[Ncuc-af] Endorsemnt for Elections

[Farell Folly]

This is a good idea to also have somebody from Africa to run NCUC chair
position, possibility  somebody who is not holding yet another (conflicting
or not) position.

Let's us nominate somebody then.



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Le 9 oct. 2017 13:55, "Wisdom Donkor" <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> a écrit :

> While i support this idea, i will be glad if we can have one person from
> Africa to standing also stand for the NCUC chair.
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> On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Liz Orembo <lizorembo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thank you Farrel for starting this thread.
>>
>> While I also support Renata's nomination, I would really like to see some
>> of our able members here contest for the chair position. Anyone?
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <
>> compsoftnet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Farell,
>>>
>>>   Thank you for the expression and the call for one African voice. I
>>> really buy into the idea of putting forward one or two candidates with full
>>> support (100%) of African members. Though I would have loved a situation
>>> where we call for expression of interest in the house and have a discussion
>>> about it before any re-run idea. That could be for the future opening
>>> though.
>>>
>>> I slightly disagreed that putting forward another candidate would
>>> connote we are not satisfied with Ines work. Ines has been doing
>>> wonderfully well and getting excellent results. I could testify to that but
>>> I think the perception will be that of equal footing and diversity.
>>>
>>> From another angle, I could say that we need to project more of African
>>> members despite agreement on the chosen candidates as to enable us visible
>>> on other platform or relevant opportunities. So Ines and Yolanda, can we
>>> have your green light on this.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> Peter.
>>>
>>> On Oct 5, 2017 12:16 AM, "Farell Folly" <farellfolly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> How are you doing ? Elections will be held soon and nomination period
>>>> is already open, so I think it could be good that we share a common vision
>>>> or talk with the same voice. Firstly,  Africa members should try to have at
>>>> most 1 or two candidates to maximize his/her chance to be elected and we
>>>> should all stand behind.
>>>>
>>>> For this election period, I personaly think it would be wise to let
>>>> Ines stand for the second sun of her term, however; having Yolanda as an
>>>> alternate solution is also a good choice. Changing Ines just right may let
>>>> people from other continent think that we have disagreement on how she has
>>>> been working so far or we are very united.
>>>>
>>>> For the NCUC chair position, I don't know whether somebody within our
>>>> communty is intending to apply for, otherwise I would like to suggest that
>>>> we support Renata since she is very sensible to Internet issues in Africa
>>>> and for south to south collaboration it would be a good thing to have her
>>>> by our side, at least by now. Therefore, I encourage us to endorse Ines fo
>>>> her second run (if she still wants to) while Yolanda is a good sucessor,
>>>> and Renata for the position of NCUC chair. It is only a suggestion, anyone
>>>> can come with another vision but don't get me wrong: the purpose of my
>>>> e-mail is to suggest we talk with the same voice as much as possible.
>>>> --
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>> Liz.
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