Dear All, Over the grim-soccer weekend for most of Africa, there was another African gathering - a 20 person meeting of African enthusiasts for FOSS.
Elected a month ago via an online vote, the FOSSFA Council met in Accra to elect from amongst them, the new FOSSFA Executive. In my soon-to-expire capacity as the Uganda Country Liaison, please receive this quick update. New FOSSFA Executive: *FOSSFA Chair*: Judy OKITE - Kenya, *FOSSA Secretary*: Brian SSENNOGA - Uganda *FOSSFA Treasurer*: Neatness Msemo - Tanzania *FOSSFA CTO*: Seun OJEDEJI - Nigeria Associate Members to the Executive: *John MATOGO* - Kenya, for Chair *Marion MPANGA* - Uganda, for Secretary *Mark CLARKE* - South Africa, for Treasury *Edgar TELESPHORY* - Tanzania, for CTO >From within the Council were also made the following unanimous *Program Areas Committee Chairs: a) Business & Innovations - Dele Ajisomo, from Nigeria b) Networking & Capacity Building - Katim Toure from The Gambia c) Education - Joris Komen from Namibia d) Legal and IP - Nnenna Nwakamna from Ivory Coast e) Localization & Diversity - Solomon Gizaw, from Ethiopia/Ireland f) Open Policy & Data - Dorothy Gordon, from Ghana g) IDLELO 6 Chair - Joe Sevilla from Kenya* It is my hope that as the Ugandan community of FOSS users and champions, we will work with this team, as well as grow our presence in the FOSSFA Membership and Program Area ranks. FOSSFA does have alot of work to do, and from a Ugandan perspective, i believe i speak for most of us when i say we would like to see more of: a) Membership Value proposition - why the average Ugandan should become a FOSSFA Member b) Involvement in local and National events - its time for the LUG to consider electing a new country liaison for Uganda, to FOSSFA. c) More communications on what's happening and what we should look out for, for Uganda as well as across Africa. Anything to look out for? 1. IDLELO 6 will be in Nairobi, March 2014 - see IDLELO Site<http://idlelo.net>for past conferences. Theme? Open Mobility - New Spaces for Innovation (to be confirmed soon). 2. ict@innovation Project is now in Self Governance mode, Volunteers needed, and for details on where you can volunteer, please visit this wiki page<https://www.ict-innovation.fossfa.net/wiki/public-wiki/how-sustain-ictinnovation-communities>. 3. The FOSSFA Community Empowerment Manager has just released a brief on what his experience has been with managing a community of online users, something i strongly believe this LUG needs. Need More Information? Do not hesitate to send me an email. Online? Search #FOSSFA for details as well as connecting with some members. There is also a FOSSFA FB Group <http://www.facebook.com/groups/163634167084849/> -- *Brian Ssennoga | FOSS & ICT Consulting * *COSS <http://coss.ug/> | @COSSug | #COSS* *FOSSFA <http://www.fossfa.net/> Country Liaison - Uganda | @fossfa | #FOSSFA* *Skype: bssennoga | Gtalk - b.ssennoga* * * *Blog <http://bssennoga.wordpress.com/> | Alt. Email <[email protected]> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/bssennoga> | *
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