[kictanet] board members - Procedure for appointment?

David Sparrow Malaba sdmalaba at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 13 10:53:40 EAT 2007


Dear Alex,
ICT is wide and the most important sub-sectors need
representation on the board.. not criticizing though!!

Thanks
MalabaS. David 
Computer Society of Kenya



--- Lucy Kimani <lkimani at comnews.co.ke> wrote:

> Barrack,
> 
> True that, but while we acknowledge that the
> industry and CCK have been
> talking for a while now, and do have a cosy thing
> going, we agreed on this
> forum that the Consumer has been missing from the
> table. What I would have
> been happy to see was a  strong consumer advocate,
> and while it may not
> necesarily be Alex, at least somebody who can
> clearly be identified as the
> consumer advocate should have been included on the
> ICT Board.
> 
> Richard Bell - TESPOK
> Catherine Adeya - Coordinator of KICTANet (Kenya ICT
> Action Network).
> Peter Kimacia - Chief Executive of ICTvillage.com
> Kevit Desai - ICT Federation
> Kiptiness from CCK.
> 
> My pesa nane...
> 
> LK
> 
> > I agree with Walu, i urge those who not appointed
> including walu to
> > keep up with the good work they are doing for the
> sector the real
> > leaders at times are always in the audience
> >
> > On 8/11/07, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >> Lizette,
> >>
> >> FE's contribution to ICT in Kenya is quite
> exceptional and
> >> outstanding.  However, when it comes to sitting
> on
> >> non-elective boards, other factors tend to
> override.
> >>
> >> The legislation (Gazette Notice) for the Kenya
> ICT board
> >> and other similar boards accross the world leaves
> the
> >> search and appoint procedures at the pleasure of
> the
> >> President and his respective minister. Now, in a
> market
> >> with excessive ICT and related talent like Kenya,
> one can
> >> only understand if some qualified members miss
> out
> >> (including me maybe? ;-)
> >>
> >> Nevertheless, what matters is if the new board
> can deliver
> >> the anticipated benefits within reasonable
> timeframes. And
> >> I believe the six or seven of them will not
> succeed without
> >> the input the likes of FE et al.
> >>
> >> walu.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Lizette Kraft <lfkraft at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Congratulations to all the Board members!!
> >> >
> >> > On the other hand, It's amazing how Dr.
> Florence Etta was
> >> > not given the
> >> > opportunity to be nominated and/or participate
> on the
> >> > Board!!!  As one of
> >> > the key founders of KICTANET and the name and
> having
> >> > contributed
> >> > extensively to ICT as a whole in everyway!!!! 
> Have we
> >> > forgotten so fast!!!
> >> > With no disrespect intended to anyone, but I
> must ask -
> >> > Is this the Kenyan
> >> > way of doing things???  I am sure most of you
> will agree
> >> > that at least
> >> > Florence should have been nominated or asked to
> >> > participate as a board
> >> > member. It was then upto her to decide if she
> was
> >> > interested to or not, and
> >> > of course then, the voting or whatever would
> have been
> >> > done to determine the
> >> > members, or so I would think.  Is this what
> everyone
> >> > agreed to?? would be
> >> > good to know.
> >> >
> >> > Sorry but its always hard for people to be
> upfront,
> >> > truthful and bold enough
> >> > to ask and I think it's only fair to raise
> this. What
> >> > method
> >> > was used to select the board members??? 
> Important for
> >> > all to be informed.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks to all
> >> > best regards
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 8/10/07, Rebecca Wanjiku
> <rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > in case you were wondering who are the other
> board
> >> > members, here the names
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > The other members are:
> >> > > Richard Bell
> >> > > Catherine Adeya
> >> > > Peter Kimacia
> >> > > Kevit Desai
> >> > > Kiptiness from CCK.
> >> > >
> >> > > Getting a board nowadays is very difficult as
> you must
> >> > take into account
> >> > > many issues. I hope we got the bast here.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Tel. 254 720 318 925
> >> > >
> >> > > blog:http://beckyit.blogspot.com/
> >> > >
> >> > > ------------------------------
> >> > > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please?
> Perfect. Join
> >> > Yahoo!'s user
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
>
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> >> > lay it on us.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
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> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Lizette Kraft
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