Dear Avri, No! Please do not unvolunteer and all the more we need your EC leadership! Forgive me if I gave that impression since fund raising is THE most difficult which attracts least volunteers. Your message actually provoked me to consider what I could volunteer myself and I hope that we all volunteer on other aspects, immediately. If agreeable, I volunteer myself to a 'ICT policy' Working Group.. What led to me suggest that were the 'technical' project considerations, for example: a) All of the desired features (in this case website/portal)-need for a 'requirements study'? b) Evaluations and decision on the best suited Content Management System(CMS) c) Content updates: How best can it be made simpler for all volunteers involved d) Online meetings transcripts-how can they be captured and the minutes published online like ICANN does - The idea? We want to those that cast doubts about us NCUC that as a basis of belittling our processes. e) Membership-perhaps members would like a login where can go to and update their details, such as region, organisation type, category, and own underway initiatives and the status (perhaps a web page where reports their successes, needs and challenges - my example? We are almost done translating 'Top 10 Myths..' into Kiswahili Prof. Kimani Njogu is editing the version by our member Grace Mutungu and its read great! :) ... ... All: re-double volunteer contributions to the EC for implementation. We will develop a great "bottom-up" information and communication framework based on a policy framework. regards, Alex On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > hi, > > Does this mean I should unvolnteer until we have a new EC? > > a. > > On 12 Sep 2009, at 14:17, Alex Gakuru wrote: > >> I just looked up our Charter >> >> 2(3). Organization and Structure: >> >> "The Executive Committee, directed by the Chair, shall be responsible >> for the administration of the Constituency, including arrangements for >> meetings, website communications, listserv, and teleconferences...." >> >> Just wondering if we could task the new EC to prioritize development >> of a broader "ICT Policy" soonest after they assume office? >> >> regards, >> >> >> Alex >> >> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> On 12 Sep 2009, at 10:44, Carlos A. Afonso wrote: >>> >>>> I am ready to help draft a project if some more people volunteer to help >>>> and we could try and seek funds for it (could ISOC/PIR fund it?) -- if >>>> people agree my suggestion (and my "weird" opinion on monetizers) makes >>>> sense, of course. >>> >>> >>> count me as a volunteer. >>> >>> there are a fair number of FOSS possibilities, but as anyone who has >>> worked >>> with FOSS options eventually learns, FOSS is not free it either requires >>> either sweat equity or hired help. >>> >>> so i can help with writing funds applications, but will also help, to the >>> extent of my abilities, with investigating and setting up the FOSS >>> options >>> while waiting for deliverance from people with funding. I will, shortly >>> have a fair amount of volunteer time that was dedicated to gnso council >>> chair activities (averaging about 30 hours/week for anyone who >>> contemplates >>> such a role) that i can dedicate some part of to this task. >>> >>> as for the principle of not giving my info to those who collect it for >>> data >>> mining, it is a personal weakness (i use a google phone and gmail and >>> twitter and ... after all) but i have already given up on that from a >>> personal perspective (i use a google phone and gmail and twitter and ... >>> after all). i tend to think we need to worry about the laws that let >>> them >>> use it as opposed to their abilities to collect it. but i have no issue >>> with helping others avoid the surrender i have already made. >>> >>> and apologies if i insulted anyone by mentioning that if they had the >>> time >>> for the role they had the time for ... >>> >>> a. >>> >> >