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 <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 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
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 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
>
>
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Anriette Esterhuysen
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Association for Progressive Communications
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