Kudos Oreoluwa,<div><br></div><div>Glad to see you accepted nomination to continue, again I endorse fully your candidacy to continue the work you doing with NPOC.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Poncelet <br><br>On Wednesday, 5 June 2019, Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi <<a href="mailto:oreoluwa@wtec.org.ng">oreoluwa@wtec.org.ng</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Thank
you very much, Martin for nominating me and to everyone who
seconded
the nomination. </font></font>
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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">It
has been a productive year working as NPOC Secretariat and we
have
put a lot of stucture in place and are ready to launch NPOC
into a
higher level of membership and policy engagement. I look
forward to
being part of this process.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Kindly
find my statement below and I look forward to providing
additional
information in the candidates call on Thursday.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Best regards,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Ore<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><b>Name:</b>
Oreoluwa Lesi</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><br>
<b>Affiliation:
</b>Women's Technology Empowerment Centre - W.TEC</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><br>
<b>Position
applied for: </b>Secretariat</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><br>
<b>Why
you are running for the position?:</b> I believe that the
work that
ICANN does is deeply important and my professional experience
and
interests place me in an excellent position to contribute
meaningfully to achieving its goals.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Many
nonprofit organisations do not fully understand what ICANN
does and
its relevance to their work. This means that they do not have
the
opportunity to get involved in shaping policies, which affects
them.
NPOC’s role in educating and galvanising nonprofits to greater
participation in internet governance in general and domain
name
policy, more specifically, is crucial in maintaining a vibrant
community that includes diverse perspectives and contributions
–
especially one where nonprofit concerns are valued as much as
those
of other stakeholders.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">bring
with me deep experience in </span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">the
</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">nonprofit
</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">sector
</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">and
understand their concerns, especially as it relates
to technology and
specifically Internet-related issues.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
have worked in the nonprofit space for 1</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">7</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
years and </span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">le</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">a</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">d
a nonprofit </span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">(the
<a href="https://wtec.org.ng/" target="_blank">Women’s Technology
Empowerment
Centre – W.TEC</a>), which</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
work</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to build an inclusive technology ecosystem, with
more women
</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">technology
creators, entrepreneurs and leaders</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
I </span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">also
</span></span></span></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ensure
that women and women-focused nonprofits are
represented on the
Internet, own and can manage their domains
effectively, and
understand how to address issues like domain name
abuse,
cybersecurity and privacy challenges. My work
centers on increasing
digital inclusivity in who can use the Internet
safely and
effectively to enhance their educational,
professional and civic
activities. </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;letter-spacing:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:100%;text-decoration:none" align="left">
<br>
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:100%" align="left">
<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none">This
means that I need to stay abreast of the changing </span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none">domain
name and wider </span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none">technology
policy landscape, especially as related to data
security and privacy
issues </span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none">and
their intersections with</span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none">
gender.</span></span></span></font></font></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal"> Through
ICANN, I have had the opportunity to be at the
forefront of learning
about the latest </span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">domain
name </span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">systems
</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">and
related </span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">policy
and </span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">understanding
how </span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">they</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
affect the communities I work with. </span></span></span></span></font></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Over
</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">the
last year, I have serve</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">d</span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
as NPOC’s Secretariat </span></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">and
t</span></span></span></span></font>ogether, the
Executive Committee
and NPOC community have developed a strategic outreach plan to
recruit new members, developed informational materials to
educate the
wider community about what NPOC does (which includes a
booklet, flier
and slide deck), rebuilt and launched a more informative and
engaging
website, organised well-attended sessions at ICANN64 and
ICANN63,
completed the revision of the new Charter document and renewed
its
commitment to policy development by successfully submitting a
comment
to the dot org registry agreement call for public comments.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Personally,
