Dear Poncelet,

Thank you for your confidence. Unfortunately I can't really spare the
time, and also it would not be good to have both Chair and Vice Chair
from the same country let alone the same organization, so I'll have to
decline.

Sincerely,

Tapani

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 12:10:43PM +0000, Poncelet Jokkolabs Banjul (pileleji@jokkolabs.co) wrote:
>
> Thanks for the historical perspective Tapani,
>
> Based on your experiences,  I wish to nominate you as Vice Chair for NPOC
> if you will accept it, having served as chair of NCSG your experience will
> be very important to help guide our policy chair just nominated.  I hope
> you accept Tapani.
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> *Poncelet O. Ileleji*
> *Jokkolabs Banjul -  Lead*
> *Sait Matty Road, Bakau, Adjacent to Swedish Consulate*
> *KMC, The Gambia*
> *P O Box 4496 Bakau,KMC, The Gambia*
> *Skype: pons_utd*
> *Tel Direct Office: +220 4495115*
>
> *Tel Mobile/Whatsapp: +220 9912508*
> *www.jokkolabs.net* <http://www.jokkolabs.co>
>
> *LinkedIn: Jokkolabs Banjul*
> *Facebook: Jokkolabs Banjul*
> *Twitter: @jklBanjul*
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 12:06 PM Tapani Tarvainen via Npoc-discuss <
> npoc-discuss@icann.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Poncelet,
> >
> > On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 11:24:47AM +0000, Poncelet Jokkolabs Banjul via
> > Npoc-discuss (npoc-discuss@icann.org) wrote:
> >
> > > I have not seen it in NCUC or NCSG before of former EC members going
> > > for a lower position after serving as Chair.
> >
> > For historical accuracy:
> >
> > In NCSG several former chairs have served in NCSG EC as well as in the
> > Council (indeed some do right now, Robin Gross in the EC and Stephanie
> > Perrin in the Council unless I'm mistaken).
> >
> > In NCUC at least David Cake was Chair earlier and AP representative
> > later and Rafik Dammak was NCUC's policy committee representative
> > after being NCUC Chair.
> >
> > > let newer members run
> >
> > Absolutely agreed here, everybody willing should run.
> >
> > But now we're only nominating candidates, election comes later.
> >
> > And it is definitely good governance and good for democracy to have
> > several candidates for voters to choose from.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Tapani Tarvainen
_______________________________________________
Npoc-discuss mailing list
Npoc-discuss@icann.org
https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss
_______________________________________________
By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.