[Ncuc-af] Upcoming NCSG elections

Tue Jul 10 20:12:15 CEST 2018

Ben thanks for the input.

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.

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

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.

It will also be worthy to know if those who are interested and ready to
work with understanding that NCSG deserves.

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.

Like I noted earlier the success of NCSG demands those understanding as
aforementioned.

Have a good evening.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 6:05 pm Benjamin Akinmoyeje, <benakin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Arsene,
> 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.
>
> There are always different interests, except you are fully aware of all
> those - it is difficult to navigate.
> 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.
>
> Here is my take, everyone with interest should step out and we should
> encourage them to develop strong strategy and rally round their bids.
>
> My personal opinion though,
> Benjamin
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 5:12 PM Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Arsene for bringing this up again.
>>
>> 1. We can also look around and shop for potentials and encourage them.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 3. What does NCSG charter say on criteria for EC Membership.
>>
>> See: Non-‐Commercial Stakeholder Group Charter – v5May 2011 - gNSO - icann
>> PDFhttps://gnso.icann.org › improvements
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 6. Both Farrell and Poncellet should be asked to go for electives since
>> they have been there.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> A journey of 1000 starts with a step.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10 Jul 2018 7:54 am, "Arsène Tungali" <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Africa colleagues,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arsene
>>
>>
>> NCSG elections timeline:
>>
>>
>>
>> Jul 06               check in begins
>>
>> Jul 18               nomination period begins
>>
>> Aug  01            nomination period ends
>>
>> Aug  02            deadline for nomination acceptance and candidate
>> statement
>>
>> Aug  03            voter roll finalized, check-in ends
>>
>> Aug 06             meet the candidates
>>
>> Aug  07            voting begins
>>
>> Aug  20             voting ends
>>
>> Aug  21            results announced
>>
>>
>>
>> *P**ositions: *
>>
>>
>>
>> Chair:
>>
>> Farzaneh Badii - current NCSG Chair (till AGM 2018) -  eligible for
>> another term
>>
>>
>>
>> GNSO COUNCILORS:
>>
>> Rafik Dammak - Asia Pacific (AGM 2018) - eligible for another term
>>
>> Stephanie Perrin – North America (AGM 2018) – term-limited
>> Martin Silva Valent – Latin America and the Caribbean (AGM
>> 2018) - eligible for another term
>>
>> -----------------
>> Arsène Tungali,
>> about.me/ArseneTungali
>> +243 993810967
>> GPG: 523644A0
>> Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
>>
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