I coordinated the </span><span style="font-weight:normal">documenting
and monitoring </span><span style="font-weight:normal">of
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">the
EC’s huge workload, helping to keep team members on track
with
their </span><span style="font-weight:normal">respective </span><span style="font-weight:normal">action
items. </span><span style="font-weight:normal">I</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
provid</span><span style="font-weight:normal">ed</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
administrative support, making available information about
NPOC
meetings and action plans </span><span style="font-weight:normal">to
the EC and NPOC community. Recruitment and engagement of new
members
is very important to me and </span><span style="font-weight:normal">I
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">co-organised</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">and moderated </span><span style="font-weight:normal">a
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">panel discussion</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
at </span><span style="font-weight:normal">the Digital
Rights and
Inclusion Forum, a leading </span><span style="font-weight:normal">African
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">internet governance
forum in
April 2019</span><span style="font-weight:normal">, </span><span style="font-weight:normal">which
also</span><span style="font-weight:normal"> serve</span><span style="font-weight:normal">d</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
as outreach for NPOC.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Working
as Secretariat has also provided me with a unique overview
of </span><span style="font-weight:normal">and
the opportunity to work across </span><span style="font-weight:normal">the
</span><span style="font-weight:normal">broader NPOC
landscape from
finance to membership, policy, communications and
administration. I
believe that this experience will strengthen my ability to
coordinate
NPOC’s administrative </span><span style="font-weight:normal">tasks
and provide more support where needed. </span></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">In
my professional capacity outside of ICANN, I have led and
worked as
part of teams and have developed the project management and
collaborative skills that are valuable for working in the
Secretariat
role. <span style="font-weight:normal">I am also a member of
the
Nigerian chapter of ISOC </span><span style="font-weight:normal">and
Alliance for Affordable Internet, as well as</span><span style="font-weight:normal">
ISOC SIG Women. I am also a member of the Best Practices
Forum on
Gender and Access of the IGF and have contributed comments </span><span style="font-weight:normal">over
the last year. </span></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
am</span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">
a </span></span></font><font color="#0000ff"><u><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">Vital
Voices Lead Fellow</span></span></font></u></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">
(awarded to emerging and established women leaders across
the world)
</span></span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">and
an</span></span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></font><font color="#0000ff"><u><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">Ashoka
Fellow</span></span></font></u></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">
(a network of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs). </span></span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
speak frequently at </span></span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">Nigerian
and international </span></span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">conferences
and other fora on </span></span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">the
intersection of technology and gender</span></span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</span></span></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:normal">I
sit on several boards, including the FAS Foundation, which
builds the
capacities of Nigerian engineers and supports engineering
research.</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:100%" align="left">
<font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Within
ICANN, I am also a member of the African Regional At-Large
Organisation (AFRALO) and NCSG.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">You
can learn more about me and my work on my:</font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">LinkedIn
profile: </font></font><font color="#0000ff"><u><a href="https://bit.ly/2ke8u78" target="_blank"><font face="Cambria,
serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">https://bit.ly/2ke8u78</font></font></a></u></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Organisation
W.TEC’s website: </font></font><font color="#0000ff"><u><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><a href="https://wtec.org.ng/" target="_blank">https://wtec.org.ng</a>
</font></font></u></font> </p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">ICANN
Wiki page: <a href="https://icannwiki.org/Oreoluwa_Somolu_Lesi" target="_blank">https://icannwiki.org/<wbr>Oreoluwa_Somolu_Lesi</a>
</font></font><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"> </font></font> </p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><br>
<b>Do
you have any conflict(s) of interest?:</b> No</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><br>
<b>How
many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the
position:</b> At
least 5 hours (As the current Secretariat, some weeks I devote
up to
10 hours or more to NPOC work) </font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><br>
<b>Are
you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so
please
state:</b> </font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Over
the last year, 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.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">I
was part of the team that worked on NPOC’s comment to the dot
org
registry agreement call for public comments.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%" align="left"><font face="Cambria, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Prior
to that, I was a mentee on the Community Onboarding programme
and
helped to refine the processes to integrate new members to
NPOC. I
also participated in an NCSG Policy course Advisory Group,
where I
contributed scenarios for the development of a NCSG Policy
course. </font></font>
</p>
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