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<p>Dear Joan!</p>
<p>You personalize a real turnaround for this Group! If we just take the interest in this election, compared to the situation we had 4 years ago, you have raised the profile of NPOC from 0 to 100 and I hope that your will continue to be the fair, open and motivating leader for another period. <strong>You have my full support</strong>.</p>
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<p id="reply-intro">El 2019-06-04 18:24, Joan Kerr escribió:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Candidate Statement</span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would like to thank Martin Silva Valent for graciously nominating me for the position of NPOC Chair.</strong></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is my pleasure to serve the NPOC community for the past few years as the NPOC Chair. Many thanks to NPOC members for your support and understanding as the EC worked to build a strong foundation for the constituency. </span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Name:</strong><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Joan Kerr</span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Affiliation: </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Position applied for</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">: NPOC Executive Committee Chair.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NPOC is full of positive team spirit, trust, collaboration and is poised to become fully involved in the policy development processes ICANN. The NPOC EC work as a cohesive team which enable the achievements thus far, </span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why you are running for the position?</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To further implement the strategies developed over the last few years. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am an Entrepreneur. For the past 43 years my experience ranged</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> from project concept to completion with not for profit organizations, the private sector, to facilitating energy conservation workshops to business consulting. I have been involved in organizing three (3) International Humanitarian Technology Conferences in Canada, and reviewer for the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference. </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I have 30 years experience in community service</span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">, many as the Chair or in a leading role.</span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love to develop organizations and engage people to ensure they feel part of the process and have an opportunity to participate. I prefer to work with people and lead by getting things done. My personal philosophy is in building leaders is the best way forward.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As the current Chair of the NPOC EC, I feel that we have achieved a great many things in these past few years, including increasing our membership, drafting a new charter, creating marketing materials, submitting policy statements and collaborating with other constituencies within ICANN. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, there is much to be done. Our policy commitments need to initiate, increased communications with our members to collaborate and strengthen NPOC. I see those as the next focus for building NPOC, and I would like to work with the EC to develop both of these.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: NO</span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>How many Hours a week you are able to dedicate to the position</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">:</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am able to dedicate about 3 hours per week.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please state:</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;">I am not involved in working group, I have spent the time on NPOC's development and organization. I have participated in any calls that affect NPOC and NCSG.</p>
<p style="font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I am writing this statement to ask for your continued support to continue as Chair of NPOC.</span> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Joan Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chair, Climate Smart Victory Garden Team</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chair, ICANN, Not for Profit Operations Constituency</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chair, IEEE Sustainable Agriculture Working Group</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chair, Science for Peace, Climate Smart Victory Gardens</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Advisor, IEEE Humanitarian Initiatives Committee</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Advisor, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network, (CSAYN) Canada</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">UN WSIS Award Recipient, for Content & Creativity</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Durham Region Recipient, Community Partnership Award</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Founder, Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.joankerr.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.joankerr.ca</a>, <a href="http://www.fbsc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.fbsc.org</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Skype: joankerr_fbsc</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">1-416-907-0783</span></p>
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