Dear all, Recently elected to the Council, I am sorry to say I will not be able to make it to Vancouver due to prior commitments. I am due to attend a workshop this week on "Achieving affordable bandwidth" in West Africa, organized by OSIWA in Saly a few dozens of kms away from Dakar, Senegal. I am still to see if, based on the tight programs on both sides, the time zone and the facilities available, I can have an affordable dial-in participation at one point or the other. But this seeming rather unlikely, and after I went through the work processes that have been forwarded to me with my "welcome package", I thought I should let NCUC know so that our constituency makes sure to be represented at all discussions. Sorry for the late notice. Have a productive meeting, and hopefully I will be better prepared to participate in the next year meetings. Regards, Mawaki