<div dir="ltr">Owen, <br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-05-29 22:34 GMT+00:00 Owen DeLong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank">owen@delong.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Arnaud,<div><br></div><div>While I agree that additional clarity is needed and I agree that there is some validity to the claim that none of the above MAY not have been a legitimate choice to place on the ballot, I think we cannot go changing the rules of the election and violating the expectations of the voters, membership, and community after the election has run.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Voters, membership and community are saying: <<a mistake has been made; let's fix it!>><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br></div><div>Nobody raised an objection to the presence of none of the above on the ballot for seat 2 prior to or during the election.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No one is raising objection even now on  this option being on the ballot as the guidelines are clear on that. the issue at hand is the correct implementation  of the guidelines as written.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br></div><div>Since there were more than enough voters who selected none of the above to change the result among the remaining two candidates, it is not legitimate to simply discard the none of the above votes and declare one of those candidates a winner. Indeed, I would argue that is the worst possible choice among all other options.</div><div><br></div><div>The other options as I see it are:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>1.<span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Allow the board to treat the seat as vacant and appoint a board member until the</div><div><span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">            </span>next AGMM.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>2.<span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Treat none of the above as a valid election result (in which case it should be</div><div><span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">              </span>considered the same for all 3 seats) and preclude the board from appointing</div><div><span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">         </span>anyone to the seat(s) until an election can be run.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span>3.<span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Treat none of the above as a valid election result only for seat 2 and preclude</div><div><span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>the board from appointing seat 2 while still allowing them to appoint seats 5</div><div><span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">               </span>and 6.</div><div><br></div><div>As I see it, the best option is option 1. It allows the organization to proceed with a full board until the next AGMM where a hopefully more effective election can be accomplished.</div><div><br></div><div>I think option 2 is bad because it leaves the board precariously short-handed with only 5 of the expected 8 members, including the CEO. (The 3 elected members which remain, whoever is appointed to fill Haitham’s vacancy, and the CEO).</div><div><br></div><div>The problem I have with option 3 is I have trouble justifying treating the election of “none of the above” differently in this circumstance than in the case of a single unopposed candidate. In both cases, more voters felt that they didn’t want any of the options on the ballot and voted not to elect any fo the candidates. The outcome is, IMHO, the same regardless of the number of candidates and should be handled identically.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>Why? There are places in the world where "none of the above" is on ballot and has not effect on the results </div><div>and candidates with the highest votes wins. It is matter of the elections rules. In the current  situation,  the guidelines are clear  and explicit  on how we should  handle the results. So let follow it and engage on discussions  for amending the rules  if we see need to do so.</div></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully additional clarity can be achieved prior to the next election and we won’t have to face this issue again. Personally, I like the idea of having “none of the above” as an option in all cases.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Clarity and fairness is the outcome of the complaint regarding seat 2 here imho; for the rest we can agree to disagree.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Owen</div></font></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><div class="gmail-h5"><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 29, 2018, at 14:56 , Arnaud AMELINA <<a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com" target="_blank">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Dear Ashok as a lawyer you know that there is the law and spirit of the law, please read bellow  <br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-05-25 11:18 GMT+00:00 Ashok <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ashok@afrinic.net" target="_blank">ashok@afrinic.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Dear All,<br>
    I apologize for having  missed your rejoinder to my mail.<br></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>Despite the delays, we appreciate your response as the matter is of great concern.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    Your first question regards the reason as to why the same principle
    has been applied to the election for Seat 2 <br>
    notwithstanding the fact that there were two candidates.<br>
    My response is that an election cannot be run on different
    principles. In this particular election the option "none of the
    above " was <br>
    introduced for the first time and everyone was aware of this and it
    applied to all the elections held on that day. The Election
    guidelines were amended to acomodate this option.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes indeed and the elections guidelines explicitely addressed the case of only a single candidate running for election and the option " none of the above" in this case got more votes than the sole candidate but is very silent in the case of multiple candidates running for elections with the option "none of the above" getting more votes. <br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Anytime elections involve the option "none of the above", there are always clear rules on how the results are interpreted and the actions that must be taken when the option "none of the above" get more votes than the multiple candidates. </div><div><br></div><div>It's not my intention to teach you something here, but it does look very bizarre that the legal counsel never bothered to help the board to make  the guidelines unambiguous  and conform to members expectations.</div></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    Consequently this option has to be taken in consideration when
    finalising the results.<br>
    Where there were two candidates. The options for voters were (1) yes
    for candidate (1)-((2) yes for candidate 2-(3) yes for non of the
    above.Each one is mutually exclusive.<br>
    Each score to be counted separately. The majority for either option
    wins the day. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>Following  your reasoning above and the guidelines which say the candidate with the highest votes win, the members and community should then accept "none of the above" as the elected candidate and seated although "none of the above " did not go through Nomcom and was not listed on the candidates slates  published by Nomcom.</div><div><br></div><div>Which means seat 2 should not be declared vacant to be filled by board.</div><div><br></div><div>Filling  seat 2 by board would constitute the violation of "none  of the above" rights and of our rules and thus expose us to legal litigation.</div></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">One should not create a fictitious majority by adding
    votes polled by (1) & (2) together. The real majority was to all
    intents and purposes the option which polled the most votes. There
