Ghana and Adobe, was Re: Election timeline
Arsène Tungali
arsenebaguma at GMAIL.COM
Wed Aug 2 07:20:45 EEST 2017
Definitelly, Mike.
We actually need more people so we have a pool to chose from.
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**Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
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2017-08-02 14:17 GMT+02:00 Michael Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>:
> 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
>>
>> ------------------------
>> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
>> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
>> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
>> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <http://www.smart-serv.info>*, *Mabingwa Forum
>> <http://www.mabingwa-forum.com>*
>> Tel: +243 993810967 <+243%20993%20810%20967>
>> GPG: 523644A0
>> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>>
>> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
>> <http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html>
>> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
>> <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors>
>> & Mexico
>> <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>)
>> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
>> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles
>> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en> & Marrakech
>> <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en>
>> ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius
>> <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners>
>> )* - *IGFSA Member <http://www.igfsa.org/> - Internet Governance -
>> Internet Freedom.
>>
>> Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English
>> <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=234>) and (French
>> <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=242>)
>>
>> 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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