<div dir="ltr">Hi Joan,<div>We will send out the calendar next time and make efforts to identify a suitable time for the majority of the participants.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Benjamin</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 9:44 AM Joan katambi <<a href="mailto:joanhopek@gmail.com">joanhopek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Ben,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the information and providing a detailed outcome from the Skype call meeting. Am sorry i couldn't attend the meeting because of the time.</div><div><br></div><div>Suggestion; lets chose time which is not in the middle of the day, we can use the evening time.</div><div> i agree with the issue for us to have regular webinars, these should be scheduled on the calendar so that members will have time to prepare for them.</div><div><br></div><div>Joan<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 8:53 AM Olivier Kouami <<a href="mailto:olivierkouami@gmail.com" target="_blank">olivierkouami@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thank you, Benjamin, for sharing this summary with us.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I was thinking that it'll be certainly useful to add the challenge of the double appartenance in NCUC and NPOC. Some of us were more engaged and more known as NPOCers or as NCUCers. And this is a challenge, Indeed, in engagingi in PD WG into ICANN ecosystem. Finally, barrier like working language which is officially ENGLISH, constitute anither issue with the francophones.</div><div dir="auto">My 3 cents.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please, add me in the Skype Channel. My Skype pseudo is : olevie1.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you and have a nice day !🌹</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 11 févr. 2020 05:12, "Benjamin Akinmoyeje" <<a href="mailto:benakin@gmail.com" target="_blank">benakin@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<div>We had out first monthly call earlier today.</div><div>The following points were discussed</div><div><br></div><div><ol><li>The group discussed strategy to improve members participation on the main mailing list and calls for comments. <b>Resolution</b> - <i>More collaborations</i> and <i>send out a mail to solicit African members challenges.</i></li><li>Call for members to identify Internet Governance related and ICANN related activities around their region or countries. <b>Resolution</b> - <i>members to send in activities they have access to or are going to participate in; in-order for NCUC to participate at the event through members representation or NCUC meetup</i></li><li>Lack of structure to our participation and Collaboration - <b>Resolution</b>: <i>Subsequent list generated from the list of challenges in item 1 will guide creating structure for our collaboration and engagement on the main mailing list.</i></li><li>Improve participation of French speaking members and women in NCUC Africa. <b>Resolution</b>:<i> Improve NCUC participation in Africa french IG events and announcing NCUC at such events, doing monthly Skype calls alternating the languages eg- January call was conducted in English, February call will conducted in French, while encouraging translations at every monthly meeting calls. Identify women in the community to help champion advocacy to women members on the list.</i></li><li>Members capacity building to enhance participation : <b>Resolution</b>: Call for experience members to simplify the policy statements while members are encouraged to read policy document more frequently. Periodically identify policy document to read and discuss in the group and mailing list.</li><li>Regular webinar to boost participation - <b>Resolution</b>: <i>Africa EC will work with Thato to develop or schedule the next NCUC Africa webinar.</i></li><li>Inventory of calls for comments members are working on - <i>(i)Auction Proceeds - Thato, Africa Strategy 2020-2025 - Yazid, (please share ) </i></li></ol><div><br></div><div>Members present : Thato, Wisdom Donkor, Yazid, Bukola,Liz, Mamodou and Benjamin</div><div><br></div><div>Corrections and additions welcome. Feedback excitedly expected.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Benjamin </div><div>NCUC Africa - EC</div></div>
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