<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 class="">Greetings All,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am looking at the BoD election process and it seems to me that the recent e-mail from the Board Chair seeking nominations for vacant seats should not be extended to Western Africa. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The particular clause I am referring to is in 9.2 - <a href="https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process" class="">https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process</a></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class=""><li class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Elections will be closed as soon as the last member or proxy present in the meeting room casts his/her vote. Candidates with the highest number of votes in each category will be declared winners</li></ul></blockquote></div><div class=""><div class="">I see from the list for West Africa that the candidate with the highest number of votes should have been declared winner and this is Dr Ousmane Tessa. (btw, Dr Adewale Adedokun needs his name spelt correctly)</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Western Africa - Seat 2</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class="">Dr Adelawe Abedekon - 43</p><p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class="">Dr Ousmane Moussa Tessa - 56</p><p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class="">None of the above - 78</p><p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class=""><em class="">Result: The seat is vacant</em></p><div class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The results from the other regions are valid and supported by the following clause as they had one candidate. </div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class=""><ul class=""><li class="">All open positions shall be subject to an election process even if there is only one candidate. In that event, if the option [none of the above] got more votes than the only candidate, then the seat shall be considered vacant and the Board will be requested to apply provisions of the Bylaws to temporarily fill the vacant seat. </li></ul></ul></blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">Can AfriNIC and the nomcom please clarify? We should not deprive Dr Tessa of a rightful win …. especially in the circumstances we find ourselves.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Omo</div></body></html>