Full Name:        Alex Corenthin

1. Are you [or your organisation] a member of AfriNIC?

No

2. How many AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN meetings have you attended in the past 3 years?

I have attended all last Afrinic meetings ( Nairobi (May 2006)  and Mauritius (November 2006) Meetings
As host organisation, Afrinic 1 meeting in Dakar in May 2005

3. Which AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN mailing lists do you subscribe to/participate in?

afripv6-discuss
AfriNIC-announce
ccnso-members@icann.org
idn-pac@icann.org

4. Are you available for a 3-year term?

Yes 

5. Will you be available to travel and attend the board, and Members Meetings when needed?

Yes Indeed !

6. What Internet-related services does your organisation provide?

I'm  administrative contact of ccTLD .sn and provide domains names at country code level .sn

7. Why do you want to serve on the Board and what goals do you want to accomplish as a Board member?

I want to serve in the Afrinic Board to contribute in the promotion of this organisation inside Africa , helping as i can to define policies issues and strategy for the use of this organisation as an effective tool for the developement of African Continent, related of internet technology (IPv6, aggrégation, regionals IXP)

8. Do you have fiduciary experience? Please provide relevant information. This should include a description of the following: your professional qualifications for filling a Board seat, service on other boards, and time as an officer of a corporation:

Professor in technologies and computer networking in University Cheikh Anta Diop since 1981.
Head of Computer science departement of Ecole Superieure polytechnique (University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar) from 1990 to 2000.
Founder and President of ISOC Senegal (since 1999), organising many events under the ISOC umbrella
Member of the board of  Francophone institute of  Internet technologies (INTIF) since 1999
IT Director of Senegal Post Office Administration (2000-2004)
Member of IDN-PAC of Icann (since 2005)
Coordinator of IPv6Taskforce Senegal

Full Name:       Daniel Yakmut Inusa

1. Are you [or your organisation] a member of AfriNIC?

YES

  2. How many AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN meetings have you attended in the past 3 years?

TWO (2)

  3. Which AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN mailing lists do you subscribe
to/participate in?

AFRINIC-ANNOUNCE, ATLARGE, AFRISPA, ISOC, AFNOG, NGNOG.

  4. Are you available for a 3-year term?

YES

  5. Will you be available to travel and attend the board, and Members
Meetings when needed?

YES

  6. What Internet-related services does your organisation provide?

LAN, WAN AND WI-FI PROVIDING WEB ACCESS, E-MAIL SERVICE, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (LIBRARY DATABASE ACCESS), ONLINE ACEDEMIC REGISTRATION.

  7. Why do you want to serve on the Board and what goals do you want
to accomplish as a Board member?

I WILL WANT TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OFAFRINIC SO THAT I CAN PARTICIPATE IN PROMOTING AND PROPAGATING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION MOST ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST AFRICAN SUB REGION AND NIGERIA . AS A BOARD MEMBER MY GOAL WILL BE TO SEE THAT AS MANY HIGHER INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE REGION PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF AFRINIC.

  8. Do you have fiduciary experience? Please provide relevant information.  This should include a description of the following: your professional qualifications for filling a Board seat, service on other boards, and time as an officer of a corporation:

I AM A GRADUATE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ALSO JUST CONCLUDED MY POST-GRADUATE STUDIES IN BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS. I HAVE ATTENDED SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL FORAS WHERE INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED MATTERS WHERE DISCUSSED AND HAVE PARTICPATED FULLY IN MOST OF THESE DSICUSSIONS. I WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JOS ICT BOARD FOR OVER 2 YEARS, HAVE SERVED ALSO ON TECHINICAL BOARD OF THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES NETWORK. AS HEAD THE UNIVERSITY OF JOS NETWORK AND INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT, I HAVE CHAMPIONED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY NETWORK AND PROPAGATE THE GROWTH AND USE OF ICT AT THE UNIVERSITY. MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD I BELIEVE IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ME TO CONTRIBUTE ON THE BOARD OF AFRINIC.

 

Full Name:       Dr Yassin Mshana

1. Are you [or your organisation] a member of AfriNIC?

I BELONG TO THE "eTHINK-TANKTz" WHICH IS A VOLUNTARY GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS WHO PROMOTE AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ICT POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD and I AM GOING TO FORMALLY JOIN ISOC - NIGERIA CHAPTER ON MY RETURN TO ABUJA SOON AFTER EASTER HOLIDAYS.

2. How many AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN meetings have you attended in the past 3 years?

 I HAVE ATTENDED 5 MEETINGS: 4 MEETINGS AS A NOMINATED COUNCILLOR TO REPRESENT AFRICA REGION IN 2004/05 AND 1 MEETING (28TH ICANN MEETING- LISBOA) ON INVITATION TO PRESENT AT THE AFRICA REGIONALK WORKSHOP ON "THE WAY FORWARD WITH ICANN - AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE"

3. Which AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN mailing lists do you subscribe to/participate in?

 I BELONG TO THE < afrinic.net > LIST AND MANY OTHER LISTS DUE TO THE NATURE OF MY  VOLUNTARY ICT DEVELOPMENT WORK.

