Dear AFRALO Family

You will agree with me that these are interesting times in the AFRALO Family.

I am proposing to @ICANN At-Large Staff to begin to prepare for a Meet the Cadidates Conference call for those vying for this position as was done for others.

It will be good for them to come address us and take questions from us to justify why any of them deserve our votes. 

Thank you.
Pastor Peters Omoragbon 

On Sat, 27 May 2023, 00:53 Remmy Nweke via AFRI-Discuss, <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

Dear AFRALO family,

May this meet you well.

Permit me to thank Raymond and Chokri for this nomination which I hereby accept to complete the term for our own dear Sarah Kiden who recently stepped aside as AFRALO representative to ALAC.

I look forward to bringing my Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experience and new media skills to bear on this ALAC assignment as always, with documented feedback and reports.

As you may recall, I am the pioneer and current team lead cum chairman of the AFRALO Newsletter Team which have been publishing since inception up to Volume 11 that we just concluded to share developing and success stories as it may affect and concern At-Large Structures (ALSes) on our continent of Africa and its membership.

It’s no longer news that the template for the AFRALO Newsletter was promptly developed by me soon after our emergence despite the varying challenges we face on the continent.

Do permit me to share my brief profile with you, as below.

Brief Profile: Remmy Nweke for ALAC Representative

REMMY NWEKE is the Lead Consulting Strategist at DigitalSENSE Africa, an ICANN-certified At-Large Structure (ALS) and a project of international multiple award-winning ITREALMS Media group, where he is the Group Executive Editor. Remmy was recently elected to the Board of Trustees (BoTs) of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) and currently, the Publicity Secretary, Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Nigeria and chairman, Awareness and Sensitisation Committee, Nigerian Content Consultative Forum on Information and Communications Technologies (NCCF-ICT) Sectoral Working Group.

At DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA), Remmy leads a team that hosts several industry stakeholders since 2009 to the impressive Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), IPv6 Roundtable, ITREALMS' E-Waste Dialogue and Digital Rights Series by DSA.

A dynamic member at AFRALO and ALAC monthly calls, Remmy has been an active player on development of our AFRICANN Statements that we advance at every pre-ICANN meeting and a member of the 2023 AFRALO General Assembly Organising Committee, where he has brought his ICT event planning and project management to bear.

Dependable member and former Executive Director, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) Remmy served as the chairman, Publicity at NIRA and on various committees including the Establishment and Finance, Accreditation as well as promoted the institutionalization of NIRA House and pioneered the NIRA Media College during his term on the board, among other initiatives, with collaboration of Executive Board of Directors (EBoD).

An active founding member of the Multistakeholders Advisory Group (MAG) of Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), Remmy, is a member of ALAC and AFRALO Outreach and Engagement Committee respectively and a former NPOC Representative to the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG-Finance Committee) at the Generic Name Supporting Organisation (GNSO), equally is the chairman, Communications and Advocacy at IPv6 Council Nigeria.

Remmy, the immediate past Vice President, African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS), holds MA in Contemporary Diplomacy from University of Malta with background in new media journalism with over 25 years’ experience in Nigeria and global ICT industry, crowned with several professional awards including the prestigious Highway Africa News Agency (HANA) African Journalist of the Year, Africa Siemens Profile Awards, African Information Society Awards to name but a few.

Remmy’s stakeholders’ membership interest cuts across the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG); Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC), AFRALO in addition as a team member of the NomCom Implementation Review Working Group (NomComIRWG), Internet Society (ISOC) Nigeria, Language Services Working Group on ICANN website document translation; Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service (RDS); Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability [CCWG-ACCT] [Ws2-hr] HR subgroup.

A former member of the NIRA Constitution Review Committee as well as ISOC Nigeria Chapter Constitution Review Committee among others, Remmy is an Online Personality (OP). He is the pioneer Publicity Secretary, Open-Source Foundation for Nigeria (OSFON) and the National Coordinator, Media Centre Against Child Malnutrition (MeCAM), pioneer Secretary, Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (Lagos branch). Additionally, Remmy is the author of industry books not limited to "A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria, the award-winning series, Sagacity of a digital revolution, Role of Nigeria in Peace Keeping in West Africa" to name a few.

