[AFRINIC-Announce] E-voting opens for AFRINIC Board and Governance Committee elections

[Ashil Oogarah]

Dear Colleagues,

Please note that electronic voting and appointment of proxies is now open. 

Both services are available through the MyAFRINIC portal to members in good standing. 

We encourage electronic voting but paper ballots will also be made available to Members who have not and do not intend to vote electronically.

1. E-Voting

This service has been assigned by default to a registered  administrative contact of your organisation. 

The admin-contact can also assign the voting right (through MyAFRINIC) to another registered contact.

To vote electronically, please follow the following steps:

a. Log on to MyAFRINIC at https://my.afrinic.net/login;
b. Navigate to ‘Election’ and ‘Access Election Centre’;
c. Select the election in which you wish to participate;
d. Choose the option ‘Vote Online’.

To assign the online voting right to another registered contact of your organisation:

a. Log on to MyAFRINIC at https://my.afrinic.net/login ;
b. Navigate to ‘MY Account’ and ‘User Administration’;
c. Check the ‘Voter Role’ to a corresponding listed contact.

2. Proxy Appointment:

A proxy can be any individual. 

Please follow the steps below to appoint a proxy:

a. Log on to MyAFRINIC at https://my.afrinic.net/login;
b. Navigate to ‘Election’ and ‘Access Election Centre’;
c. Select the election in which you wish to participate;
d. Choose the option ‘Appoint Proxy’;
e. Fill the proxy form;
f.  Print the form, sign it and physically hand it over to the person being appointed as your proxy.

Members who require a paper ballot, and people carrying a proxy on behalf of a Member, may obtain a paper ballot on Wednesday 31 May 2017 .

Please note that a member who has voted on-line cannot appoint a proxy.

The proxy form MUST be signed, stamped and returned 24 hours prior to the election to election-proxy at afrinic.net

Electronic voting will be closed on Thursday 1 June 2017 on the day of the AGMM. Proxy appointment will close on Wednesday 31 May 2017  to allow the elections committee do the appropriate verification ahead of the AGMM.