<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Monaco; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">- I'd happily volunteer for NomCom duties, a job<br class="">I believe I know pretty well.<br class=""></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are certainly other ways to serve the AfriNIC community.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On this matter, shouldn't we not rather encourage less experienced but able members of our community to chip in, without changing the rules? There is a first step in everything, and the vast experience in NomCom affairs for a number of members of our community is a good proof of that. They all had a first nomination and eventually election as NomCom member for our community.<br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>I believe that the NomCom is appointed and not elected, therefore I don’t believe anyone has ever been elected to the NomCom.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>