[Ncuc-af] NCSG and NCUC elections

Thu Jul 19 03:28:21 CEST 2018

Hi Thato,

while I explained why I listed Asia Pacific as region of residence,
unfortunately, my point seems lost. I don't represent APAC neither I can
claim that, I represent the whole NCSG membership in the council.

in NCSG council election, there is no Africa or Asia Pacific seat, neither
the councilors are representing their region. NCSG charter has gender and
geographical diversity requirement in a way to encourage diversity and
ensure that is done and not just empty words or inspirational goal (I was
co-rapporteur at CCWG subgroup on diversity and I can tell you how many
SO/AC are reluctant to have any mandatory requirements of sort ).
The balance among the 6 councilors will be fluid as the charter only state
that no more than 2 councilors from the same region (to avoid any region
dominating)and composition can differ anytime after every election. That
also ensures that people can run anytime without fearing being excluded
because of some restrictions.
What is important to point is: there is no a seat or slot linked to a
region and any elected is representing and accountable to all members as he
or she is elected by the same membership.

so if we want to encourage someone to run, he or she will have to explain
to all members from over the world why he or she can represent them and
not just speaking for his or her region. I believe we would expect the same
from candidates coming from other regions. Currently, Arsene is listed as
councilor residing from Africa still on his first term, so only one another
African can be elected for this year.

at the end what matters is if we Africans want to advance one issue or
policy position in GNSO, what are exactly those issues? do we have specific
views on some ongoing GNSO policies from Africa standpoint impacting Africa
users? we got to be "programmatic" and strategic here, identify issues and
develop policy positions.
I don't think that is far from what Benjamin stated. it is possible to do
such identification and mapping of the issues first. I am happy to share
all updates and summary every time, so ready to respond and to guide if we
want to do such activity either during PDP or when there is public comments
or something. I am happy to see more Africans jumping and joining the
comment drafting effort even taking the lead as penholders. That is a
positive evolution and will have an impact in long run.

I don't have any specific comment on NCSG chair election or NCUC election
(for chair and EC, and that is not started yet) since the former is totally
different. For NCUC EC, there is a regional seat per bylaws and our current
representative is Ines.

Best,

Rafik

Le jeu. 19 juil. 2018 à 03:26, Thato Mfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hi Arsene,
>
> I think Rafik represents Asia-Pacific it was clarified sometime last week
> on the mailing list, although he is originally from Tunisia, correct me if
> I am wrong.
>
> Thato Mfikwe.
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 8:15 PM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Thanks for all the comments, suggestions and clarification on this thread.
>>
>> Now is the time to act. Nominations at the SG level have started and at
>> the NCUC level next month i believe.
>>
>> I am happy to nominate anyone here who approaches me and who is seeking
>> my undorsement. Let’s act!
>>
>> So far, no one from Africa (apart from Rafik) has been nominated. Let’s
>> get out of here and serve!!! Please!!!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Arsene
>>
>> -----------------
>> Arsène Tungali,
>> about.me/ArseneTungali
>> +243 993810967
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>> Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
>>
>> On Jul 18, 2018, at 7:41 PM, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thumps up for Elsa.
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 5:27 PM Thato Mfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> NCUC seats?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 6:30 PM, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <
>>> compsoftnet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Thato for raising the need for more involvement of Africans in
>>>> NCSG and NCUC. The same point was raised by Arsene weeks ago and Rafik
>>>> clearly suggested a strategy that could help us achieved a more desirable
>>>> outcome. In addition with Rafik suggestion, I would also like to suggest
>>>> that we need to put on the hat of nominate ourselves for strategically
>>>> positioning. While we are actively participating, Rafik, Poncelet, Farell,
>>>> Anriette, Arsene among others should use their influence to nominate
>>>> African colleagues . This would clearly shows that there is potential
>>>> African candidates on the list.
>>>>
>>>> Regards.
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Thato Mfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi members,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just wanted to highlight something that maybe some of you might have
>>>>> been thinking about.
>>>>>
>>>>> As you might have received notices about elections and nominations
>>>>> taking place, I think it would be fruitful to think about how the region
>>>>> gains representation in the coming elections of NCSG and NCUC.
>>>>>
>>>>> It would not cause harm to have candidated standing for leadership at
>>>>> C or SG level and the African seat can also be discussed before contentions
>>>>> start and nomination periods close. Supporting 2 or 3 candidates at most
>>>>> would be a good start.
>>>>>
>>>>> Our passive approach will always give us a back seat with our voices
>>>>> not well represented, unless we collectively take a firm approach to agree
>>>>> or disagree on who we should rally behind or push ahead.
>>>>>
>>>>> It would also be wise to know who will be the volunteers or candidates
>>>>> so that we can support them, any thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> If members are not confident enough to stand,it means that we need to
>>>>> strengthen capacity building initiatives focusing on under-serviced regions
>>>>> in order to encourage meaningfull participation in ICANN PDP and related
>>>>> activities.
>>>>>
>>>>> Apologies that I might not finish this communication threat, just
>>>>> trying to spark communication and collaboration with and among fellow
>>>>> members, thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thato Mfikwe.
>>>>>
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