Nomination period extended to Sunday (today) 23.59 PST

Benjamin Akinmoyeje benakin at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jun 1 15:00:50 EEST 2020 

@Wisdom is in the race now. Then you got my support. The race is getting
interesting and see you stepping up is a good sign.


Best of luck

Benjamin
.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 7:04 PM Raymond Mamattah <mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Beautiful and rich profile. Congratulations in advance.
>
> Raymond Mamattah
> Accra, Ghana.
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 4:49 PM Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Date: 1 June 2020
>>
>> CANDIDATE STATEMENT for GNSO COUNCIL MEMBER
>> Candidate Name: Wisdom Kwasi Donkor
>> Citizenship: Ghana
>> Gender: Male
>> Language: English
>> Any Conflict of Interest: None
>>
>> It is an honor to be considered for election to the position of GNSO
>> council member, and I accept the Nomination. I will take this opportunity
>> to provide brief information about my background, my history with ICANN and
>> my views and vision for the GNSO over the next 12 months. I will make
>> myself available to answer any questions you may have.
>>
>> Looking back over the past few years, I must acknowledge the significant
>> contributions of all that have serve on the GNSO council (past and present)
>> their incredible contributions and support to the communities is very much
>> appreciated. Without the Council’s outstanding leadership team and staff
>> support, the work of the communities would be infinitely more difficult.
>>
>> Last year has seen a significant amount of policy work by the GNSO
>> community with regard to the finalization of the EPDP recommendations and
>> works of the RPM, PDP workings groups and many other working groups that
>> are all nearing conclusion this year. However, I believe there is still an
>> amount of work to be done or pass significant milestones. 2020 brought
>> about many challenges not only to ICANN but also to the entire IG community
>> where physical meetings was affected by the covid-19 restrictions and
>> protocols. The situation I believe brought about the slash of working time,
>> which I think have left tremendous amount of work that needs to be managed
>> and concluded on time. With this in mind and  understanding of the work of
>> GNSO, I look forward to working with each of you to advance the course of
>> GNSO community and its policy development processes and improvement of its
>> works and to contribute my knowledge and experiences to the broader ICANN
>> communities.
>>
>> I have serve on the UN IGF MAG for three years (2016 - 2018), Africa
>> Union Internet Governance Forum (AFIGF) (2017 - 2018), ECOWAS West Africa
>> Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) 2016 - date and many other working groups
>> across Africa and beyond. With my engagements at this level, got me the
>> needed experience and understand of IG policy work within the entire
>> internet ecosystems. I have also coordinated many internet related projects
>> and policy activities across different sectors of development (public,
>> private, NGO’s etc).
>>
>> Having worked with government (National Information Technology Agency
>> (NITA) an Agency under the Ministry of Communications of Ghana, mandated to
>> regulate the ICT sector until my resignation in 2017, Undertook several
>> policy developmental projects and programs that brought about the
>> implementation and deployment of several internet related projects across
>> Ghana such as the construction of the national data center infrastructure,
>> e-government network infrastructure, e-government application, laying of
>> fiber optic cables across Ghana, community network projects, cyber security
>> emergency response, and the re-delegation of the dot GH registry and its
>> internal politics and subsequently the establishment of the Ghana Domain
>> Name Registry (GDNR). All of these gave me that needed experience and
>> understanding of the entire internet infrastructure and ecosystem.
>>
>> After my resignation from Government In 2017, I founded Africa Open Data
>> and Internet Research Foundation (AODIRF) and Africa Geospatial Data and
>> Internet Conference (AGDIC). This organisation are African base
>> non-governmental organization that is championing policies on open data,
>> ICTs, Geospatial technologies, internet governance and community
>> development, training and capacity building and supporting and carrying out
>> innovative projects and programs across Africa.  I am currently the
>> President and CEO of the organisation which I set up along with one other
>> business, this organizations has grown and is doing well and has position
>> itself as a leader of change in the continent of Africa. To reach this
>> position requires leadership and organisational skills with the aspirations
>> and ambitions of succeeding at all level of development.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a degree in Computer Science, Diploma in Computer Science, Diploma
>> in Business Computing, Master’s Degree in Human Resource Planning and
>> Development (HRP&D) and other professional qualification. With my
>> leadership skills, knowledge and experiences put together, I believe will
>> gives me the needed technical understanding to contribute meaningfully to
>> the GNSO community.
