[governance] Second Candidate for co-coordinator Fouad Bajwa

Sun Nov 8 13:12:56 EST 2009

For those unfamiliar with the English language

"We have a" means, "we have received"/ "a name has been tendered"/ "a name
has been put forward", "we have received a nomination. The "we" is Ginger
speaking not as herself, but as the position she represents, as the on-going
IGC Coordinator.

Ginger put out the email announcing the position to replace Ian Peter, so it
is only natural that she will report to this forum whatever suggestions she
receives from us, "we", the members - "I will periodically announce
nominations that have been received". "We (the members) now have a second
candidate. When another gets suggested, then "we will have a third
candidate". You might want to nominate one yourself, in which case certainly
Ginger will say "we now have a third candidate".

But English aside, the call for nominations did state that nominations
should be sent directly to her - it there an issue over transparency with
that, you should have pointed it out a long time ago.

Regards,

Rui

2009/11/8 Eric Dierker <cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net>

>  Please tell us Ginger, where all this open and transparent process for the
> "we have a" taking place?  I am sorry but it sounds like a runner up in a
> beauty contest or the picking of a Pope.
>
> --- On *Sat, 11/7/09, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>
> Subject: [governance] Second Candidate for co-coordinator Fouad Bajwa
> To: "'governance at lists.cpsr.org'" <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
> Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 11:23 PM
>
>
> We have a second candidate for co-coordinator of the IGC caucus, Fouad
> Bajwa:
>
> Fouad Bajwa is an active member of the Civil Society from Pakistan,
> South Asia. Fouad is an active member of the IGC and was nominated by
> the IGC and elected by the UN as a member advisor of the IGF
> Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) in May 2008. He has been part of
> various ICT, FOSS and Philanthropic (Technology for Human Development)
> initiatives regionally and around the world. As a social innovator, he
> has been involved with various social enterprises and communities that
> help promote Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the
> Government, Private Sector and Civil Society with great relevance to
> the developing world. He is also widely recognized for his
> contributions as a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Evangelist and
> renowned in Pakistan and globally for his contributions towards
> promoting the Freedoms of use of Technology for Human Development.
>
> Fouad has advised and participated various regional and global
> Technology Access and Digital Inclusion campaigns for example one such
> involving the manufacturing of over one billion low-cost ultra mobile
> laptop computers running Free Software and their provision to one
> billion underprivileged people on planet that have yet to use or
> access computers and the Internet. This program was being carried out
> by the Gerry Morgan Foundation Canada where Fouad (Co-Founder) has
> been responsible for identifying and developing strategic global ICT4D
> partnerships to meet this goal and works mainly with the ICT community
> to identify programs.
>
> He was the Co-founder of the Free and Open Source Software Foundation
> and Community in Pakistan and initiated various programs for promoting
> FOSS in the country. In 2005, his programs trained over 7000 people
> and most notably women in use of Linux and respecting human intellect.
> 4800 Linux users were certified during this activity. Over half a
> million of Free Software CDs have been distributed all over Pakistan
> since then. In Pakistan, he currently leads the Linux Professional
> Institute LPI-Pakistan office and is a Team Lead for the Ubuntu Linux
> LoCo Team Pakistan and is a member of the Champions Network of the
> prestigious ICT Challenge & Award, the Stockholm Challenge.
>
> Fouad is a graduate in Computer Science and Information Technology and
> also carries a scholarship in Internet Governance from DiploFoundation
> and numerous fellowships in ICT4D & FOSS related policy, strategy,
> research and development activities. He also trains and consults
> organizations in other parts of world to design and implement ICT4D
> inclusion and access programs. His online profile can be accessed at:http://www.satc.pk/?q=node/14. Fouad is passionate about the
> participation of the developing world in Internet Governance issues
> and the multistakeholder dialogue between the IGF and ICANN.
>
>
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