Ghana and Adobe, was Re: Election timeline
Michael Oghia
mike.oghia at GMAIL.COM
Wed Aug 2 07:17:23 EEST 2017
Right Arsene, I missed that part (I read over it quickly). Either way, I
wanted to be as inclusive as possible :-)
Regardless, if she does not accept the nomination, we still need to
nominate someone to be the NCSG chair.
Best,
-Michael
On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
wrote:
> @Michael: I believe from her response, AC is not the main problem
> preventing our very own Dorothy from running, it is because she has limited
> time to commit to this important role. That's was my understanding of her
> reaction to Wisdom's nomination
>
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> 2017-08-02 14:02 GMT+02:00 Michael Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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