[AFRI-Discuss] [AFRALO-Internal] Stepping Down and a Nomination for AfRALO Chair position

Fri May 3 11:41:44 UTC 2019

Dear all 

Please note that I also support the follow nominations in addition to Seun’s Chair nomination

Abdulkarim for Nomcom delegate

Aziz for Vice Chair and 

Dave for ALAC Rep.

Best

Beran

> On May 2, 2019, at 9:56 PM, omar at isoc.ly wrote:
> 
> I totally agree with Mr. Abdulkarim , Just to assure that new comers to leadership responsibility will have an experienced person packing them
> 
> Good luck to all candidates
> 
> Omar
> 
> 
> On 2019-05-01 05:30, ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> Seun has given a convincing reason why Aziz would be a very good
>> candidate as the Vice Chair.
>> I have also spoken to some other leaders of this community who told me
>> how much Aziz as contributed to this community especially when ICANN
>> meetings were held in Morocco.
>> Based on this I am convinced and I hope I can convince us all to
>> support Aziz Hilali to be the Vice-Chair of AFRALO.
>> We really need people like him to give a balance and learn from his
>> experience.
>> Abdulkarim
>> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 9:56 AM Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hello Pastor Peters, Members
>>> Thank you for your mail, I just like to touch on one thing; as much
>>> as I appreciate your support for my nomination, I would hope that
>>> it's not made on the condition that you've stated; the reason why
>>> each of us serve and leave varies at various times (and some may be
>>> personal reasons) but it ultimately should be up to you and all the
>>> other ALSes to decide on whether to elect/return a nominee, so long
>>> as the person is not term limited.
>>> I certainly value bringing in new folks(and have always make effort
>>> to encourage that), but I also appreciate the importance of not
>>> loosing the active old folks as well hence we need to always try to
>>> have that balance. I have seen that the Vice Chair position is now
>>> contested and I am sure either of the nominee will serve our RALO
>>> very well and I encourage voters to put into consideration the
>>> importance of having a balance of experience on the leadership.
>>> Finally, there are various open leadership positions, I will support
>>> whoever is elected/declared by the ALS majority. We should not be
>>> "schooled" by non AFRALO members on diversity as we know and have
>>> diversity in us in various forms but I hope that we as AFRALO will
>>> continue to ensure that our diversity remains our strength
>>> irrespective of the form of diversity that we have decided to have
>>> on our leadership.
>>> Regards
>>> Sent from my mobile
>>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2019, 21:56 peters omoragbon,
>>> <petersomoragbon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Fellow Comrades,
>>> Let me congratulate Bashir for his bold initiative to decline the
>>> allure and pecks of office and power to step down as chair of AFRALO
>>> without the sit- tight mentality of African Leaders, AFRALO not
>>> insulated as could be gleaned over the years.
>>> This is reminiscent of Nelson Mandela of South Aftica.
>>> Having said that, I also commend your choice of a successor which
>>> deviate from the old tradition of recycling of AFRALO leadership
>>> within the region. Your decision is a demonstration of your
>>> foresight to introduce new breeds into the affairs of AFRALO. As a
>>> region we should be dynamic and move with the trends of
>>> civilization. Though Seun has served in ALAC but considering his
>>> years in ICANN he has done much.
>>> It is for the above reasons that Nurses Across the Borders will be
>>> supporting the nomination of the following people as nominated but
>>> with strong reservation for an Aziz Vice Chairmanship after
>>> completing two tenures and to now step lower to vie for or accept
>>> any nomination of Vice chairman. Aziz is my friend but I would urge
>>> him to decline the nomination and give room for others to occupy. I
>>> have always been very Frank and objective to issues. If we want
>>> AFRALO to be all inclusive and all participatory, we should expand
>>> the leadership front and encourage new leaders to emerge. That is
>>> how we can be strengthened and empowered. We cannot be using the
>>> same people all year round and expect a different output or
>>> achievement from them.
>>> I do hope that Seun if elected would honourably do one tenure
>>> (having served twice as ALAC rep for AFRALO). This position is not
>>> different from the cause I raised in the ROP WG and at the General
>>> Assembly in South Africa. If other RALOs and ICANN structures are
>>> committing the same error, AFRALO can lead by example for others to
>>> emulate.
>>> I would still take the struggle to the ICANN Ombudsman to look at
>>> the leakages of the laws guiding ICANN activities in terms of
>>> electing leaders. Today the world largest democracy where ICANN is
>>> domiciled allows for ONLY two tenures for their Presidents. ICANN
>>> must represent such values.
>>> To this end I support the following nominations
>>> 1- Seun for the position of Chair of AFRALO
>>> 2- Vice-Chair position any other nomination
>>> 3- Abdulkarim  O., NomCom delegate
>>> 4- Dave Kissoondoyal to represent AFRALO to ALAC
>>> They have my support because they are a breathe of Fresh air to
>>> AFRALO. I hope they too will follow in Basjir"s footsteps.
>>> Congratulations in advance to you all.
>>> Pastor Peters Omoragbon
>>> Permanent UN Representative
>>> UNFCCC Designated Contact Person
>>> Fellow ICANN (since 2010)
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>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 18:37, Mohamed El Bashir
>>> <mbashir at mbash.net> wrote:
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