>>
>> Taken into consideration the work of GNSO Council, I am very much aware
>> of the time commitment as a GNSO Councilor and wish to give in part of my
>> time to the course of GNSO.
>>
>> I have been an ICANN Fellow, coach and booth lead for many ICANN meeting
>> and have good understanding of ICANN functions, the multistakeholder model.
>> I have helped organise several ICANN policy forums and workshops in Ghana
>> and other part of Africa. I have also coached and mentored several ICANN
>> Fellows and individual across  other part of the Africa and the world.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *WISDOM DONKOR*
>> President & CEO
>> Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
>> P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra | www.aodirf.org  /
>> www.afrigeocon.org
>> Tel: +233 20 812 8851
>> Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk
>> __________________________________________________
>> Specialization:
>> E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet
>> Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
>> Security,  Domain Name Systems, Software Engineering, Event Planning &
>> Management,
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 10:32 PM Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Peter, all,
>>>
>>> This came as a surprise to me, ontop of the hour comes a nomination.
>>> Thank you very much for the kind words and the confidence you have in me.
>>>
>>> On this note, I do accept your kind nomination.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, May 31, 2020, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> With reference to the clarification made by Robin Gross, I would like
>>>> to remind the community that a strong participation on the GNSO Council is
>>>> a must irrespective of regional consideration and gender. I would like to
>>>> nominate Wisdom  Donkor as he is more than qualified for the GNSO Council
>>>> representative.  Wisdom has demonstrated enough his potentials and
>>>> leadership skills over the years within ICANN and Internet Governance
>>>> communities. He has a deep understanding of DNS, technology and Internet,
>>>> open data, community development and empowerment and human resource
>>>> planning and development.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, he has been an ICANN Fellow, coach and Booth lead for many
>>>> years; he has a deeper understanding of ICANN functions and processes and
>>>> very active member of NCUC and NCSG and thus contributes to many ICANN
>>>> working groups and policy discussions. Wisdom helped organize several ICANN
>>>> workshops and forums in Ghana and other part of the world. He has also
>>>> mentored many ICANN Fellows and many individual across Africa.
>>>>
>>>> Aside that, I know he is also an active member of the following
>>>> Advisory Committees:
>>>>
>>>> ·         National SDG’s Data Road Maps Advisory Committee. December
>>>>
>>>> ·         ECOWAS, West Africa Internet Governance Forum Advisory
>>>> Committee.
>>>>
>>>> ·         AU, Africa Internet Governance Advisory committee
>>>>
>>>> ·         Ghana Statistical Service Geospatial Working Committee
>>>>
>>>> ·         International AID Transparency Initiative Task force working
>>>> committee.
>>>>
>>>> ·         Ghana Energy Access Data Task Force Committee. October,
>>>>
>>>> ·         Ghana Open Government Partnership (OGP) Advisory Committee.
>>>>
>>>> ·         Ghana Internet Governance Forum planning committee
>>>>
>>>> ·         Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I believe he will be a very good addition to the work of the GNSO
>>>> Council and I hope he would accept this nomination.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> ᐧ
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 7:47 PM Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Stephanie.  I hope we have clarified that the NCSG EC does not
>>>>> have authority to extend constituency election deadlines, and a mistake of
>>>>> wording done in haste is the only reason why this error was made.  I hope
>>>>> the nominees, membership, and constituency leaders will understand that we
>>>>> are sorry for our mistake and we did not intend to overstep our bounds.
>>>>>
>>>>> To be completely clear: It is only the nomination period for the NCSG
>>>>> election that we have extended until 23:59 PST, tonight, Sunday, 31 May.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, we will hold ASAP a 2nd “Meet the Candidates Call” for any new
>>>>> NCSG nominations and any candidates who were previously nominated but not
>>>>> able to participate in the first “Meet the Candidates” call.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this clarification together with Stephanie’s can put this
>>>>> unfortunate wording mistake behind us and we can move forward with
>>>>> nominating additional NCSG candidates at once and encouraging new
>>>>> leadership and fresh engagement within NCSG.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Robin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 31, 2020, at 11:16 AM, U Of T <
>>>>> stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Please listen to the recording/transcript of the candidates meeting on
>>>>> Friday before rushing to judgement, folks.  In bringing the matter to the
>>>>> EC, I was just trying to respond to concerns raised at that meeting. G iven
>>>>> the voting goes on from the 3rd to the 17th, and the charter is silent on
>>>>> this particular point, extending for two days without altering the rest of
>>>>> the schedule seems to me a decision the NCSG is entitled to make.
