<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Chair,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Can peters concerns be addressed for the sake of transparency?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am 50/50 on this at the moment.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Noah</div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 Jul 2017 1:14 a.m., "Peters Omoragbon" <<a href="mailto:petersomoragbon@gmail.com">petersomoragbon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">Dear All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">I believe it is right for us to be very conscientious in all our dealings for posterity.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">I suspect a form of collusion here and attempts by some vested powers to push the individual membership down the throats of AFRALO even when their values to AFRALO has yet to be fully explained and accepted by the GA.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">At the Conference call, did the house direct Mr. Aziz to call for a vote on this particular subject? If no, why would Mr. Aziz use his office to want to stampede us into taking a decision in a hurry?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">I have raised a fundamental issue that borders on legitimacy by asking the Chairman to inform the house where and when the ALAC took the decision giving us the ultimatum? Since when has ALAC been directing RALOS to adopt rules of procedures even when it is detrimental to the collective interest of the entire group?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">This is the game plan: The issue of tenure which has generated some level of interest amongst members may at the long run disadvantaged some members that have always occupied one position or the other in AFRALO and others who want to also copy and act in like manner. And their ALS may also not be ready to continue to support their representation at AFRALO as they may want to elect new officers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">As a result, these same set of individuals wants to rush the Individual membership as a ploy to ensure their continued relevance and calling the shots in AFRALO through this medium. This is controlling AFRALO by proxy.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">I cherish experience in anything we do but I am opposed to the sit-tight-syndrome that has become the bane of African leaders in every ramification. Coupled with this is the Praise singers syndrome so as to curry favour of the Cabal within AFRALO. This cannot be allowed.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">We have to first agree to a vote before mandating the Chairman to call for same. It is not the Chairman nor any elected official that dictate to the House, it is the house that should ask the chairman.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">This call is premature, irrespective of the number of people that are rushing to support the proposal-which to me is premeditated. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">The big question is: WHEN WAS IT DECIDED THAT THE CHAIRMAN SHOULD CALL A VOTE ON INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP? I want both the General Secretary and Chairman to as a matter responsibility answer my question. They are elected to respond to our queries. I demand answer with the same speed that you are all casting your votes now. So Mr. Aziz and Ms Kiden do respond to my question</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">Posterity is always a good judge of all that we do now and thereafter.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large">Thank you.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_9053934565482252872gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Pastor Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON<br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Financial Secretary, Central Association of Nigerians in the United Kingdom-CANUK<br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Executive President/CEO-Nurses Across the Borders-<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>An NGO in Special </i>Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nati<span></span>ons-ECOSOC<span></span></span></span><br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Designated Contact Person-United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-<i>UNFCCC</i><br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>International Liaison Officer-Nigerian Nurses Charitable Association-NNCA-UK<br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Board Member-Conference of NGOS in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations-CONGO<br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-<font color="#9900ff">Member Steering Committee Regional Committee for Africa-CONGO<br></font></font></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#9900ff"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>General Secretary, Civil Society Network of NGOs on Climate Change<br></font></font></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#9900ff"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Fellow Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers-ICANN<br></font></font></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#9900ff"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Fellow Open Society Institute-Budapest</font></font></font></font></b></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="elided-text">On 16 July 2017 at 22:19, Fatimata Seye Sylla <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fsylla@gmail.com" target="_blank">fsylla@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="elided-text"><div dir="ltr">I hereby support the individual membership as stipulated in the mentioned recommendation.