<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iyedi Goma <<a href="mailto:iyedigoma@gmail.com" class="">iyedigoma@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">[Community-Discuss] Commencement of the public comments period for the 2019 Board elections</b><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 June 2019 at 22:00:46 EAT<br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">General Discussions of AFRINIC <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" class="">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">2019 NomCom <<a href="mailto:nomcom2019@afrinic.net" class="">nomcom2019@afrinic.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear all<br class=""><div class="">The 2019 Nomination Committee (NOMCOM) informs the community that the final list of candidates for the Board election has been published<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class="">and hereby announces the opening of the public comments period.</div><br class="">Candidate Slate:<br class=""><a href="https://afrinic.net/candidate-slate-board-election-2019" class="">https://afrinic.net/candidate-slate-board-election-2019</a><br class=""><br class="">Northern Africa (Seat 1):<br class="">Leghris Cherkaoui<br class="">Youssef Habib<br class=""> <br class="">Western Africa (Seat 2):<br class="">Adedokun Adewale Emmanuel<br class="">Ly Ousmane<br class=""> <br class="">Southern Africa (Seat 5):<br class="">Mpisane Vika William<br class=""> <br class="">Eastern Africa (Seat 6):<br class="">Nkusi Robert Ford<br class=""> <br class="">Non regional (Seat 7):<br class="">Eshun Benjamin Adzenyamebeye<br class="">Ojedeji Oluwaseun Samson<br class=""><br class="">NOMCOM used its best effort to attract a satisfactory number of individuals to stand as candidates including extension of the initial nomination period for the Board elections. <br class=""><br class="">Significant hurdles were however encountered in the implementation of the due diligence procedure, causing some delays throught the election timeline, resulting in, among others, having a shorter public comment period.<br class=""><br class=""><div class="">NOMCOM apologizes for these delays and would like to request the indulgence of the community.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards</div><div class="">Serge-Parfait Goma</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">AFRINIC 2019nomcom Chair<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Community-Discuss mailing list<br class=""><a 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