[Community-Discuss] 2019 Board Elections: Fix against having sole candidates WAS Re: AFRINIC Borad Elections

[Sunday Folayan]

Hello Ahmed Fadl and the community,

Soliciting for votes is not really a problem, indeed if the proposed 
candidates have strengths that will be of use to the Board, AfriNIC Ltd 
and the community at large, their promoters and campaign team can work 
hard at members buy-in for their proposed candidates without running 
other candidates down.

In this case, what I find disturbing are:

1. That there is an undocumented strategy

2. That the fielding of sole candidates by NOMCOM was part of that 
undocumented strategy.

3. That other strategies may probably have been deployed in the past.

My take on all the issues are that:

For 1. ... "Buyers Beware". Enough said.

For 2, ... we need to fix that, and fix it as soon as possible.

I propose the following fixes:

a) NOMCOM should not only present volunteers, it should seek qualified 
and experienced candidates who will consent to serving on the Board.

b) Those who will nominate candidates must seek the concurrence of the 
candidates before nominating, to eliminate the step of seeking the 
consent of the candidates after nominations.

c) Where there is only one candidate after all said and done, the 
members should be able to reject such a candidate at the Ballot

d) Where candidates are rejected, the incumbent should serve for a 
maximum of 90 more days, within which an online election should be 
conducted to fill the vacant seats

Do we need to change the bylaws? I don't think so. The proposed fix can 
go into the AfriNIC election guideline, as allowed by the existing 
bylaw. It should be shared with the members and the community early, and 
approved promptly towards the next election.

For item 3, ... Perhaps it is too early to comment. Let us grab some 
pop-corn and stayed tuned to this movie channel.

Sunday.


On 03/07/2019 12:14 PM, Ahmed Fadl wrote:

>

> Hi Wafa,

>

> Thanks for your email.

>

> I, among other members of AFRINIC in Egypt, received the following 

> email from you many times.

>

> I wondered at that time why should I vote for these candidates 

> specially for those in Eastern and Southern regions while each one was 

> the sole candidate in his region. I quote this from your email "Ladies 

> and Gentlemen, in the context of our strategy ...." what is your 

> strategy and who are you ?

>

> If you are talking about biasing the community, So, do you consider 

> your email as a "member of the appeal committee; ASO / AC excom member 

> and Ex Chair of Governance Committee '(GC) at AFRINIC." fall under what ?

>

> I sent this mail many time but I don’t know why I can’t find this mail 

> on community

>

> Thanks,

>

> Ahmed Fadl

>

> *From:*wafa Dahmani [mailto:wafatn7604 at gmail.com]

> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 19, 2019 1:05 PM

> *To:* wafa Dahmani <wafatn7604 at gmail.com>

> *Subject:* AFRINIC Borad Elections

>

>     Dear,

>

>      My name is Wafa Dahmani from Tunisia, an active member of the

>     African community and more specifically AFRINIC: member of the

>     appeal committee; ASO / AC excom member and Ex Chair of Governance

>     Committee '(GC) at AFRINIC.

>     I contact you to solicit your votes for the following candidates:

>

>     Board of Directors:

>     North Africa (seat 1)

>

>       * Habin Youssef

>

>     West Africa (seat 2)

>

>       * Ly Ousmane

>

>

>     South Africa (seat 5)

>

>       * Mpisane Vika William

>

>

>     East Africa (seat 6)

>

>       * Nkusi Robert Ford

>

>

>     Non-regional (seat 7)

>

>       * Eshun Benjamin Adzenyamebeye

>

>

>

>

>     Election Number Resource Organization Number Council

>

>       * Mustapha Ben Jemaa

>

>

>     Election Policy Development Working Group

>

>       * Komi Elitcha

>       * Sami Hassan

>

>

>     Election Governance Committee

>

>       * Daniel Nanghaka

>

>     Ladies and Gentlemen, in the context of our strategy  and in order

>     to preserve AFRINIC's interests for Africa and to be able to

>     choose the right candidates for North Africa in the long term, it

>     is desirable to join all our efforts and vote for these candidates

>     who presents the best choice for an adequate board

>

>     the de facto vote online through your interface with AFRINIC is

>     very simple for all categories except the policy development

>     Working group where we want you to mobilize your teams on the spot

>     to vote for our candidates

>     We strongly solicit your support

>

>     Thank you

>

>     Wafa Dahmani

>

>     member AFRINIC Appeal Committee

>     Global IGF MAG member

>     ASO / AC excom member

>

>

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