I second the nomination of Mawaki, who is well involved in Informations Society related issues debates since long time.. 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] Mawaki Chango <[log in to unmask] COM> To Sent by: [log in to unmask] Non-Commercial cc User Constituency <NCUC-DISCUSS@LIS Subject TSERV.SYR.EDU> Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] nomination for GNSO Council 10/11/2005 05:36 PM Please respond to Mawaki Chango <[log in to unmask] COM> Dear all: I am truly honoured by Milton’s nomination and by the various, quick, and spontaneous expressions of support from companions of the global civil society, as well as by colleagues from various locations of the world. Thank you all. I am pleased to accept this nomination and wish to take up the responsibility of NCUC councilor to GNSO. There is nothing as far as I know that looks like ICANN, at the same level of its global scope, with such a great potential of democratic bottom-up policy processes, which is great, provided that all parties (or stakeholders) are equally heard. All the latest debates and controversies over the Internet governance and ICANN may just be a call for such robust, independent, well grounded and fair Corporation policy-making processes. I commit to serve that very goal on the Council, representing at my best the full range of the non commercial entity users of the Internet. This is a challenging perspective, and I am definitely stimulated and excited to join the community, especially at this period of the Internet history, when more and more people get to talk about it and its governance, which for me, indubitably indicates that more and more people are being affected by the Internet, and with greater and greater impact. I will just say a word of the region where I come from. Over the last year, the Africa region has formally got its RIR and we’ve been engaged in networking its emergent civil society for the information society. Clearly, that region is looking forward to jumping beyond its usual 1% of stake in anything ICT (except maybe the mobile phone). And I wish to acknowledge that it might be the last region where the educational institutions and the CSOs (though still young and weakly structured) are still leading the path to the growth of the Internet – contrary to the governments and the local private sector. This shall indeed be a source of motivation for all NCUC members. And last, as more people are joining in and the stakeholders are growing – and it is fortunate – so is the stake, and so may be the risks. At this cross-road for the global Internet governance, the non commercial users may require more attention to their needs, more vigilance to how the Internet is being shaped. I hope with your collaboration, we will deliver in fulfilling such an expectation and minimizing those risks. I look forward to it, and again, thank you. Mawaki __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/