[Npoc-discuss] Following Due Processes in Committee Positions at NPOC - My Statement

Thu Jun 28 16:48:29 UTC 2018

Martin,

I am happy, its the process, please take note I emphasized on the process,
that was my key comment, not about anything else Processes and Procedures.

Kind Regards

Poncelet

On 28 June 2018 at 17:21, Martin Pablo Silva Valent <mpsilvavalent at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I cannot celebrate more that fact we have several people willing to work
> on policy inside our leadership!!!! Welcome all! I am here to support and
> give you all the guidance and help I have to navigate this cryptic process.
>
> Poncelet, let’s focus on policy, regardless of who or what get elected to
> what. These motivated members need know we are all behind them, celebrating
> their presence. NPOC is not property of any of us, and if new people come
> and wanna do work, this is their space and I will defend their right to
> participate in the best platform we can offer them to onboard the NPOC
> ship.
>
> Cheers,
> Martín
>
>
>
> On 28 Jun 2018, at 10:40, Joan Kerr <joankerr at fbsc.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Poncelet,
>
> Thank you for the note.  I agree with the points of clarifications made
> previously by Tapani.
>
> To reiterate: at the members' session, a number of attendees expressed
> interest in participating in the Policy Committee.  The informal list of
> committee members was struck only to capture the names and create a list of
> participants.  The Policy Chair will of course oversee the formation of the
> committee.
>
> Thanks,
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 6:02 AM Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji at ymca.gm> wrote:
>
>> Dear NPOC Members,
>>
>> Good morning I please wish to write this email on following due processes
>> in all we do serving our constituency.  Am writing this in my current
>> capacity as Policy Chair for NPOC, which ends next week and am not
>> contesting again for that position.  As you all might have noticed I am,
>> consisting for the Chair position of NPOC in this our election cycle.
>>
>> However my point I wish to highlight is the selection and operation of a
>> Policy Committee which is coming in place before the election cycle is
>> over.  The two candidates for Policy Chair namely Remmy Nweke and David
>> Cake, am not certain they were consulted on the creation of a policy
>> committee prior to any of them taken up the position if elected as our
>> policy chair after the election cycle.
>>
>> Having spent 22 years of my professional life in an organisation the YMCA
>> which has existed globally since 1844 I know the values that due processes
>> in board selection and committee selection play, they don’t happen when an
>> incumbent term is not over and when a new person to chair a position has
>> not been elected infact I do not think it happens in any Not for Profit. As
>> a founding member organisation of NPOC I have not seen this happen before
>> since our existence as an ICANN Constituency or even in our sister
>> constituency NCUC.
>>
>> Based on the above even though I was informed by our Vice Chair about the
>> setup of a policy committee which is required by our charter and I tried to
>> reach out to members during my time as policy chair, it’s the process of
>> doing it that was not done rightly.  The process must involve the
>> incoming chair as he has to work with that committee.  My tenure ends
>> next week so I can’t have any input on this; however I feel due process was
>> not followed, probably it’s because it’s an election cycle season but I
>> leave members to use their own prerogative to judge.
>>
>> The members of this newly created  NPOC policy committee are not known
>> to me, I hardly have seen any of them in any policy meeting of NCSG PC as
>> observers, the main attendants of NCSG Policy meetings from NPOC are
>> myself, Juan, our councillor Martin and Sam La Franco and in some cases our
>> former Chair Klaus.
>>
>> Based on this fact with all due respect to members of this newly elected
>> NPOC Policy committee, who are you?  When have your association with
>> NPOC started?  Where is your Statement of Interest (SOI) as required by
>> ICANN in serving in any working group?  These are questions pertinent to
>> any serious organisation that believes in following due process.
>>
>> I leave you all to judge if the right processes where followed prior to a
>> new chair of Policy coming in?.  Let’s follow proper procedures /
>> processes and let those in this new Policy committee explain who they are?
>> when did their affiliation start with NPOC?, how long have they known and
>> understood ICANN processes as a true multi stake holder representative
>> organisation?  where bottom top approach is the procedure.  These are
>> relevant questions in moving NPOC forward we need to do things rightly?  I
>> will also like to know if any other committee within NPOC has been
>> constituted before their new Chairs come in after our election cycle.
>>
>> In Conclusion I will like to state I wish to be removed from the mailing
>> list of NPOC Policy committee created, as I strongly feel due process was
>> not followed as a new chair is coming in by next week and he should be the
>> right person to decide and advice on NPOC Policy direction and nominate
>> those who should serve with him in the policy committee from our membership
>> base.  This hastily constituted Policy committee  happening even prior
>> to our Charter review process been complete is not right at all and most
>> importantly new chairs are not yet in place  Its best to members to
>> decipher whether due process was followed or not.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>>
>> Poncelet
>>
>>
>> --
>> Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS
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Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS
Coordinator
The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio
MDI Road Kanifing South
P. O. Box 421 Banjul
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel: (220) 4370240
Fax:(220) 4390793
Cell:(220) 9912508
Skype: pons_utd

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