4. Are you available for a 3-year term?

 YES; MY CURRENT ENGAGEMENTS GIVE THAT FLEXIBILITY

5. Will you be available to travel and attend the board, and Members Meetings when needed?

 YES; I WILL BE AVAILABLE TRAVEL TO ATTEND ALL MEETINGS AS AND WHEN  NEEDED

6. What Internet-related services does your organisation provide?

ICT POLICY DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANISATIONAL  (BUSINESS) DEVELOPMENT

7. Why do you want to serve on the Board and what goals do you want to accomplish as a Board member?

 MY INSPIRATION IS CONTRIBUTE THROUGH THIS BOARD TOWARDS EQUITY, PROMOTION AND VISIBILITY OF AFRICAN REGION AND FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET-BASED ECONOMY. THIS ESPECAILLY IN PROVIDING AVENUE FOR THE MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES TO BE PART OF THE INTERNET PHENOMENON. 

8. Do you have fiduciary experience? Please provide relevant information. This should include a description of the following: your professional qualifications for filling a Board seat, service on other boards, and time as an officer of a corporation:

MY HIGHEST QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE: PhD IN ENGINEERING (1994), MSc IN TECHNOLOGY (1986) AND  MSc  (HONS) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

MOST RECENTLY  (YEAR 2005)I WAS PART OF THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE ICANN STRATEGIC PLAN, AS PART OF MY ROLE IN THE ccNSO COUNCIL.

MY PREVIOUS FIDUCIARY EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:

1: (YEAR 2006) WEST AFRICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORS ASSEMBLY (WATRA) AS A CONSULTANT: MY MAIN OUTPUT WERE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET FOR ECOWAS REGIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR APPROVAL BY THE ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE MEETING (EQUIVALENT OF THE BOARD).I WAS A CONSULTANT FOR THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER/SECRETARY - ABUJA, NIGERIA

2:  (YEAR 2003) UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO) - MALAWI: PREPARATION OF PROGRAMME CONCEPT FOR THE  MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION OF DISASTERS CAUSED NY ANNUAL FLOODS IN THE RIPARIAN OF THE ZAMBEZI RIVER VALLEY ( APPROX $400,000). I WAS A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT TO THE FAO -COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE - MALAWI

3: (YEAR 2000/02) GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT LEARNING NETWORK (GDLN) AT THE WORLD BANK INSTITUTE: MY OUTPUTS AS THE COORDINATOR AND ACTING DIRECTOR INCLUDED, 4-YEAR ROILING STRATEGIC PLAN, OPERATION PLAN AND THE  BUDGET (APPROX. $4MILLION). THIS INVOLVED THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET (INTRANET BASED) PROVISION OF DISTANCE LEARNING FACILITY  IN 3 CONTINENTS. I WAS A BOARD MEMBER (TANZANIA)

4: (YEAR 1999/2000) AFRICAN VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY (AVU) PROJECT. AS THE FIRST MANAGER AT THE AVU SITE IN TANZANIA I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 4-YEAR STRATEGIC & OPERATION AND BUDGET FOR THE ACTION PLAN.

5: MY BOARD ROOM EXPERIENCE STARTED SINCE 1987 WHILE TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM IN TANZANIA WHERE I SAT IN THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING OF A SISTER UNIVERSITY.

Full Name:       Kamal Okba

1. Are you [or your organisation] a member of AfriNIC?

Yes

2. How many AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN meetings have you attended in the past 3 years?

5 Afrinic Meeting

3. Which AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN mailing lists do you subscribe to/participate in?

Both mailing lists

4. Are you available for a 3-year term?

Yes, I'am available

5. Will you be available to travel and attend the board, and Members Meetings when needed?

Yes

6. What Internet-related services does your organisation provide?

Internet Access

7. Why do you want to serve on the Board and what goals do you want to accomplish as a Board member?

I want to Serve in the board to help the community to benefit with my 14 years Internet experience.

As a board member, I want to help the CEO in strategic issues to let Afrinic managed as a private firm, performing good result and serving the full Internet community in Africa

8. Do you have fiduciary experience? Please provide relevant information.

Yes. I've been managing the Internet Branch of Maroc Telecom for 4 years and now and managing all the Moroccan South Region.

Full Name:       Pierre Dandjinou

1. Are you [or your organisation] a member of AfriNIC?

My Organisation No; Myself yes

2. How many AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN meetings have you attended in the past 3 years? 

I attended all AfriNIC meetings and practically all of ICANN's in the past 3 years. I still have to attend other RIRs' meetings.

3. Which AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN mailing lists do you subscribe to/participate in? 

Board@Afrinic.net
Afrinic-discuss@Afrinic.net
Rir-boards@nro.net
Alac@icann.org
Africann@afrinic.net

4. Are you available for a 3-year term?

YES

5. Will you be available to travel and attend the board, and Members Meetings when needed?

YES

6. What Internet-related services does your organisation provide?

UNDP is a worldwide network of interconnected national offices which heavily depend on IP addresses management; hence, UNDP is a major IP consumer and a client for local Internet registries.

