<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>I was in the room in Gaborone and follow the pre voting discussions as well as the votes results. It is a bit weird that the board appoints a candidate who has served *two terms* in the position and was voted out for the *same* mandate. It weakens the system like all forms of inbreeding. It is like a board vs community. </div><div>I also don't think this recycling is healthy for our emerging community.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>--Abel</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-11-01 19:16 GMT+00:00 Jackson Muthili <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacksonmuthi@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacksonmuthi@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> @Muthili,<br>
><br>
> ..rejection?<br>
><br>
> I do not remember AfriNIC elections being held to reject anyone. The vote<br>
> is always held to elect not reject candidates who have shown the willingness<br>
> to serve on volunteer basis.<br>
<br>
A vote is held to elect. You may sugarcoat anyway you want but the one<br>
not elected got rejected. Or refused or ignored whatever word you<br>
please. And there usually are reasons why someone gets voted in, and<br>
why someone else doesn't. That is why there was a vote.<br>
<br>
> Not winning is not the same as being rejected.<br>
<br>
Of course it is the same if there was a vote.<br>
<br>
> Last time I checked very<br>
> useful members of community were not elected in the recent past but continue<br>
> to engage positively.<br>
<br>
Without a doubt.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> Alain A, Badru, Paulos never made it back to the Board. I did not know<br>
> that, that meant community had rejected them.<br>
<br>
</span>Of course it means members rejected them.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> Maybe we change our bylaws to<br>
> reflect this new reasoning?<br>
<br>
</span>If the community voted Fiona out of a role, this was obvious they did<br>
not want her in.<br>
<br>
If board on the other hand have reinstated her to the same role that<br>
the community did not want her in, interpret it the way you wish but<br>
this is a sign of something not right on the board part. In the 50<br>
something countries on our continent, nobody else, other than a person<br>
voted out, could come in to serve the same role?<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">Best regards,<br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">--Komi A. Elitcha</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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