elections -- candidates -- we need Africa!

[Milton Mueller]

I second every f**ing body

>>> Carlos Afonso <ca at RITS.ORG.BR> 2/21/2007 11:22 PM >>>
Mawaki, I do not need any candidate -- NCUC does! There is no precluding 
each post having more than one candidate. Olivier's message arrived with 
your nomination of Mr Seck -- it is not up to the chair to just drop 
nominations automatically. If you nominate a candidate, it is only fair 
we check first if s/he has accepted it. The chair cannot disregard 
nominations, cannot dismember the electoral ballot, cannot do several 
things without the explicit consent of the constituency.

BTW, so far no nomination (self- or otherwise) has been seconded, with 
the exception of Milton's, as far as I can recall. If we want to go by 
the book, we need to get every nomination seconded. Just to make sure 
this will not be a hurdle, I will automatically second every nomination 
not yet seconded, since we have only one candidate per post.

I really do not want people to be under the impression that I am holding 
up elections (for what purpose, for crying out loud?). The lack of 
response of the NCUC community, BTW, is appaling -- less than 20% of the 
members have participated in the nominations / electoral process 
discussions (or any other discussion, BTW).

The good thing about your message is that I can start the process with 
CGI.br immediately.

--c.a.

Mawaki Chango wrote:
> Maybe you haven't seen Olivier's email yet? the incumbent has at last
> shown interest to run for reelection, so I'm not sure to understand
> what you need another Africa candidate for.
> 
> I nominated Ababacar (after consulting him and getting his consent)
> because we haven't got any reaction from Olivier since December when 
> the call for candidates were first launched, and it was more than
> time to proceed and do something about it.
> 
> Besides, I beleive before the nominee sends his acceptance to the
> constituency (or at least for his acceptance to be relevant,) his
> nomination needed to be seconded. 
> 
> Conclusion: in the present circumstances, it is irrelevant whether he
> has accepted his nomination or not.
> 
> Mawaki  
> 
> 
> --- Carlos Afonso <ca at RITS.ORG.BR> wrote:
> 
>> Just as important: has he accepted the nomination?
>>
>> fraternal regards
>>
>> --c.a.
>>
>> Mawaki Chango wrote:
>>> It is my pleasure to nominate Mr. Ababacar Seck as candidate for
>>> Africa to the Executive Committee.
>>>
>>> Ababacar is a co-founder and Honorary Director of Ynternet.Org
>>> Senegal, a youth ICT NGO created in january 1999. Ynternet.Org's
>>> objectives include:
>>> - helping the youth with easy access to the Internet (Internet
>> Kiosks
>>> for youth associations, IT rooms in schools...),
>>> - training youth leaders for  a sound use of Internet resources,
>>> - editing free IT leaflets for the youth...
>>> Ababacar SECK has a long experience in community involvement and
>> the
>>> not-profit sector as a youth leader and trainer on different
>> topics
>>> (Internet, Youth development, Community  development, etc.)
>>>
>>> Ababacar is a financier by profession and was a Humphrey Fellow
>> at
>>> the Boston University for 2005-2006. He lives in Dakar, Senegal.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mawaki
>>>
>>> --- Carlos Afonso <ca at RITS.ORG.BR> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear people, here is the new list of candidates. We still need
>>>> confirmation of candidates (or willingness of the current member
>> to
>>>> be
>>>> re-elected) for Africa (hello, Olivier!).
>>>>
>>>> Chair: Milton Mueller nominated, accepted
>>>>
>>>> GNSO Council: Robin Gross nominated (re-election), accepted
>>>>
>>>> Executive Committee:
>>>> North America: Robert Guerra nominated, accepted
>>>> Latin America: Marcelo Fernandes nominated (re-election),
>> accepted
>>>> Asia-Pacific: Horacio Cadiz, nominated, accepted
>>>> Europe: Georg Gr�ve, nominated, accepted
>>>> *Africa: no nominations (currently Olivier Nana Nz�pa)*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> []s fraternos
>>>>
>>>> --c.a.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Carlos A. Afonso
>>>> diretor de planejamento
>>>> Rits - Rede de Informa��es para o Terceiro Setor
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>> -- 
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>> Carlos A. Afonso
>> diretor de planejamento
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> 
> 
> 
> 

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Carlos A. Afonso
diretor de planejamento
Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits
http://www.rits.org.br 
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