Nomination period extended to Sunday (today) 23.59 PST

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Le lun. 1 juin 2020 à 17:50, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> a écrit :

> 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
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> *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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