<div dir="auto"><div>Thanks guys :) I am not elected yet, still need CSG to approve my nomination.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rafik </div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 24, 2017 4:21 PM, "Akinremi Peter Taiwo" <<a href="mailto:compsoftnet@gmail.com">compsoftnet@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Congratulations to Rafik. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="elided-text"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Arsène Tungali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" target="_blank">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>This is an important point Rafik, we are not left behind and we should keep on taking the space: taking over icann with capable people. We have capable people in Africa!</div><div id="m_-8386593941732335589m_8466960341928139135AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-8386593941732335589m_8466960341928139135AppleMailSignature">And Rafik will hopefully be elected Vice Chair of the GNSO Council in Abu Dhabi, so, one more African voice there!<span><br><br><div>-----------------</div><div>Arsène Tungali,</div><div><a href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali" target="_blank">about.me/ArseneTungali</a></div><div><a href="tel:+243%20993%20810%20967" value="+243993810967" target="_blank">+243 993810967</a></div><div>GPG: 523644A0</div><div>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)</span></div><div><div class="m_-8386593941732335589h5"><div><br>On Oct 24, 2017, at 7:16 AM, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Akinermi,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">for into, ICANN board has currently 3 members from Africa and one of them is likely to be elected as Board chair in Abu Dhabi.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Rafik<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-10-24 13:39 GMT+09:00 Akinremi Peter Taiwo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:compsoftnet@gmail.com" target="_blank">compsoftnet@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">It's good to see capable hands going for the Chair position of NCUC in Africa. I believe very soon we will have Africans as part of the ICANN board if nothing like that as of now. Wishes you both Good luck.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><span class="m_-8386593941732335589m_8466960341928139135HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div dir="auto">Peter.</div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-8386593941732335589m_8466960341928139135h5">On Oct 23, 2017 4:06 PM, "Farell Folly" <<a href="mailto:farellfolly@gmail.com" target="_blank">farellfolly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-8386593941732335589m_8466960341928139135h5"><div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>I am honoured to have been nominated for the NCUC chair position and it will be a pride to have a member from Africa at this position. I will take this opportunity to thank you all for your advice and support, it really helped and this experience strenghens my motivation to defend africa interests.</div><div><br></div><div>The election period starts today and I would like to call you upon that and make sure you vote before the deadline. We are two great candidates from Africa and I encourage you to vote from your heart in what you believe is the right thing. Whether or not I am elected, please rest assured that I will continue to devote my time to the community, even more, because all arguments in my SOI do not stand only for the chair position. These are things I want to see as improvement in our community, especially when it comes to diversity.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you all. Have a nice week.</div></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div class="m_-8386593941732335589m_8466960341928139135m_5973216415683083859m_3645708300308267893gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Regards<div><div>@__f_f__</div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/farellf" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/fa<wbr>rellf</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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