[Community-Discuss] Call for Nominations for Co-Chair of the Policy Development Working Group

[Wale Adedokun]

Dear AFRINIC Community Member,

The AFRINIC NomCom2018 is pleased to invite nominations for 1 Co-Chair of the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) for a 2-year term, starting from the Public Policy Meeting in AFRINIC-28 to the Public Policy Meeting in AFRINIC-32. The Seat is currently held by Sami Salih.

PDWG co-chairs are volunteers selected by the community as provided for in the current Policy Development Process (PDP). Their responsibilities are as follows:
•Creating reports (summaries) of mailing list discussions in preparation for face to face meetings.
•Chairing the meeting sessions and declaring consensus.
•Creating post-meeting policy report and posting to the mailing list.
•Sending notifications of Last Call and evaluating consensus or not thereof.
•Writing report to the board to recommend ratification of policy proposals that gained consensus.
•Evaluating emergencies that necessitate varying the normal policy development process.

Eligibility
Open to individuals residing within the AFRINIC service region.  All nominations (including self-nominations) shall be supported by a minimum of two AFRINIC community members; the two individuals must not work for the same organization.

A person may only nominate one candidate - and, in case of multiple nominations by the same person, only the last nomination will be considered valid. AFRINIC or other RIR staff can neither nominate candidates nor be nominated.

Nominating Procedure
Nominations must be submitted using this nomination form at: https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/pdwg-nomination-2018 

Please browse to the pages below for more information about the PDWG and related material:

The AFRINIC Policy Development Working Group: 
 https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/pdwg 
AFRINIC PDWG Co-chair Election Process:
 http://afrinic.net/fr/community/elections/pdwg-election 
 
Deadline for Nominations
The Closure of the Candidate Nomination period is 15th March 2018 at 20:00 UTC

Please note that the election will take place during the AFRINIC-28. The meeting will take place in Dakar, Senegal from 6th -11th May 2018. An eligible voter shall be any non-AFRINIC staff who has registered to attend (and is present at) the AFRINIC-28 meeting. A registration badge shall be requested as proof.

NomCom 2018


Wale Adedokun PhD
Event Coordinator
Nigeria Network Operators Group(ngNOG)

2348037035811
wale at forum.org.ng