<div dir="auto">Ben thanks for the input. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My proposition based on experience and observations is that we need votes beyond the continent to make it a success and not from king maker point of view.<div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">Sorry I did not name you and others in my initial thoughts out, but I know you have been active too. I only used that as analogy of what we can do. We also have the likes of Wisdom from Ghana to name a few that should be encouraged</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Above all most of the votes candidates will get will largely be determined by whom they know, in fact face to face even. In addition there are lots of politics like you mentioned.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It will also be worthy to know if those who are interested and ready to work with understanding that NCSG deserves.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Of course, most of us are aware myself and Thato were earlier in the year seconded to NCSG from NPOC and NCUC respectively as Finance Reps and we hope to be available to work with new team of NCSG EXCO, of course with your all endearing support.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Like I noted earlier the success of NCSG demands those understanding as aforementioned.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Have a good evening.</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 6:05 pm Benjamin Akinmoyeje, <<a href="mailto:benakin@gmail.com">benakin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Arsene,</div><div>Thank you for bringing this up and I hope it can be handled fairly. Politics is always tricky and sometimes I do like to easily want to agree with Remmy if all it takes is the face value of these proposition.</div><div><br></div><div>There are always different interests, except you are fully aware of all those - it is difficult to navigate.</div><div>I also want us to shy away from kingmakers type of arrangement - where someone comes and decides who goes to a post or appointment. Most times it does not always end well. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is my take, everyone with interest should step out and we should encourage them to develop strong strategy and rally round their bids.</div><div><br></div><div>My personal opinion though,</div><div>Benjamin<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 5:12 PM Remmy Nweke <<a href="mailto:remmyn@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">remmyn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thanks Arsene for bringing this up again.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1. We can also look around and shop for potentials and encourage them.</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">2. So I encourage us to look inwards, some candidates may be shy to come out or even selfnominate looking first at the criteria for NCSG including your humble self.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">3. What does NCSG charter say on criteria for EC Membership.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">See: Non-‐Commercial Stakeholder Group Charter – v5May 2011 - gNSO - icann</div><div dir="auto">PDFhttps://<a href="http://gnso.icann.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gnso.icann.org</a> › improvements</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="auto">4. There is also something I noticed from other regions which is worth sharing - informal mentorship via engagement and potential in committees and work groups way ahead of any election.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">5. Maybe we start with providing information on Africans in NCSG of date. I know of Poncellet from NPOC and Farrell from Ncuc both as appointees not elected. It's unclear which region Rafik is rep. In some instances he represents Africa and at another Asia Pacific where he lives. I stand for more education.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">6. Both Farrell and Poncellet should be asked to go for electives since they have been there.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">7. While Peter Akinremi and Yaszid, have been active in Ncuc policy and should be encouraged and supported to replace the two appointees after election. IMO.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">A journey of 1000 starts with a step.</span><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 Jul 2018 7:54 am, "Arsène Tungali" <<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_4252436362941093272m_-8739220014831167427m_1215604850929589791quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Dear Africa colleagues,<div><br></div><div>As you know, based on the timeline that i pasted bellow, the nomination period begings on July 18th and we need candidates from Africa to run for these elections.</div><div><br></div><div>I remember we discussed the need to somehow strategize before nominations to the NCSG list so we can attempt to have agreed-upon candidates from our Africa list before they can go public. This is not an easy task but let’s try it this time.</div><div><br></div><div>We need a new NCSG Chair and 3 councilors (only one is term ended, two are still eligible for another term). We have good profiles here in Africa and i would encourage you to step forward here in this thread by telling us which position you are interested in. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope we can do this and agree on few names that we will support. And if you have any question, i am happy to help or look for clarification from experienced members.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Arsene</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_4252436362941093272m_-8739220014831167427m_1215604850929589791m_-8984633880081139225gmail-im" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px">NCSG elections timeline:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px">Jul 06 check in begins<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a dir="ltr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer">Jul 18</a> nomination period begins<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a dir="ltr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer">Aug 01</a> nomination period ends<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a dir="ltr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer">Aug 02</a> deadline for nomination acceptance and candidate statement<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a dir="ltr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer">Aug 03</a> voter roll finalized, check-in ends<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a dir="ltr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer">Aug 06</a> meet the candidates<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a dir="ltr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer">Aug 07</a> voting begins<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a dir="ltr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer">Aug 20</a> voting ends<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a dir="ltr" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer">Aug 21</a> results announced<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><u></u> <u></u></p></span><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><b>P</b><b>ositions: <u></u><u></u></b></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Chair:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Farzaneh Badii - current NCSG Chair (till AGM 2018) - eligible for another term<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">GNSO COUNCILORS: <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Rafik Dammak - Asia Pacific (AGM 2018) - eligible for another term<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 12pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span class="m_4252436362941093272m_-8739220014831167427m_1215604850929589791m_-8984633880081139225gmail-im">Stephanie Perrin – North America (AGM 2018) – term-limited<br></span>Martin Silva Valent – Latin America and the Caribbean (AGM 2018) - eligible for another term<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div></div></div><br><div id="m_4252436362941093272m_-8739220014831167427m_1215604850929589791m_-8984633880081139225AppleMailSignature"><div>-----------------</div><div>Arsène Tungali,</div><div><a href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">about.me/ArseneTungali</a></div><div>+243 993810967</div><div>GPG: 523644A0</div><div>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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