    is no need to extrapolate or interpret. <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>There is No fictitious majority being created. It was just an example of how this case could have been interpreted just like you do have your own interpretation. </div><div><br></div><div>In many cases,  abstention is compared to voters in order to decide how to proceed with  validating an election and counting results..</div></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    Where there was one candidate there were two options- Yes for the
    single candidate or yes for  "non of the above"<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The case of a sole candidate is clear as per the guidelines and there are no objections on seat 5 and 6 results.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    My reference to Art 10.2 was based on the decision of the members
    present at  past AGMMs to have the option of rejecting a single
    candidate or to give their approval to the single candidate, This
    has occurred more than once.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>And once again,  the case of a single candidate is handled as members agreed to and not debated<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Thank you</div></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    Legal Counsel AFRINIC.<div><div class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525gmail-h5"><br>
    <br>
    <div class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525gmail-m_5703073448157574545moz-cite-prefix">On 24/05/2018 21:11, Arnaud AMELINA
      wrote:<br>
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          <div dir="auto">Dear CEO and Chairman</div>
          <div dir="auto"><br>
          </div>
          <div dir="auto">It looks like the Legal counsel has not
             responded to this query bellow   regarding this very
            important issue about the recently concluded elections. </div>
          <div dir="auto"><br>
          </div>
          <div dir="auto">Could you kindly remind him?  </div>
          <div dir="auto"><br>
          </div>
          <div dir="auto">Let us address this to a good conclusion in
            order to enforce the respect of our rules and processes.</div>
          <div dir="auto"><br>
          </div>
          Regards </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">Arnaud <br>
          <br>
          <div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto">
            <div dir="ltr">Le sam. 19 mai 2018 11:40, Omo Oaiya <<a href="mailto:Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net" target="_blank">Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net</a>> a
              écrit :<br>
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                    <div>Dear Legal Counsel,<br>
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                    <div><br>
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                    <div>Thanks for your input.  Much appreciated. </div>
                    <div><br>
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                    <div>Your statements reinforce the interpretation of
                      section 9.2 of the guidelines with the origin of
                      the "none of the above" option in the election
                      process and how votes for this option are
                      considered in the case of one candidate running
                      for election for a seat. [Last bullet point] <br>
                    </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Case in which the election becomes a "yes" or
                      "no"  vote for the only candidate.   This point is
                      clear and accepted and the objection is not for
                      the results for seat 5 and 6.</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>What has not been clarified is how the same
                      principle came to be applied for the elections for
                      seat 2 which had two candidates running for the
                      seat, one of whom got higher votes than the other,
                      with the total number of members casting votes in
                      excess of those opting out.</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>You also referred to art 10.2 of the
                      constitution but did not elaborate on the
                      precedence that occurred that has become an
                      integral part of our guidelines.  As precedence
                      automatically becomes part of the election
                      guidelines, it is important that we address issues
                      which come up around the election with care and
                      unambiguously. </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Can
                        you be so kind to clarify? </div>
                      <br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Best wishes</div>
                    <div>Omo</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>PS:  Grateful to listers to please keep this
                      thread confined to the subject.</div>
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                  <div><br>
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                  <br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On 17 May 2018 at 17:17,
                    Ashok <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ashok@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ashok@afrinic.net</a>></span>
                    wrote:<br>
                    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
                      <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Dear Members and
                        Community,<br>
                        Mt views have been sought on the matter under
                        reference.<br>
                        Please find same hereunder.<br>
                        <br>
                        <div class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525gmail-m_5703073448157574545m_4753288495632542585m_-8469710531738800970gmail-m_6469985645637664215moz-cite-prefix">On
                          17/05/2018 14:04, B
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>The Election
                                Process and last AGMM.</u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The appointment
                            of Directors is carried out during an AGMM
                            of the Company –Art 13.1 of the
                            constitution.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The election of
                            the Directors is carried out in terms of Art
                            13.2 of the constitution which refers
                            expressly to the election process approved
                            by the Board.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Moreover<span>  </span>Art
                            10.2 of the Constitution refers to precedent
                            applied during an AFRINIC election and which
                            de facto become part of the election
                            guidelines. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The election
                            process<span>  </span>as it stands today is
                            the one which was applied during<span>  </span>the
                            elections held during the last AGMM without
                            any opposition.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">This is what it
                            provides:</p>
                          <span class="gmail-m_-1039780601104480525gmail-m_5703073448157574545m_4753288495632542585m_-8469710531738800970gmail-"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span>9.2
                                  Paper Ballot on Election Day</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>The
                                voting conducted during the Annual
                                General Members' Meeting is carried out
                                via paper ballots containing a list of
                                candidate names and a ballot number.