>>>>> Otherwise, we close the election short one seat, and then open up a call
>>>>> for candidates for the EC to appoint.
>>>>> The inclusion of NCUC in this announcement was a most unfortunate
>>>>> error.
>>>>> While I recused myself from the decision and had nothing to do with
>>>>> the announcement, it was my action in referring the matter to the EC that
>>>>> started the ball rolling downhill.  Now, lets try to restore peace and
>>>>> welcome new nominees as they come forward!
>>>>> Stephanie Perrin
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 31, 2020, at 13:56, Tatiana Tropina <tatiana.tropina at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry all, I think it was 4 candidates for 3 seats last year,
>>>>> miscalculation! :) typing too fast on my iPhone (sorry for all the typos as
>>>>> well -- "steering the pot", will be in my collection of silly typos).
>>>>> Apologies!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 19:49, Tatiana Tropina <
>>>>> tatiana.tropina at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Stephanie, all,
>>>>>> Apologies, but I have to ask this question: how did the late refusal
>>>>>> exactly influences the fact that people didn't nominate each other or
>>>>>> didn't come forward? Or is it necessary to have the same number of
>>>>>> candidates as seats? Are we talking about elections? This is a serious
>>>>>> question for us to consider: why does this happen and why is this even
>>>>>> being framed in those words?
>>>>>> I think that this is very unfortunate that we didn't have enough
>>>>>> nominations. It's very unfortunate that people didn't volunteer and come
>>>>>> forward. Last year we did have 5 candidates for 4 seats, and I would say
>>>>>> that it's very sad that the argument now resembles something like "we had
>>>>>> the same number of candidates as seats and the late refusal prevented
>>>>>> people from further nominations". We are talking about the Council. It's a
>>>>>> place where we are actually supposed to defend NCSG positions a lot and not
>>>>>> to be shy to come forward.
>>>>>> It's so sad that this year we don't have the same number of
>>>>>> nominations. However, I do not see how exactly the argument about the late
>>>>>> refusal is connected to not being able to the Council candidates to be
>>>>>> nominated.
>>>>>> I don't want to steer the pot by asking questions anymore. What I
>>>>>> want to say now, as someone who is on the Council: NCSG members, we need
>>>>>> you. We need those who can deliver. We want you to come forward and
>>>>>> nominate yourself or be nominated, this year or next year, or in the next 5
>>>>>> years. We need people who can work and who can deliver. Please if you want
>>>>>> to work - come forward and don't be afraid. If you are ready to work, you
>>>>>> will get all help from the existing councillors.
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Tanya
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun 31. May 2020 at 19:22, U Of T <
>>>>>> stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I recused myself from this decision because i am a candidate for
>>>>>>> council, but i did report to the EC the concerns raised at the candidates’
>>>>>>> meeting about the late refusal on one nomination, which left us with not
>>>>>>> enough candidates to fill the positions.  However, I must agree with Bruna
>>>>>>> and Tapani that any decision regarding the NCUC rests in the hands of the
>>>>>>> NCUC EC,  certainly not the NCSG EC.
