Mawaki, I do not need any candidate -- NCUC does! There is no precluding each post having more than one candidate. Olivier's message arrived with your nomination of Mr Seck -- it is not up to the chair to just drop nominations automatically. If you nominate a candidate, it is only fair we check first if s/he has accepted it. The chair cannot disregard nominations, cannot dismember the electoral ballot, cannot do several things without the explicit consent of the constituency. BTW, so far no nomination (self- or otherwise) has been seconded, with the exception of Milton's, as far as I can recall. If we want to go by the book, we need to get every nomination seconded. Just to make sure this will not be a hurdle, I will automatically second every nomination not yet seconded, since we have only one candidate per post. I really do not want people to be under the impression that I am holding up elections (for what purpose, for crying out loud?). The lack of response of the NCUC community, BTW, is appaling -- less than 20% of the members have participated in the nominations / electoral process discussions (or any other discussion, BTW). The good thing about your message is that I can start the process with CGI.br immediately. --c.a. Mawaki Chango wrote: > Maybe you haven't seen Olivier's email yet? the incumbent has at last > shown interest to run for reelection, so I'm not sure to understand > what you need another Africa candidate for. > > I nominated Ababacar (after consulting him and getting his consent) > because we haven't got any reaction from Olivier since December when > the call for candidates were first launched, and it was more than > time to proceed and do something about it. > > Besides, I beleive before the nominee sends his acceptance to the > constituency (or at least for his acceptance to be relevant,) his > nomination needed to be seconded. > > Conclusion: in the present circumstances, it is irrelevant whether he > has accepted his nomination or not. > > Mawaki > > > --- Carlos Afonso <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Just as important: has he accepted the nomination? >> >> fraternal regards >> >> --c.a. >> >> Mawaki Chango wrote: >>> It is my pleasure to nominate Mr. Ababacar Seck as candidate for >>> Africa to the Executive Committee. >>> >>> Ababacar is a co-founder and Honorary Director of Ynternet.Org >>> Senegal, a youth ICT NGO created in january 1999. Ynternet.Org's >>> objectives include: >>> - helping the youth with easy access to the Internet (Internet >> Kiosks >>> for youth associations, IT rooms in schools...), >>> - training youth leaders for a sound use of Internet resources, >>> - editing free IT leaflets for the youth... >>> Ababacar SECK has a long experience in community involvement and >> the >>> not-profit sector as a youth leader and trainer on different >> topics >>> (Internet, Youth development, Community development, etc.) >>> >>> Ababacar is a financier by profession and was a Humphrey Fellow >> at >>> the Boston University for 2005-2006. He lives in Dakar, Senegal. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mawaki >>> >>> --- Carlos Afonso <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear people, here is the new list of candidates. We still need >>>> confirmation of candidates (or willingness of the current member >> to >>>> be >>>> re-elected) for Africa (hello, Olivier!). >>>> >>>> Chair: Milton Mueller nominated, accepted >>>> >>>> GNSO Council: Robin Gross nominated (re-election), accepted >>>> >>>> Executive Committee: >>>> North America: Robert Guerra nominated, accepted >>>> Latin America: Marcelo Fernandes nominated (re-election), >> accepted >>>> Asia-Pacific: Horacio Cadiz, nominated, accepted >>>> Europe: Georg Gr�ve, nominated, accepted >>>> *Africa: no nominations (currently Olivier Nana Nz�pa)* >>>> >>>> >>>> []s fraternos >>>> >>>> --c.a. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Carlos A. Afonso >>>> diretor de planejamento >>>> Rits - Rede de Informa��es para o Terceiro Setor >>>> *************************************************************** >>>> Projeto Sacix - Apoio t�cnico a iniciativas de inclus�o >> digital >>>> com software livre, mantido pela Rits em colabora��o com o >>>> Coletivo Digital. Para mais informa��es: >>>> www.sacix.org.br www.rits.org.br www.coletivodigital.org.br >>>> *************************************************************** >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Carlos A. Afonso >> diretor de planejamento >> Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits >> http://www.rits.org.br >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > > > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carlos A. Afonso diretor de planejamento Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits http://www.rits.org.br ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++