[Ncuc-af] NCSG and NCUC elections

Thu Jul 19 12:04:23 CEST 2018

Thanks Farell. Please do remember to send the support to the public list
also.

Regards.
Peter

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Farell FOLLY <farell at benin2point0.org>
wrote:

> I fully support this nomination !
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> @__f_f__
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> Best Regards
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> Ekue (Farell) FOLLY
> Technology Champion & Chapter Head
> Africa 2.0 Foundation.
> www.africa2point0.org
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> On 19 Jul 2018, at 11:26, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Dear all,
>
>   I will be nominating Poncelet as the Chair of NCSG, but I want my fellow
> brother and sister to know of my intention and to support him.
>
> Regards
> Peter.
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Farell FOLLY <farell at benin2point0.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Excellent ideas coming down here, good good job,
>>
>>
>> Dear Rafik, with your tremendous experience within ICANN and your
>> knowledge, it is no doubt that you can serve as one of our mentor here.
>> Before I forget, would you suggest some policy discussions that you find
>> can impact Africa from our standpoint of view? I am sure that having an
>> ideal to defend will rally us around a common cause. You should take the
>> lead here, you have had experience at every level (member, NCUC chair, NCSG
>> Policy Committee Chair, GNSO council, etc.)
>>
>> For the rest, I suggest that people who want to volunteer for an electing
>> position show up here and we can build support for them and a strategy to
>> win.
>>
>>
>> @__f_f__
>>
>> Best Regards
>> ____________________________________
>>
>> Ekue (Farell) FOLLY
>> Technology Champion & Chapter Head
>> Africa 2.0 Foundation.
>> www.africa2point0.org
>> linkedin.com/in/farellf
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>> On 19 Jul 2018, at 08:11, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with you Benjamin. Looks like we are undermining yourself and
>> depriving Africa.
>> We need to wake up and work as one spirit.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
>> *Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder)*
>> E-government, Internet Governance & Open Government Data and platforms
>> Specialist
>> ICANN Fellow / UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,
>> Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,
>> OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Member.
>> National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Board Member, Ghana
>> National Secretariat Manager, IT Association of Ghana (ITAG)
>> Ghana Energy Data Task-force Member
>> Ghana OGP Advisory Committee Member
>> Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com
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>>
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:47 AM Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>> Here is my view as someone who has consistently advocated for a
>>> strategic engagement of Africans within the ICANN PDP space, in the time
>>> past I have supported and encouraged colleagues to take up roles.
>>>
>>> My concern is how committed are we to the general African cause within
>>> the space, it appears it suits some of us to go solo. Since this
>>> conversation is coming up again, I will encourage everyone to look at the
>>> landscape and engage with the mindset of a commonwealth of all rather than
>>> individual benefits.
>>>
>>> With that said, my suggestion is for us to look holistically at the
>>> different scenarios and identify the agenda we Africans want to push; and
>>> let us agreed on the route to go.
>>> Find out which opportunities are available and discuss openly - we need
>>> to have trust and be willing to put aside our language difference, in the
>>> end, we are all one- spirit of the French team WC Champions.
>>>
>>> If we believe this is possible without pushing a north African or west
>>> african or south African agenda - then we can forge a common cause.
>>> In terms of capacity building, I have always advocated that we do some
>>> form of peer to peer learning amongst ourselves to boost confidence instead
>>> of canceling out each others.
>>>
>>> My question is what is our strategy? What is the common cause?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Benjamin
>>>
>>>
>>> P.S I wrote this earlier and forgot to hit the send botton.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 5:30 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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> *Akinremi Peter Taiwo*
> [ West Africa Coordinator ]
> African Civil Society on Information Society (*ACSIS*)
> *Website: *www.acsis-scasi.org
>
> *Chief E*xecutive Consultant.
> [ Compsoftnet Enterprise ]
> www.compsoftnet.com.ng
> Nigeria
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> [ RetailPoint ]
> Lagos
> Website: www.retailpos.com.ng
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> *Phone:* +2347-0638-30177, +2348-1874-76292
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-- 
*Akinremi Peter Taiwo*
[ West Africa Coordinator ]
African Civil Society on Information Society (*ACSIS*)
*Website: *www.acsis-scasi.org

*Chief E*xecutive Consultant.
[ Compsoftnet Enterprise ]
www.compsoftnet.com.ng
Nigeria

*T*echnical Consultant
[ RetailPoint ]
Lagos
Website: www.retailpos.com.ng

*Phone:* +2347-0638-30177, +2348-1874-76292
*twitter:* @compsoftnet
*Skype:* akinremi.peter
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