7. Why do you want to serve on the Board and what goals do you want to accomplish as a Board member?

I have been a Board member for the last three years and was regularly appointed as the Chair. While under my steersmanship AfriNIC has been established as both a performing registry and one of the first Africa based Internet resource management authority, I still feel more has to be done. For instance, AfriNIC still need to consolidate its foundations, deepen the confidence of its constituencies and broaden its community of users. After our first three year of operation which largely benefited from assistance from three national countries, we will now have to run an autonomous business which demonstrates soundness, quality of services while altogether contributing to the global challenges of policy making for the governance of the internet. 

Indeed, policy development is one of the key activities of a registry and AfriNIC will need a Board which understands the issues and is able to strategize for an effective African positioning. I feel I could contribute to the next phase of consolidation and expanding AfriNIC operation with the experience gained from these last ten years as one of the Internet development pioneer of the continent. AfriNIC will need to strengthen its relationship with other institutions and the African regional and continental organizations in a view to be fully integrated as part and parcel of the African Internet environment, especially at the aftermath of the WSIS and the current internet governance debates; thus, it will have to take its share in the overall development of the Internet in Africa. My current job with the UN, my experience as a policy advisor, my involvement in many Internet related activities both at regional and international levels, and my full bilingualism can still be le veraged on to take AfriNIC to greater spheres.

Lastly, I am strongly in favor of an advisory body, the members of which would be chosen according to their intrinsic values and skills, their overall experience in RIR's matters and their 'policy /strategy advice capacity. This will deepen AfriNIC's efficiency and sustainability, and if elected for another term, I will seek to establish such a body. 

8. Do you have fiduciary experience? Please provide relevant information .

This should include a description of the following: your professional qualifications for filling a Board seat, service on other boards, and time as an officer of a corporation:

I graduated as an engineer in computer science ( Sorbonne University ; and Arts & Metiers, P aris, France) and have assumed responsibilities which placed me at the fore front of the Internetworking development both locally and internationally. As such, I have been appointed on many boards and advisory bodies these last years including:

• the African Internet group (AIG), 1998-2000
• ICANN (as a member of the At large Advisory committee (ALAC) 2004-2007, and currently a member of the President's strategic committee);
• the Public Internet Registry (PIR) which manages the dot ORG; 2005 -2006
• ISOC Chapter , Benin ; 2000-
• Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI); 2004-2006
• PANOS (West and central Africa ) , 2006 -2007
• AfriNIC, 2005-2007

Full Name:        Rachida Jouhari


1. Are you [or your organisation] a member of AfriNIC? :

No

2. How many AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN meetings have you attended in the past 3 years? : 1

3. Which AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN mailing lists do you subscribe to/participate in?:

rpd
africann@afrinic.net
afnog@afnog.org
afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org
gtf-icann@listes.francophonie.org

4. Are you available for a 3-year term?:

Yes, I'm

5. Will you be available to travel and attend the board, and Members Meetings when needed?

Yes, I will

6. What Internet-related services does your organisation provide?

My organisation is the governmental authority of the ICT sector in Morocco. It provides the strategy for the sector

7. Why do you want to serve on the Board and what goals do you want to accomplish as a Board member?

To make:
- known AfriNIC in North of Africa;
- known the countries of north Africa and their waiting in AfriNIC;
- My experiments in the ICT sector for benefit of AfriNIC.

8. Do you have fiduciary experience? Please provide relevant
information. This should include a description of the following: your professional qualifications for filling a Board seat, service on other boards, and time as an officer of a corporation:

- I am an engineer in Telecommunications;
- I am a projects manager in the Department of post, telecommunications and ICT in Morocco.

Full Name:       Sunday Folayan

1. Are you [or your organisation] a member of AfriNIC?

Yes.

2. How many AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN meetings have you attended in the past 3 years?

Afrinic1- Senegal, ICANN Kuala-Lumpur, Afrinic2 - Maputo, Afrinic3 - Cairo, Afrinic4 - Nairobi

3. Which AfriNIC/other RIR/ICANN mailing lists do you subscribe to/participate in?

Afrinic-discuss, afrinic-board, rir-boards

4. Are you available for a 3-year term?

Yes

5. Will you be available to travel and attend the board, and Members Meetings when needed?

Yes

6. What Internet-related services does your organisation provide?

Broadband Internet Services. Training.

7. Why do you want to serve on the Board and what goals do you want to accomplish as a Board member?

I want to assist with the consolidation of AfriNIC as a RIR. African challenges are unique, and thus require an African perspective.

8. Do you have fiduciary experience? Please provide relevant
information. This should include a description of the following: your professional qualifications for filling a Board seat, service on other boards, and time as an officer of a corporation.

Yes, I do. I currently serve as CEO reporting to a 7-man board. I am a director if the Internet Services Providers association of Nigeria and of the Nigeria Internet Exchange Point.