Dear Colleagues, Here are my proposal for Africa representatives: For Policy in Africa I will propose Mr. Olivier Nana Nzepa the Coordinator of Africa of ICT4D Civil society Network. For technical side: I will propose Adiel Akplogan of AFRINIC TX. Thierry H. Amoussougbo Regional Adviser Development Information Services Division United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Tel: 251 1 511167 ext 33053 Fax: 251 1 510512 E-mail : [log in to unmask] "carlos a. afonso" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent by: cc: Non-Commercial User Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Some Constituency comments on WGIG nominees <NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSE RV.SYR.EDU> 25/08/2004 12:37 AM Please respond to "carlos a. afonso" Fine. I do not think I can think of anyone else at this point after the commented list by Karen, and I do not have enough info to suggest people for Africa and Arab states, of course -- which are lacking in the list. rgds --c.a. -----Original Message----- From: Milton Mueller <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:13:30 -0400 Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Some comments on WGIG nominees > >>> Carlos Afonso <[log in to unmask]> 08/24/04 12:15PM >>> > >MIlton, unfortunately I am one of the "usual suspects" in our > region. > > >Since I believe, as I said, that the final choice will be by WG > "inner > >circle" (UN/ITU I guess), I am not sure we should spend more energy > on > >discussing nominations > > I don't agree. I disagree on a fundamental level. > > This is more than just a list, it's a capacity-building > exercise for civil society. If we can't do this, we have > no business pushing ourselves forward as actors on > the level of governments and business. > > --MM