<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">Dear all,</span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">Thank you for responding to the call for nominations.</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">We received <b class="">three self-nominations</b> during the call for nominations period:</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 14.666666984558105px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">One</b> self-nomination for the position on co-Chair (Dennis Redeker)</span></li><li class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 14.666666984558105px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Two</b> self nominations for the open positions in the Steering Committee (Tanka Aryal and Purnima Tiwari)</span></li></ul></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">Please note that one of the self-nominations is<b class=""> still pending endorsement</b> in order to qualify as candidate in the upcoming elections. </span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">I am including Purnima’s self-nomination statement below for your consideration:</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%" class=""><font face="times new roman, serif" class="">Hello! </font></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;" class="">I
am Purnima Tiwari and I’d like to nominate myself as a candidate for
IRPC steering committee member. I have worked for five years in
Strategic Communications, and Research on mainstream media frames in
Indian elections. I hold an interdisciplinary Master's degree in 'Media
Governance’ from the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance.</span></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;" class=""><br aria-hidden="true" class=""></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif; line-height:115%" class=""><b class="">1.</b><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-kerning:auto; font-feature-settings:normal; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal" class=""><b class=""> </b> </span></span><b style="font-family:"times new roman",serif" class="">About myself:</b></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; line-height: 115%; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">My Internet Governance (IG) journey started as an ISOC Youth Ambassador. </span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif; line-height:115%" class="">I joined the IRPC Dynamic Collation in November 2021.</span></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class="">I
was selected as IGF Youth Ambassador 2021 and as a community
initiative, I have worked on "Building digital literacy amongst rural
communities in Chhattisgarh". </font></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><br aria-hidden="true" class=""></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><span style="line-height: 115%;" class="">I
have contributed to a workshop on "Multi-stakeholder approaches to AI
policy and program development" as a Youth representative. It was
organized by UNESCO and the Innovation for Policy Foundation. I was also
invited to the DSG dialogue on Tech, Youth, and Innovation organized by
the Office of Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General.
Recently, I have shared my views against internet censorship for a <a href="https://app.zeit-sprachen.de/console/paket/17535" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color:blue" data-linkindex="0" class="">journal</a>. </span></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><br aria-hidden="true" class=""></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><span style="line-height: 115%;" class="">I am the Core Organizing Committee member of IGF’s NRI Initiative ‘<a href="https://youthigf.in/sep-2022/committees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color:blue" data-linkindex="1" class="">Youth IGF India’</a>.
For the last two years, I have been actively working on empowering
youth for a sustainable digital future. My role is largely to </span></font></p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; line-height: 115%;" class=""><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><span style="line-height:115%" class="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-kerning:auto; font-feature-settings:normal; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal" class=""> </span></span><span style="line-height:115%" class="">Build partnerships with like-minded organizations</span></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; line-height: 115%;" class=""><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><span style="line-height:115%" class="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-kerning:auto; font-feature-settings:normal; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal" class=""> </span></span><span style="line-height:115%" class="">Engage the community via outreach </span></font></div></div><div class=""><p class="x_gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 1in; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><span style="line-height:115%" class="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-kerning:auto; font-feature-settings:normal; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal" class=""> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">and </span><span style="line-height:115%" class="">Manage coordination with industry leaders, mentors, and advisors</span></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%" class=""><font face="times new roman, serif" class="">My Digital rights advocacy and </font></span><font face="times new roman, serif" class="">experience in organizing</font><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif" class=""> IG-focused forums and dialogues gives me the confidence to put forward my nomination for the role of SC Committee member. </span></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%" class=""><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><br aria-hidden="true" class=""></font></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif" class=""><span style="line-height:115%" class=""><b class="">2.</b><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> </span></span></span><b style="font-family:"times new roman",serif" class="">Statement of Intent:</b></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><span style="line-height: 115%;" class="">I intend to foster collaborations for building thought leadership on concerns around emerging technology. </span><span style="line-height:115%" class="">I
also intend to amplify outreach on ‘Awareness around human rights on
the Internet’, widely disseminating ideas on digital rights and privacy.</span></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><br aria-hidden="true" class=""></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><b style="font-family:"times new roman",serif" class="">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-kerning:auto; font-feature-settings:normal; font-weight:normal; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal" class=""> </span></b><b style="font-family:"times new roman",serif" class="">Vision for the role and responsibilities:</b></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="line-height: 115%;" class=""><font face="times new roman, serif" class="">IRPC
brings together brilliant and diverse minds. I for one, am
comparatively new to this domain and have a lot to learn from experts
and peers. Here’s my humble outline for the vision that aligns with IRPC
objectives - </font></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><span style="line-height: 115%;" class="">My vision is guided by </span><span style="line-height: 115%;" class="">the 17th SDG which is to “enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular ICT” (Target 17.8)</span><span style="line-height: 115%;" class=""> </span></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><font face="times new roman, serif" class=""><span style="line-height: 115%;" class="">I comprehend it as a call to bridge the digital divide and the Global North, and South through commitments and policies. </span><span style="line-height:115%; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial" class="">The onus of this commitment doesn't fall upon a certain generation but on everyone who believes in </span><span style="line-height: 115%;" class="">an equal, transparent, and accessible internet. </span></font><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;" class="">I believe this could be achieved via developing inter-generational dialogues and enhancing outreach to engage relevant actors. </span></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;" class=""><br aria-hidden="true" class=""></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt; line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial" class=""><font face="times new roman, serif" class="">Thank you all for your time and kind consideration, I sincerely appreciate it.</font></span></p></div></blockquote><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">The elections </span></font><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">will be open for </span><u class="" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">two weeks</u><span style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""> starting today, </span><b class="" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 36, 36); color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">19 February</b><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class="">. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span class="" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">IRPC list members will endorse nominees using an anonymised online polling tool which </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">will be reaching your email inboxes later today</span><span style="color: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><br class="x_ContentPasted0" aria-hidden="true"></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span class="" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span class="" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;"><br class="" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span class="" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">Best wishes,</span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span class="" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">Minda </span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span class="" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">IRPC SC Election Officer 2024</span></div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span class="" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; 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