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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi Seun,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks for paying such close attention…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>With respect to your first question re: 1net and CI, I can only point you to the following paragraph in Tom’s covering letter. I do know that only a few members of the CI community are currently closely following these discussions and fortunately several of those were directly involved in the NomCom process so there was likely internal communication between them concerning 1net during the NomCom selection process itself which of course, was not conducted on the open e-list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Having closely followed the organization of the upcoming meeting in Brazil, the NomCom</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>’</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>s<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>members added a codicil to their report, recommending that their selectees also be<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>charged with interfacing with the 1Net, an entity assisting with organizing the April 23-23<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>With respect to your second question, a very significant proportion of CI community members are from LDC’s, including some of the most active. With respect to the NomCom process, there were candidates from all continents (except Europe) including Laban Bagui, a Cameroonian currently living in South Africa (his bio is included in Tom’s) report. While he was unsuccessful in the process Cristian Berrio Zapata, a Columbian currently living in Brazil was a nominee. Charles Dhewa from Harare, Zimbabwe volunteered for and was randomly selected to be on the Nominating committee itself. (As an aside, could I call your attention to the just released special issue of the <a href="http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/current">Journal of Community Informatics on Community Informatics in Southern Africa</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Mike <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Seun Ojedeji [mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 14, 2014 3:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> michael gurstein<br><b>Cc:</b> discuss@1net.org; Adiel Akplogan; bestbits; Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus - IGC<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [discuss] Full Transparency of the Community Informatics Community<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:18 AM, michael gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would like to draw the attention of 1net and others to the full 12 year history and transparency (and depth, breadth and scope) of the Community Informatics community and perhaps of particular interest, the most recent processes for consensus agreement on the Community Informatics Declaration and the development of our NomCom process. <a href="http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/arc/ciresearchers" target="_blank">http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/arc/ciresearchers</a> .</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Not poking and definitely not attempting to judge on which is more transparent, but i quickly went through the archive from Dec through Jan and i saw about 3-4 mails relating to 1Net, (one was about the call which was first made on the 30th Dec and the rest were final report and response). I wonder what happened between the call and final report. I also note that the call was for nomination to represent CI, now i am wondering which of the stakeholders is actually CI.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I had mentioned this during the Giganet process(which received positive response) and i will say it again to CI; any organisation that intend to provide a global representation "on behalf" needs to be open and willing to ensure its nomination process is globally inclusive and not just within its memberships.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers!<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-- <br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#006600'>Seun Ojedeji,<br>Federal University Oye-Ekiti<br>web: </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#888888'><a href="http://www.fuoye.edu.ng" target="_blank">http://www.fuoye.edu.ng</a><br></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#006600'>Mobile: +2348035233535</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#888888'><br></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#006600'>alt email:<a href="http://goog_1872880453" target="_blank"> </a><a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@fuoye.edu.ng" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@fuoye.edu.ng</a></span></i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>