[NCUC-EC] Signs of life

[Wilson Abigaba]

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 10:53 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
> Below.  Would be nice to get some from members' elected representatives on
> the EC as well.  If people could be so kind as to respond to the Doodle
> below that would be good.  Responses to emails would also be welcome.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that there will not be a new website to discuss
> with members in Durban?

No, it's not correct! We'll have the new website as early as next week.

> If not, it'd be good to stop telling people to
> expect one.  More generally, I need to draft the Constituency Day agenda and
> invite visitors, so if we have no efforts and activity to report on with
> regard to organizational development I will squeeze the time allocated to
> that to a minimum.
>

E-team would appreciate to have a few minutes on the agenda.

Regarding new members, Ed has done a lot of outreach work and even
after CD in Beijing, I got so many (email & verbal) requests to join
NCUC. But as it has been pointed out several times before, the
approval process through the NCSG form is so frustrating as it takes
ages for now to get a response, if at all. There is also no automatic
way for NCUC (or the e-team) to get a notification when new members
have joined (through the ncsg process) so that they are added to the
mailing lists and/or perhaps, sent a welcome email.

Am afraid that if this doesn't change, we'll still be frustrated and
won't have many formal members even after Durban. The new website can
automatically register etc but if that other bottleneck is still there
for them to be accepted constitutionally, it doesn't help.

I am determined to woo many Africans to NCUC at the Durban event!

Regards,
Wilson


> BD
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>
> Subject: Re: NCUC + APC @ Durban
> Date: June 6, 2013 9:41:08 AM GMT+02:00
> To: Joao Carlos Caribe <caribe at entropia.blog.br>
> Cc: Magaly Pazello <magaly.pazello at gmail.com>
>
> Hi
>
> Thanks Magaly and greetings  João, great to have you on board!  We are of
> course always eager to have new members who are enthusiastic and want to
> make stuff happen.  And there certainly is much to do and not enough people
> with the bandwidth and desire to do it, so we will happily make use of any
> and all energies you can put in.
>
> Are you subscribed yet to the ncuc-discuss list?  If so, I've posted a
> number of messages there recently (all archived) about the planning for
> Durban, including our Friday 12th workshop in the context of the African
> summer school and the reception/dinner after.  If not, we'll get you added,
> and to the members list on the website as well.
>
> Glad to hear you got Constituency Travel to oblige you on arriving the 10th
> (so do I), others seem to have had trouble getting their agreement on early
> flights. Could you please do the Doodle at
> http://www.doodle.com/ccc2uvz7hwem37xi so we can be sure to include you in
> the head count for the Friday stuff?  Also, if you two could maybe encourage
> the rest of our Brazilian contingent to do the same that'd be helpful—it's
> good to know even if the answer is that they're unable to come.
>
> Look forward to continuing the discussion and seeing you in Durban.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
> On Jun 6, 2013, at 3:59 AM, Joao Carlos Caribe <caribe at entropia.blog.br>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Bill, Thanks Magaly,
>
>
> As Magaly told I'm a new member of NCUC, Internet Activist and I really
> wanna to add value to our NCUC group.
> At the moment I would be very happy just to be able to "carry the piano" and
> I will arrive Durban on Jul 10th, let me know how can I help you, and to
> participate at NCUC pre conference activities.
>
> Thanks for the opportunity, and thank you for introducing me, Magaly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joao Carlos Caribe
>
> Em 05/06/2013, às 19:30, Magaly Pazello escreveu:
>
> Hello Bill!
>
> Let me introduce João Caribé to you.
>
> João Caribé, who is a new NCSG/NCUC member that has attend the Beijing
> meeting as one of the ICANN Fellowship Program recipient, is planning
> to arrive in Durban on 11th. He got a fellowship again to attend the
> ICANN meeting I suggested him to make the afternoon session as well as
> the reception. The Constituency Travel has just accepted to change his
> flight booking so he is able to make it. So he is copied in this email
> then both of you can talk directly.
>
> Cheers,

>