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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Mr. Chair,<br><br>Thank you for your response.<br><br>Serekunda 2012 is a well-known case and should have guided the Board in proposing the TOR to the NomCom 2016 if the board really see a conflict or issue.<br><br>I agree that the “Board may instruct NomCom to present a report to the membership or the community”. But as the target and beneficiary of NomCom activity, it would be helpful and perhaps even necessary for the community to be involved in developing the TOR and guidelines. This way, the report is even more meaningful when presented and makes the NomCom stronger and less prone to the issues we have observed. <br><br>Thank you,<br><br><br>Marcus<br><br><hr>To: community-discuss@afrinic.net<br>From: sfolayan@gmail.com<br>Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 19:18:24 +0100<br>Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] AoB of the Minutes of the Board Meeting - May 11, 2016<br><br>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dear Marcus,Noah and members of the community,</span><BR>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I apologize that the response is coming late, I have been off email for a couple of days. Please see the response to the issues raised:</span></p>
<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The AoB of the “Minutes of the Board Meeting Held on Thursday 11 May 2016 AT 15:27 UTC” on “Requirement to resign from other positions when accepting a nomination to the Board” is raising two questions that is raising eyebrows in the community and need to be addressed.</span></p>
<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Not surprising. </span></p>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Why this situation of conflict, well known to the Board, was not included in the TOR on which the NomCom2016 run the elections of Botswana?</span></p>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">There is no reasonable way to answer a question like “Why did the Board not do a better job of predicting the future?” The Elections TOR was approved before the call for nominations was made.</span></p>
<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Since the board is directing the NomCom2016 to include this situation of conflict in their report to the community, could you please tell us whether NomCom2016 is now accountable to the community or not.</span></p>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">NomCom is appointed by the Board, and reports to the Board in terms of the Bylaws section 9.2. The Board may instruct NomCom to present a report to the membership or the community. This is the spirit with which the Board discussed in </span><a href="http://afrinic.net/en/about/bod/meeting/2016/1809-minutes-20161105" style="text-decoration:none;" target=_blank><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://afrinic.net/en/about/bod/meeting/2016/1809-minutes-20161105</span></a><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b> </b>Where it decided that the NomCom2016 should include that situation in their report to the community. </span></p>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Other matters that may be of interest to the community include:</span></p>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Is it OK for somebody to be a Director and also to hold a position in another committee or working group? Certainly not for a Director to also be a PDWG Co-Chair. </span></p>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">If not, then when should they resign from other positions? On being nominated, or on the candidate slate being announced, or on being elected? </span></p>
<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
</span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Who should decide the rules? Most reasonable to allow the Board to do this, in consultation with the Community.</span></p>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Where should the rules be written? The Board thinks that the election guidelines would be a good place for most of the rules, but perhaps some of the rules are important enough to appear in the Bylaws.</span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Comments are welcome on this.</span></p>
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<p dir=ltr style="line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thanks and Regards …</span></p>
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On 01/08/2016 08:19, Noah wrote:<br>
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<div class=ecxgmail_quote>On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 5:19 PM,
Marcus K. G. Adomey <span dir=ltr><<a href="mailto:madomey@hotmail.com" target=_blank>madomey@hotmail.com</a>></span>
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<p class=ecxMsoNormal>Dear AfriNIC Board Chair,</p>
<p class=ecxMsoNormal> </p>
<p class=ecxMsoNormal>The AoB of the “Minutes of
the Board Meeting Held on
Thursday 11 May 2016 AT 15:27 UTC” on
“Requirement to resign from other
positions when accepting a nomination to the
Board” is raising two questions
that is raising eye browse in the community and
need to be addressed.</p>
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<p class=ecxMsoNormal>Why this situation of
conflict, well known to the Board, was
not included in the TOR on which the NomCom2016
run the elections of Botswana?</p>
<p class=ecxMsoNormal> </p>
<p class=ecxMsoNormal>Since the board is directing
the NomCom2016 to include this
situation of conflict in their report to the
community, could you please tell
us whether NomCom2016 is now accountable to the
community or not.</p>
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<div>+1 Marcus<br>
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And did those to whom this was addressed get this
email.<br>
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