<div><br></div><div>Warm greetings,</div><div>Fatimata</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="m_9053934565482252872h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 16 juillet 2017 à 20:04, Aziz Hilali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr</a>></span> a écrit :<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45259"></div><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45296"><font size="1" id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_48922"><English><br><br>Dear Members,<br><br>As per the information shared during our monthly call, It is been brought to our attention by the ALAC Chair that as per the first ALAC review requirements and the current At-Large Review (on-going) recommendations, the RALOs are tasked with ensuring individual membership. Therefore we need to get this particular item completed with.<br><br>As you may recall during the General Assembly in Johannesburg, this particular recommendation of the working group gained traction but we could not formerly record it due to other recommendations and time constraints. In view of this, I suggest we separate this recommendation on individual membership which already gained traction and pass that now to comply with At-Large reviews requirements.<br><br>For reference, below is the link to the latest version of the "Individual Membership » recommendation distributed in Johannesburg:<br><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Individual+Membership+-+AFRALO+ROP+Review" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/di<wbr>splay/AFRALO/Individual+Member<wbr>ship+-+AFRALO+ROP+Review</a><br><br>Item 7 of the recommendation currently reads as follows:<br><font color="#cd232c" id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_51053">The individual membership issue will be reviewed in 2019 to reconsider their rights and duties of unaffiliated members in light of the 2018 experience. <br id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_50760"></font>I propose to modify it in this way:<br>"The individual membership issue will be reviewed by or before 2 years after implementation to reconsider the rights and duties of unaffiliated members in light of experience gained during initial trial"<br id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_50758"> <br>I hereby, as AFRALO Chair, call for any objection to approving the conditions under which individual membership will be implemented as presented in the above recommendation.<br><br>Kindly provide your response within 72hrs<br><br>Best regards</font></div><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45296" dir="ltr"><font size="1">Aziz HILALI<br>AFRALO Chair</font></div><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45296" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:x-small">---------------------------</span><br></div><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45296" dir="ltr"><font size="1" id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_48920"><br><French><br><br>Chers membres,<br><br>D'après les informations partagées lors de notre téléconférence mensuelle, le président de l’ALAC a attiré notre attention sur le fait que les RALO sont appelés à accepter les adhésions individuelles, et ce suivant les exigences de la première revue de l’ALAC et les recommandations de la revue actuelle d’At-Large, Par conséquent, nous devons finir ce point particulier sans plus tarder.<br><br>Comme vous le savez, lors de l’assemblée Générale à Johannesburg, cette recommandation du groupe de travail a été approuvée, mais nous n’avions pas pu l’officialiser à cause du fait que toutes les recommandations étaient dans un même document et que le temps ne nous a pas permis de les finir toutes. Pour cela, je suggère que nous séparons cette recommandation sur l’adhésion individuelle pour se conformer avec les exigence des revues d’At-Large.<br><br>Pour référence, voici le lien de la toute dernière version distribuée à Johannesburg de la recommandation relative à l’adhésion individuelle:<br><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Individual+Membership+-+AFRALO+ROP+Review" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/di<wbr>splay/AFRALO/Individual+Member<wbr>ship+-+AFRALO+ROP+Review</a><br><br>Le point 7 de la recommandation dit:<br><font color="#cd232c" id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_50961">La question des droits et devoirs des membres individuels sera réexaminée en 2019 au vue de l’expérience de 2018.<br id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_50889"></font>Je propose de le modifier pour devenir:<br>«La question des droits et devoirs des membres individuels sera réexaminée 2 ans après la mise en oeuvre (ou avant) au vue de l’expérience de la période d’essai».<br><br>En ma qualité de Président d’AFRALO, je demande s’il y a des objections pour l’approbation des conditions sous lesquelles l’adhésion individuelle sera appliquée comme présenté dans la recommandation mentionnée. <br><br>Prière répondre dans les 72 heures.</font></div><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45296" dir="ltr"><font size="1"><br></font></div><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45296" dir="ltr"><font size="1">Cordialement</font></div><span class="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45296" dir="ltr"><font size="1">Aziz Hilali</font></div><div id="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414m_6156951055522557195yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500231609173_45296" dir="ltr"><font size="1">AFRALO Chair</font></div><span></span><div></div></font></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span class="m_9053934565482252872HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div class="m_9053934565482252872m_561379712618493414gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Fatimata Seye Sylla<br>ICT4D, Education & Genre<br><br> </div>
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