Nomination period extended to Sunday (today) 23.59 PST - For Wisdom Donkor SOI

Nour El Houda Zouabi nouralhooda75 at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 3 08:11:02 EEST 2020 

Greeting everyone,

I gladly do support your nomination Mr Wisdom Donkor, for your good
reputation, relevant work.
Good luck !

On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, 13:50 houssem kaabi, <houssem.kaabi at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Dear Wisdom,
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> Even though we hadn't met but I heard a lot of good things about you and I
> totally, herby, support your nomination.
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> Good Luck,
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> Le mer. 3 juin 2020 à 13:45, Olivier Kouami <olivierkouami at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
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>> Dear Wisdom,
>>
>> no one can deny your skills acquired over the years and in the various
>> ecosystems of Internet governance in general and in particular in the
>> domain of DNS. You are a highly recommendable regional representative.
>> The quiet force.
>> KUDO TO Wisdom Donkor
>>
>> Cheers !!
>> Olévié
>>
>> Le lun. 1 juin 2020 à 16:53, 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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