                                Prior to the vote, all members present
                                or participants holding a proxy will be
                                requested to register and validate their
                                membership status.</span></p>
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                                  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>Voters
                                      should only vote for one candidate
                                      per category/region. Each mark on
                                      a ballot paper represents one
                                      vote. A ballot with more than one
                                      mark per category/region will be
                                      considered spoilt, and not be
                                      counted.</span></li>
                                  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>The
                                      ballot paper should provide voters
                                      with the option to not vote for
                                      any candidate (a.k.a. "None of the
                                      Above").</span></li>
                                  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>This
                                      will be a secret ballot election.
                                      An inclusion of any personal data
                                      on the ballot paper will
                                      invalidate the vote and will be
                                      counted as spoilt.</span></li>
                                  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>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.</span></li>
                                  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>In
                                      the event of a tie for an open
                                      position, voting for that position
                                      will be repeated (Only by paper
                                      ballot) the same day until there
                                      is a winner.</span></li>
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                                  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span>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</span><span>
                                    </span><span>to apply provisions of
                                      the Bylaws to temporarily fill the
                                      vacant seat</span></li>
                                </span>
                              </ul>
                            </ul>
                          </ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The last
                            amendment of the election guidelines
                            introduced the voting option “ None of the
                            Above”. –(Vide second bullet point
                            above.)Those voters who have cast their
                            votes for “ None of the Above” have done so
                            in compliance with the prevailing<span>  </span>constitution
                            <span> </span>and these are thus valid
                            votes. Every voter was aware of the new
                            option.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The election
                            guidelines are clear as to what happens when
                            the “ None of the Above” option has a
                            majority.- (Vide last bullet point above.)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The election
                            guidelines must be read as a whole and all
                            the provisions read together.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Legal Counsel
                            –AFRINIC</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">17.05.2018</p>
                          oubakar Barry wrote:<br>
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                              <div dir="ltr"> <span></span><p style="margin-bottom:0.08in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Hello Board and Legal
                                      Counsel,</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.08in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">Good
                                        that Omo spotted this. </span></font></font>
                                </p><p style="margin-bottom:0.08in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">It’s a
                                        matter of applying the board
                                        election process adopted by the
                                        board according to section 13.2
                                        of the bylaws. </span></font></font>
                                </p><p style="margin-bottom:0.08in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><a href="https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://afrinic.net/en/communi<wbr>ty/elections/bod-election/<wbr>process</a>
                                        describes the process and
                                        section 9 spells out how to
                                        interpret the results in the
                                        case there are more than one
                                        candidate and in the case there
                                        is only one candidate. These two
                                        cases are addressed separately
                                        and differently.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.08in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">It’s
                                        important to hear from the Board
                                        and the Legal Counsel, as the
                                        elections can be challenged.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.08in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">Please
                                        advise.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.08in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">Regards.<br>
                                      </span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.08in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">Boubakar</span></font></font></p>
                                <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May
                                    16, 2018 at 5:24 PM, Omo Oaiya <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net</a>></span>
                                    wrote:<br>
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                                        <div>Greetings All,</div>
                                        <div><br>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>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><br>
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                                        <div>The particular clause I am
                                          referring to is in 9.2 - <a href="https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://afrinic.net/en/commu<wbr>nity/elections/bod-election/<wbr>process</a></div>
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                                                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>
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                                        <div>
                                          <div>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><br>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                          <blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"><br>
                                              <b>Western Africa - Seat 2</b></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;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)">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;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)">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;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)">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;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"><i>Result:
                                                The seat is vacant</i></p>
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                                        <div><br>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>The results from the other
                                          regions are valid and
                                          supported by the following
                                          clause as they had one
                                          candidate. </div>
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                                              <ul>
                                                <li>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>
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                                          <br>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>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>
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                                            <div>Omo</div>
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