Ghana and Adobe, was Re: Election timeline
Stephanie Perrin
stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA
Wed Aug 2 06:59:44 EEST 2017
I totally agree, WIsdom, and wanted to let you know we asked Adam Peake
to look into the matter for us. (Nudge Nudge Adam). I had terrible
problems, thought I would have to quit Council after the last Adobe
upgrade, we could not solve it, but finally Eric Evrard, who is an IT
support person in Brussels figured out what the problem was (crazy
routing by my ISP). I live just outside Ottawa, the capital of Canada,
but I get 5mps down and often as low as 1 up, so it is tough to run
Adobe connect even here in Canada if you are in a rural area.
So not sure what the exact problem is Dorothy but lets figure it out.
Stephanie Perrin
On 2017-08-02 07:41, Wisdom Donkor wrote:
> Dear Anriette,
>
> I felt sad reading her mail that she she cant take up the position.
> I still have hope that despite her busy schedules and how important
> Internet, open data, gender for that matter girls in ICT and science,
> bridging the digital gap etc are to her heart and making sure the less
> privileged and the vulnerable find their place within the labour force
> in the developing world is much desire for her to take up the horns to
> stir up the affairs of NCSG.
>
>
> Dorothy please we need you, the world needs you, everyone needs you.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
> E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist*
> *
> ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,
> Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,
> OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member
> Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com <mailto:wisdom.dk at gmail.com>
> Skype: wisdom_dk
> facebook: facebook at wisdom_dk
> Website: www.data.gov.gh <http://www.data.gov.gh/>
> www.isoc.gh <http://www.isoc.gh/> / www.itag.org.gh
> <http://www.itag.org.gh/>
>
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen
> <anriette at apc.org <mailto:anriette at apc.org>> wrote:
>
> Dear Dorothy
>
> A great pity to hear this. There are other excellent candidates,
> but you
> are one too!
>
> What precisely is the issue with Ghana and Adobe?
>
> As an Ubuntu user I have also had my issues with Adobe, but I have
> managed to sort them out, mostly.
>
> Is it the call in function that does not work in Ghana? I recall
> having
> been in Adobe meetings with people from Ghana, but perhaps they
> were not
> there at the time.
>
> Please tell us more.
>
> Thanks
>
> Anriette
>
>
> On 01/08/2017 09:54, dorothy g wrote:
> > Dear Wisdom, Thank you for your confidence in me and your many nice
> > comments, however I cannot take up the position of NCSG chair at
> this
> > time. I have a very deep respect for those who have filled the
> position
> > which is very demanding in terms of its responsibility. One of the
> > factors influencing this decision is Ghana's absence from the
> > communication platform which is used for many of the meetings.
> This has
> > affected my participation in meetings and will no doubt continue
> to do
> > so. I wish all the eventual candidates the best.
> >
> > best regards
> > Dorothy
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:39 AM, Wisdom Donkor
> <wisdom.dk at gmail.com <mailto:wisdom.dk at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:wisdom.dk at gmail.com <mailto:wisdom.dk at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Thank you Chair for the excellent work during the period.
> >
> > 1. I wish to take this opportunity to nominate Dorothy K.
> Gordon for
> > NCSG chair.
> >
> > *Dorothy K. Gordon* is a technology activist and development
> > specialist. She was the founding director-general of the
> Advanced
> > Information Technology Institute- Kofi Annan Centre of
> Excellence
> > in ICT(AITI-KACE <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AITI-KACE
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AITI-KACE>>). She
> > left the center in 2016. She is a former Board Member of
> Creative
> > Commons <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons>> and
> > currently serves on its Advisory Council, Ms Dorothy has
> serve on
> > several advisory board across Africa and the world. She is one
> > person in many field and the champion of gender and girls in
> ICT.
> >
> > Gordon has worked in technology and development for over 25
> years.
> > She worked as a Senior Deputy Resident Representative at the
> UNDP
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNDP
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNDP>>
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe with her exemplary leadership and skill i believe
> she will
> > be a plus to the community.
> >
> > 2. I also nominate Marilia Macie, Stefania Milan and Martin
> Silva
> > Valent to continue their term.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Tapani Tarvainen
> > <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info
> <mailto:ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info>
> <mailto:ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info
> <mailto:ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info>>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Elections are upon us soon. Voter check-in process has
> already been
> > started, as I hope you all have noticed, and the key
> dates for the
> > election are as follows:
> >
> > July 31 nomination period begins
> > Aug 13 nomination period ends
> > Aug 17 voter roll finalized, check-in ends
> > Aug 18 deadline for nomination acceptance
> > Aug 19 deadline for candidate statements
> > Aug 21 voting begins
> > Sep 3 voting ends
> > Sep 4 results announced
> >
> > My apologies for delay in sending this, as nominating
> period is in
> > effect starting right now.
> >
> > Up for election are:
> >
> > NCSG Chair, currently Tapani Tarvainen, not eligible for
> > re-election;
> >
> > 2-year Council seat, currently Marilia Maciel, eligible
> for one
> > more term;
> >
> > 2-year Council seat, currently Stefania Milan, eligible
> for one
> > more term;
> >
> > 2-year Council seat, held by Martin Silva Valent as
> temporary
> > replacement
> > for Amr Elsadr, who resigned from the council;
> >
> > 1-year Council seat, held by Tatiana Tropina as
> temporary alternate
> > for Edward Morris, who also resigned from the
> council.
> >
> > The council seats will be allocated so that 2-year terms
> will go to
> > the three with highest vote counts and the 1-year term
> to the
> > fourth,
> > although regional and gender balance requirements may
> change the
> > order; I will send a separate message about those.
> >
> > Note that the deadline given in the check-in request
> message was not
> > final, it's just the time after which we'll assume you
> didn't get it
> > and send a new one, or later try to reach you with other
> means.
> > (A new
> > message was just sent today to those who didn't respond
> last week.)
> > The final deadline for check-in is when we finalize the
> voter roll,
> > August 17.
> >
> > For our latest new members, I'm afraid you cannot vote
> or nominate
> > candidates as our charter limits that to those who've
> been active
> > members for at least 30 days. A bit surprisingly though
> you can,
> > however, run for office if someone else nominates you.
> >
> > --
> > Tapani Tarvainen
> >
> >
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------
> Anriette Esterhuysen
> Director - global policy and strategy
> Association for Progressive Communications
> anriette at apc.org <mailto:anriette at apc.org>
> www.apc.org <http://www.apc.org>
> IM: ae_apc
>
>
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