[AFRI-Discuss] Stepping down as ALAC Member

[Peters Omoragbon]

Dear AFRALO Family,
I am amused at the outpouring of emotions over the decision of our Dear
Sarah to step down as AFRALO Rep in ALAC.
Without being immodest and sounding insensitive, I do not actually think it
deserves the outpouring. She said she was stepping down on professional and
personal grounds and still remaining within the AFRALO Family, so why are
we mourning as if she has left for us for good?

Without prejudice to our individual freedom of expression, this patronizing
remonstrations within the family should cease. The bandwagon mentality is
not what we should engage our time on at this critical stage of AFRALO.
There are more serious issues confronting AFRALO, all of you are silent
over this but rather would want to be in the good books of the 'King
Makers' within AFRALO than challenge the status quo. That is hypocritical
to me. You may hate my guts for this but it is the truth which is bitter
anyway

That is my ten cents. No offense. Just being a realist.
I wish you all well. Looking forward to the GA in Ghana
Cheers,



*Pastor Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON*

*-Financial Secretary, Central Association of Nigerians in the United
Kingdom-CANUK*

*-Executive President/CEO-Nurses Across the Borders-An NGO in Special
Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations-ECOSOC*

*-Designated Contact Person-United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change-UNFCCC*

*-International Liaison Officer-Nigerian Nurses Charitable
Association-NNCA-UK*

*-Board Member-Conference of NGOS in Special Consultative Status with the
United Nations-CONGO*

*-Member Steering Committee Regional Committee for Africa-CONGO*

*-General Secretary, Civil Society Network of NGOs on Climate Change*

*-Fellow Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers-ICANN*
*-Fellow Open Society Institute-Budapest*


On Tue, 16 May 2023 at 22:51, Sarah T. Kiden via AFRI-Discuss <
afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

> Greetings AFRALO Colleagues,
>
> With this email, I would like to notify you that I am stepping down from
> my role as ALAC Member for personal and professional reasons. More
> information about this will be shared in due course.
>
> First and foremost, I am grateful to the AFRALO Community for believing in
> me and allowing us to learn about policy development together. Thank you
> for selecting me to join AFRALO Leadership. When I joined AFRALO Leadership
> in 2016, we had about 50 ALSes and zero individual members. Now, we have 68
> ALSes, over 15 individual members and 3 observers. We have over 40 people
> attending each monthly call and have contributed to policy processes in our
> region and beyond. Our digital infrastructure in Africa has also improved a
> lot! There is so much more we can do but we have grown and we have
> progressed.
>
> I take with me many good memories - from the Gumboot dancers at the
> Johannesburg General Assembly (GA) clad in our cultural outfits, to
> navigating a particular city looking for halal food, and being served one
> whole lamb per table in Morocco (😳 can you believe it?). These experiences
> allowed us to laugh about getting lost and our indecision, they allowed us
> to bond and chat about our families/professional lives beyond ICANN.
>
> I will always remain part of this community. Who knows where we might run
> into each other next? Until then, thank you so much, merci beaucoup!
>
> PS: The attached picture is from 2017 at the GA in Johannesburg, South
> Africa. This was the last time many of our community members were gathered
> in one place.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Sarah
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