As you've obviously noticed, my statement was not intended to the Council list but to the GNSO Secretariat whom I've understood will eventually compile the various statements. My apologies for that confusion and for any inconvenience. Mawaki --- Mawaki Chango <ki_chango@yahoo.com> wrote:
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:19:09 -0800 (PST) From: Mawaki Chango <ki_chango@yahoo.com> Subject: Statement of Interest, Mawaki Chango To: Council GNSO <council@gnso.icann.org>
Hi, Glen! I trust this finds you well, and thanks for your kind attention... I fist thought I would rather post my statement (message below) rather to the list just like every one (as it seemed), then things got a little confused with the different threads of discussion and issues... So in the mean time, I'm sending it to you, hopping it is okay! --------
In agreement with this proposal and Ross' approach, namely to have a mandatory and yet light-weight policy, this is my statement:
(start) I am currently a full-time Ph.D. student and Graduate Assistant, and I represent the Non-Commercial Users Constituency on the GNSO Council. In addition, I am involved in social activism through my participation in ACSIS (African Civil Society for Information Society), as ICT policy advocator, and advisor to the ACSISÂ’ President. Over the last five years, I have been involved as a consultant with UNESCO, the International Development Research Centre, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (Dakar), the Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo), and EvalNet (Johannesburg). I have never been involved in any business related to the distribution and operation of Internet resources. (end)
Thanks,
Mawaki