Ghana and Adobe, was Re: Election timeline

[Michael Oghia]

A quick question for you Dorothy: would you consider running if the Adobe
problem were resolved?

Best,
-Michael

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> 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
> Skype: wisdom_dk
> facebook: facebook at wisdom_dk
> Website: www.data.gov.gh
> www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh
>
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <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>> 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>). She
>> >     left the center in 2016. She is a former Board Member of 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>
>> >
>> >
>> >     ​
>> >     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>>
>> 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
>> www.apc.org
>> IM: ae_apc
>>
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