
*How many Hours a week you are able to dedicate to the position:*
At least 4 hours (As the Secretariat, some weeks I devotedup to 8 hours
or more to NPOC work)
*Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please
state:*
This year, I have been the penholder for 2 public comments drafted on
behalf of NCSG:on the ICANN Public Meetings 2024-2028 and Revised Dates
in 2022
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/icann-meetings-dates-2020-01-02-en>
and on the Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025.
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-regional-plan-fy21-25-2020-04-15-en>
Since late 2019, I have also been one of the 2 NPOC representatives on
the NCSG Policy Committee
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Committees-2020#Committees--1898802862>,
a role which has afforded me the opportunity to better understand
various policy issues, especially with the perspective of how they
affect Nonprofits and other Noncommercial actors.
Over the last two years, I have been an active contributor to the
rewriting of the NPOC Charter, working with the rest of the Charter
Review team at public meetings and remotely in-between meetings.
Across the wider ICANN ecosystem, I am a member of AFRALO and currently
serve on the AFRALO Operating Principles Review Working Group
<https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/AFRALO+WG+on+the+review+of+the+Operating+Principles++2020-+Membership+section>.
I am an ICANN66 fellow
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowship-participants-2019-02-28-en>
and accepted as a fellow for ICANN67
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowship-participants-2019-11-01-en>
(deferred to ICANN69).
--
Oreoluwa Lesi
Executive Director, Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)
+234.803.621.1307, +234.813.339.9999 | www.wtec.org.ng
<https://wtec.org.ng/> | @wteconline
<https://www.instagram.com/wteconline/>
On 27/05/2020 6:46 am, Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi wrote:
> Thank you very much to Vernatius Ezeama for nominating me for the
> position of Communications Chair. I also thank Poncelet Ileleji,
> Olévié Kouami, Raymond Mamattah and everyone who seconded the nomination.
>
> I am happy to accept this nomination. I look forward to continuing to
> work for the good of NPOC in this new role.
>
> I will share my candidate statement soon, however you can learn more
> about me from the ICANN Wiki
> (https://icannwiki.org/Oreoluwa_Somolu_Lesi) and the NPOC website
> (https://npoc.org/team/oreoluwa-somolu-lesi/).
>
> Kind regards,
> Ore
>
> --
> Oreoluwa Lesi
> Executive Director, Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)
> +234.803.621.1307, +234.813.339.9999 | www.wtec.org.ng
> <https://wtec.org.ng/> | @wteconline
> <https://www.instagram.com/wteconline/>
>
>
> On 17/05/2020 3:01 pm, Poncelet Ileleji wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Good day, I wish to nominate the following based on what I see as the
>> best possible way in strengthening NPOC.
>>
>> *Chair* I strongly nominate / endorse the candidature of *Raoul
>> **Plommer* he brings stability, openness and commitment; he has shown
>> a desire to do things rightly in the spirit of carrying NPOC as a
>> constituency forward.
>>
>> *Vice Chair* I strongly nominate / endorse the candidature of *Ioana
>> Stupariu *
>> *
>> *
>> *Membership Chair* - I strongly nominate / endorse the candidature
>> of *Caleb Ogundele* as a good organiser to move things forward on
>> membership
>>
>> *Communication Chair* - I strongly nominate / endorse the candidature
>> of *Oreoluwa Lesi *
>>
>> I do hope the following candidates I nominated / endorsed strongly
>> accept my nominations for the said positions.
>>
>> Thank you and you all have a great weekend
>>
>> Peace
>>
>> Poncelet
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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