>>>>>>> Stephanie Perrin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > On May 31, 2020, at 11:14, Tapani Tarvainen <
>>>>>>> ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Hi Tatiana,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Actually, if we want to pick nits, the charter does not have a
>>>>>>> process
>>>>>>> > for this specific case.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > It only specifies that the EC should appoint in case a councillor
>>>>>>> > "is unable to finish his or her term" - the case where there's
>>>>>>> > no councillor to even begin the term is not mentioned.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Now I won't argue that the EC should not do so anyway, there's
>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>> > no alternative if enough candidates aren't available during the
>>>>>>> > election, but nonetheless it would also be at least slightly
>>>>>>> bending
>>>>>>> > the rules.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > On the other hand the charter does explicitly make the EC
>>>>>>> responsible
>>>>>>> > of the election schedule, so while I do dislike changing things
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> > that in the middle of the process, it is not against the charter
>>>>>>> text.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > So while neither option is really pretty, I don't see any serious
>>>>>>> > legalistic argument against either, and I'm happy to let the EC
>>>>>>> decide
>>>>>>> > which is best.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > As for NCUC, there you and Bruna are absolutely correct, decision
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>> > belongs to NCUC, not NCSG EC.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Tapani
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 04:55:19PM +0200, Tatiana Tropina (
>>>>>>> tatiana.tropina at GMAIL.COM) wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> I am also not convinced about the process of this extension. The
>>>>>>> council
>>>>>>> >> seat can be filled by an appointment made by NCSG EC and the NCSG
>>>>>>> Charter
>>>>>>> >> has a process for this. The new candidates won’t take part in
>>>>>>> meet the
>>>>>>> >> candidates call. Why is there a need to bend the rules to fill in
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> >> places if there is a process in place to fill them via EC?
>>>>>>> >> Bruna also rightly pointed out that NCUC is a constituency that
>>>>>>> could have
>>>>>>> >> been at least consulted.
>>>>>>> >> Warm regards,
>>>>>>> >> Tatiana
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>> On Sun 31. May 2020 at 16:43, James Gannon <lists at icann.guru>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Yeah I’m not sure why we are deviating from the Charter here?
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> On 31 May 2020, at 15:34, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> 
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> I am sorry, everyone. I understand that NCUC does not have any
>>>>>>> candidates
>>>>>>> >>> for EC NA at the moment, but I really wish you had respected the
>>>>>>> >>> constituency independence in setting its own electoral deadlines
>>>>>>> instead of
>>>>>>> >>> announcing it on the list without the NCUC EC acknowledgement.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> I will speak with NCUC EC and get back to you on this.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:21 AM Tapani Tarvainen <
>>>>>>> >>> ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Yes. There are four councillor positions and only three
>>>>>>> candidates at
>>>>>>> >>>> the moment, and NCUC North American representative has no
>>>>>>> candidate.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> See
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2020
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> and
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Elections+2020
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Tapani
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 05:11:27PM +0300, Raoul Plommer (
>>>>>>> >>>> plommer at GMAIL.COM) wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Sorry, as far as I know, the NCUC North American seat and one
>>>>>>> councillor
>>>>>>> >>>>> seat are still without a candidate. Perhaps someone can
>>>>>>> correct me if
>>>>>>> >>>> I'm
>>>>>>> >>>>> wrong?
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> -Raoul
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 17:07, Raymond Mamattah <
>>>>>>> >>>> mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Raoul,
>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>> What has necessitated this extension? Are there some
>>>>>>> positions that
>>>>>>> >>>> do not
>>>>>>> >>>>>> have applications? If yes, kindly share that with us.
>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> >>>>>> Raymond Mamattah
>>>>>>> >>>>>> Accra-Ghana
>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020, 1:51 PM Raoul Plommer <
>>>>>>> plommer at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> The NCSG EC has decided to extend the nomination period for
>>>>>>> the NCSG
>>>>>>> >>>> and
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> NCUC elections a little, practically with 17 hours 10
>>>>>>> minutes,
>>>>>>> >>>> starting
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> right now.
>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Raoul
>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> --
>>>>>>> >>>> Tapani Tarvainen
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> --
>>>>>>> >>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>> >>> @boomartins
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > --
>>>>>>> > Tapani Tarvainen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> *Taiwo Peter Akinremi*
>>>> ------ ------ -------  ------ ------ -------  ------ ------ ------- ------
>>>> ------ -------  ------ ------ ------
>>>>  IT Manager/Advisory
>>>> *Phone*; +2348187476292, +2347063830177 *Skype*: akinremi.taiwo
>>>> *Email:* info at compsoftnet.com.ng *Website:* www.compsoftnet.com.ng
>>>> ___________________________________________
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *WISDOM DONKOR*
>>> President & CEO
>>> Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
>>> P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra | www.aodirf.org  /
>>> www.afrigeocon.org
>>> Tel: +233 20 812 8851
>>> Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk
>>> __________________________________________________
>>> Specialization:
>>> E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet
>>> Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
>>> Security,  Domain Name Systems, Software Engineering, Event Planning &
>>> Management,
>>>
>>>
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