[kictanet] ICANN Nom-Com overlooks Africans in 2009 Appointments

[waudo siganga]

Conrad is right. I am sorry I overlooked the ALAC position that went to
Dave. Indeed the position had been reserved for Africa.

And Nnenna is also right about competence being the key consideration.
The problem in Africa is that there is usually not an effective outreach
program ny Nom_Com, ICANN or even stakeholders to find well qualified
candidates. It is just lucky that ICANN rules reserve some slots for
Africa in pursuance of the Geographic Diversity requirements. All the
same we badly need more Africans in there. We need especially another
person on the Board beyond the diversity requirement.
Waudo
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:45 -0500, "Nnenna Nwakanma" <nnenna at nnenna.org>
wrote:
> > I like to think that Mauritius is in Africa. Ergo Africa is represented in
> > the name of Dave Kissoondoyal
> 
> Same here.  In fact, there were 23 European Statements of Interest  
> received and I do not see anybody from the European Union..
> 
> That one too cries out loud if judgments were to be made on  
> continental basis.  But I do believe that competence should be valued  
> above every/any other considerations
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Nnenna
> 
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