[Community-Discuss] Election process of ASO-AC representative

[Walu John]

Mark, be nice.

I like hairdressers...especially if they are voting for me ;-)

walu.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 3:50 PM Mark Elkins <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:


> I agree with this. We have systems to run electronic voting for Board - so

> this should be scalable for non-board elections as well.

>

> The primary question is - what qualifies a person to vote.

>

> For this seat and the PDWG - we have traditionally just allowed "people in

> the room". This made sense as if they were in the room - they were persons

> with interest.

> This also made the process quick and simple. We've done all sorts of

> ad-hoc things regarding voting at meetings - so I can't view the current

> "show of hands" or on-site secret ballots as cast in rock.

> Again, personally, all votes for all elections should be electronic. We

> are part of the Internet Community working with unique identifiers... we

> are largely technical people.

> We need to retain this concept of "people with interest" so I propose

> anyone who is subscribed to the RPD mailing list (as of June 1st 2020) as

> being eligible to vote.

>

> For the future - we could even have an election mailing list - where

> membership is properly controlled.

>

> Even "those in the room - with a meeting badge" has been I believe abused

> (in Dakar). Our "free" meeting lunches seemed to bring in a lot of students

> with various backgrounds such as hair dressers. I do not think that these

> people have more than a fleeting interest in AfriNIC and this should be

> deterred in all future "in the room" elections. How can they objectively

> vote for people

>

>

> On 2020/07/16 14:36, John Ngwoke wrote:

>

> Dear Eddy, All,

>

> Since the term of the electing AFRINIC ASO-AC representative states these;

>  Who can vote?

>

> Anyone from the AFRINIC community present at the face-to-face meeting who

> meets the following criteria:

>

>    - Has registered to attend the meeting (must present the meeting badge

>    as proof),

>    - Resides in a country within the AFRINIC service region and

>    - Is not AFRINIC staff.

>

> I suggest the use of an electronic voting system which will be made

> available for only those that registered for the meeting and also in

> attendance.

> However, the issue of concern raised by Jordi on  using the subscribers in

> the RPD mailing list at some point before the election process starts (to

> avoid “lots of friends” not really “part of the PDP” to join the day before

> the voting) have to be taken.

>

> Concerning the line that says "voting shall be anonymous and done by

> secret paper ballot", the online voting process makes the voting

> anonymous and secret ballot.

>

> Thanks

>

> On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 10:44, Eddy Kayihura <eddy at afrinic.net> wrote:

>

>> Dear Community Members,

>>

>> The term of the community-elected AFRINIC ASO-AC representative, Noah

>> Maina, ends in December 2020. The election to fill this vacant seat will be

>> held during the Africa Internet Summit 2020 (AIS’20) scheduled for 14-18

>> September 2020. The election process for the ASO-AC/NRO-NC (please see

>> https://www.afrinic.net/election-process/aso-nro for more details) says

>> that voting shall be anonymous and done by secret paper ballot. However,

>> this meeting shall be held online.

>>

>> We are therefore requesting feedback from the community on how AFRINIC

>> can best proceed with the election to fill the vacant seat of one

>> community-elected ASO-AC/NRO-NC member. We shall be delighted to receive

>> your proposals for this important matter.

>>

>> Regards,

>>

>> Eddy

>>

>>    ……………………...

>>

>>

>> Chers membres de la Communauté,

>>

>> Le mandat du représentant de l'ASO-AC d'AFRINIC élu par la communauté,

>> Noah Maina, se termine en décembre 2020. L'élection pour pourvoir ce siège

>> vacant aura lieu lors du Sommet Africain de l'Internet 2020 (AIS'20) prévu

>> du 14 au 18 septembre 2020. Le processus d'élection de l'ASO-AC/NRO-NC

>> (voir https://www.afrinic.net/election-process/aso-nro pour plus de

>> détails) prévoit que le vote sera anonyme et se fera par bulletin secret.

>> Toutefois, il se déroulera en ligne.

>>

>> Nous demandons donc à la communauté de nous faire part de ses

>> commentaires sur la meilleure façon pour AFRINIC de procéder à l'élection

>> pour pourvoir le siège vacant d'un membre de l'ASO-AC/NRO-NC élu par la

>> communauté. Nous serons ravis de recevoir vos propositions sur cette

>> importante question.

>>

>> Cordialement,

>>

>> Eddy

>>

>>

>>

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>>

>>

>> Eddy Kayihura

>>

>>

>>

>> Chief Executive Officer

>>

>>

>>

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