As an Associate Member (Patron), Nigeria Red Cross, Remmy is also an Associate (Patron | Lt. Col), Man of Order and Discipline (MoD). He was admitted into the Knight of Saint Mulumba in 2022, and Leads, Cyber Rights Advocacy Coalition (West Africa). Further, Remmy, a former Chairman of Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU Lagos branch), is lead representative of ADU to the Association of Anambra State Development Unions (AASDU) in Lagos.

Remmy pledges to collaborate with AFRALO colleagues, especially representatives to ALAC, to deepen AFRALO engagement that will be mutually beneficial to our membership. So, a vote for me will make this a reality and uphold the tenets of AFRALO we all will be proud of.

Please find my Statement of Interest (SOI) here.

Thank you and God bless you.

Remmy Nweke

Remmy Nweke

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On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 5:21 PM Raymond Mamattah via AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

Hello AFRALO community,


I would like to nominate Remmy Nweke as the ALAC member to replace Sarah. We can all testify to the great impact and contributions Remmy has been making in the AFRALO community till now.  He has been the Editor for the AFRALO newsletter since its inception among others.


He has shown commitment to the course of AFRALO which is undoubted.  I believe he will do well if he is given the chance to be an ALAC member.


I hope he will accept this nomination.


Regards,

Raymond Mamattah
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Accra, Ghana 


On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 5:28 PM ICANN At-Large Staff via AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

*La version française est en dessous de la version anglaise*

 

Dear All, 

 

On behalf of the AFRALO Leadership, we are announcing the start of the call for nominations for the AFRALO Interim ALAC Representative position that is available due to the resignation of Sarah Kiden. This is an interim position with a term starting immediately upon selection through the end of the 2024 AGM. 

 

AFRALO Selection Timetable for 2023

  • 24 May 2023 - Announcement of call for nominations and Nominee's Statement.
  • 24 May - 7 June - Nomination period (nominations accepted for 10 working days). 
  • 14 June 2023 - Deadline for nomination acceptances
  • 19 June 2023 - 21 June 2023 (TBC) - Call with the candidates if desired by AFRALO.
  • 26 -30 June 2023 - Elections (If required, elections will begin no later than one week after the deadline for nomination acceptances and end no later than two weeks after that deadline). 
  • 30 June 2023 - Newly elected ALAC Member shall be seated immediately upon selection given the vacant position. 

 

Please note that nominations, including self-nominations, must be made directly to the  afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org list. Any current subscriber to this list can make nominations.

 

Nominators must also post the nomination at the directly on the 2023 AFRALO Interim ALAC Representative Selection workspace, or by sending a mail to At-Large staff.

 

Additional details may be found on the 2023 AFRALO Interim ALAC Representative Selection workspace.

 

Kind regards,

At-Large Staff

 

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Chers tous,

Au nom de la direction d'AFRALO, nous annonçons le début de l'appel à candidatures pour le poste de représentant intérimaire d'ALAC d'AFRALO qui est disponible en raison de la démission de Sarah Kiden. Il s'agit d'un poste intérimaire dont le mandat commence immédiatement après la sélection jusqu'à la fin de l'AGA 2024.

Calendrier de sélection AFRALO pour 2023

• 24 mai 2023 - Annonce de l'appel à candidatures et déclaration du candidat.

• 24 mai - 7 juin - Période de nomination (nominations acceptées pendant 10 jours ouvrables).

• 14 juin 2023 - Date limite d'acceptation des nominations

• 19 juin 2023 - 21 juin 2023 (à confirmer) - Appel avec les candidats si souhaité par AFRALO.

• 26 -30 juin 2023 - Élections (si nécessaire, les élections débuteront au plus tard une semaine après la date limite d'acceptation des candidatures et se termineront au plus tard deux semaines après cette date limite).

• 30 juin 2023 - Le membre de l'ALAC nouvellement élu sera assis immédiatement après sa sélection compte tenu du poste vacant.

Veuillez noter que les nominations, y compris les auto-nominations, doivent être faites directement à la liste afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org.

Tout abonné actuel à cette liste peut faire des nominations.

Les proposants doivent également publier la nomination directement sur l'espace de travail de sélection des représentants provisoires de l'ALAC AFRALO 2023, ou en envoyant un courrier au personnel d'At-Large.

Des détails supplémentaires peuvent être trouvés sur l'espace de travail 2023 AFRALO Interim ALAC Representative Selection.

 

Cordialment,

Personnel d'At-Large

 

 At-Large Staff

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