[Kictanet] Afrinic Nomination

[Brian Longwe]

Please support my nomination by sending an email to board- 
nomination at afrinic.net indicating you support me as a board candidate  
from the Eastern African region?

Regards,

Brian
ps. For those of you who are LIRs I hope I will have your vote in  
May ;-)

>
> AfriNIC Board Nomination form
>
>
> Nominated by (full Name): Brian Longwe
>
> Nominee (Full Name): Brian Longwe
> Organization (or affiliation): African Internet Service Providers  
> Association
> Physical address: P. O. Box 30054-00100, Nairobi, KENYA
> e-mail address: brian at pure-id.com
> Phone number: +254 722 5188744
> Fax number: +254 20 4452327
> Country and sub-region: Kenya, East Africa
>
> Brief statement explaining the candidate's background and  
> motivation (Not more than 500 words):
>
> Brian Longwe is the incumbent primary board member for the East  
> African region. Since election to the board in 2004, he has  
> participated with other Board member, the CEO and staff of AfriNIC  
> in bringing the organisation to gain full recognition as a Regional  
> Internet Registry by ICANN in April 2005. Prior to and since  
> gaining full recognition, AfriNIC has undergone a number of  
> significant changes, the most crucial being the transfer and  
> enrollment of members (LIRs) from other regional internet  
> registries and the establishment of an operational base, legal,  
> financial and administrative structures. At the moment the current  
> Board is in the process of establishing structures that will  
> facilitate better governance of the affairs of the organisation.  
> These range from the definition of various policies to the  
> establishment of a number of Board committees to better provide  
> support to the CEO and staff of the organisation in fulfilling the  
> mandate and objectives of the organisation.
>
> Brian Longwe serves a Chairman of one of the Board committees and  
> is a member on a number of others. It is his earnest wish that he  
> be allowed to continue in his service to the community in capacity  
> as Board member from the Eastern African region.
>
> Brian's long experience and involvement with AfriNIC ever since the  
> initial proposal in 1998 has helped the organisation grow into it's  
> current status. His 14 years of experience in information and  
> communications technologies institutions in various countries in  
> Africa has also helped him obtain a wide range of skills and  
> capacity which are of benefit to AfriNIC and the member community  
> as a whole. Brian has played a key role in Africa's Internet  
> industry over the past 10 years in the following organisations:
>
> - 1996-1997: Form-Net Africa: Nairobi, Kenya - Network Manager
>
> - 1997-1999: Mission Aviation Fellowship, Nairobi, Kenya -  
> Information Systems Manager
>
> - 1999-2005: ISPKenya Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya - Chief Technology Officer
>
> - 2001-2004: African Network Operator Group, Continental - Track  
> Leader, Instructor and member of organising Committe
>
> - 2002-Present: African Internet Service Providers Association,  
> Continental - General Manager
>
> - 2005-Present: InHand Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya - Chief Executive Officer
>
> I hereby request your support in my nomination and vote in the  
> election.
>
>
>
> Brian Longwe
>

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