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Dear All,<br>
I am the legal adviser of the company AFRINIC Ltd. Hence for me to
act in one way or the other<br>
I need to get instructions from the company.As presently advised I
have not received any instructions <br>
to seize the court for adjudicating on the matter.<br>
For the record,I have already communicated my views to the
community on this matter ( vide my mail dated 17.05.2018).If any
party wishes to challenge these views, they are free<br>
to take same to court. Obviously it cannot be me.<br>
Regards<br>
Legal Counsel-AFRINIC.<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/06/2018 13:30, Andrew Alston
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The
answer to that is simple,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For
something to be sorted in a court of law – someone has to
take it to court.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Since
the people who members of this community claim were
disenfranchised by the vote have not taken it to court – and
since there are many – who include the AFRINIC legal council
based on his previous statements, who believe that the
correct actions were taken – how is it going to be sorted in
a court?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If
someone wishes to approach the Mauritian courts to
adjudicate this – let them do so – but that requires someone
willing to spend the money and resources to do that – and
right now – I see a lot of people whining – but I don’t see
anyone willing to dedicate the resources to doing that – and
for AFRINIC to approach the court – when they have already
stated clearly how they view the situation – would be
equivalent to litigating against themselves. I hardly see
that happening<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> DANIEL NANGHAKA [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:dndannang@gmail.com">mailto:dndannang@gmail.com</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 June 2018 12:16<br>
<b>To:</b> Marcus K. G. Adomey <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:madomey@hotmail.com"><madomey@hotmail.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> General Discussions of AFRINIC
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net"><community-discuss@afrinic.net></a>; AfriNIC Discuss
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:members-discuss@afrinic.net"><members-discuss@afrinic.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss]
Faulty result for Western Africa in AfriNIC AGMM Elections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Why can't this issue be sorted in court?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Don't we have a legal counsel?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 11:36 AM Marcus K.
G. Adomey <<a href="mailto:madomey@hotmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">madomey@hotmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear CEO and
Legal Counsel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I wrote
asking for some clarification which should come
from your offices. Up to now I have not received
any response. I would be most grateful if you
could spare some few minutes from your heavy
schedule to do justice to my questions? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Marcus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span
style="color:black"> Marcus K. G. Adomey <<a
href="mailto:madomey@hotmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">madomey@hotmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 2, 2018 10:32:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mje@posix.co.za</a>;
General Discussions of AFRINIC; AfriNIC Discuss;
Ornella GANKPA<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss]
[members-discuss] Faulty result for Western Africa
in AfriNIC AGMM Elections</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks
Ornella and others who has been actively
participating in this discussion to help clear
this issue once for good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Can someone
explains to me why “none of the above” votes
were not counted for 2017 elections as it was
done for election 2018 ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a
href="https://www.afrinic.net/fr/news/2139-results-of-afrinic-agmm-election"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https</a><a
href="https://www.afrinic.net/fr/news/2139-results-of-afrinic-agmm-election"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">://</a><a
href="https://www.afrinic.net/fr/news/2139-results-of-afrinic-agmm-election"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.afrinic.net</a><a
href="https://www.afrinic.net/fr/news/2139-results-of-afrinic-agmm-election"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">/fr/news/2139-results-of-afrinic-agmm-election</a>
- 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a
href="https://www.afrinic.net/fr/news/2391-results-of-afrinic-agmm-elections"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https</a><a
href="https://www.afrinic.net/fr/news/2391-results-of-afrinic-agmm-elections"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">://www.afrinic.net/fr/news/2391-results-of-afrinic-agmm-elections</a>
- 2018<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span
style="color:black">From:</span></b><span
style="color:black"> Ornella GANKPA <<a
href="mailto:honest1989@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">honest1989@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 1, 2018 5:34:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mje@posix.co.za</a>;
General Discussions of AFRINIC; AfriNIC Discuss<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss]
[members-discuss] Faulty result for Western Africa
in AfriNIC AGMM Elections</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span
style="color:#330099">Hi Mark</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="color:#330099">My comments inline</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Le
30/05/2018 à 19:13, Mark Elkins a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">On
30/05/2018 19:20, Arnaud AMELINA wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Owen, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">2018-05-29 22:34
GMT+00:00 Owen DeLong <<a
href="mailto:owen@delong.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">owen@delong.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Voters,
membership and community are saying:
<<a mistake has been made; let's
fix it!>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><br>
And members are saying "We are happy with the
outcome" (I am, anyway). The only folk that should
be commenting on this are the voting membership.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#330099">Why is the former board
member and board chair so nervous about the scope
of this discussion? This is a matter of concern
for the community at large. This is not a remake
of the elections. Or maybe, it is time to listen
to the other 1409 members who did not vote?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Nobody
raised an objection to the presence
of none of the above on the ballot
for seat 2 prior to or during the
election.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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options as I see it are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">1.<span
class="m-6201592200348073098xgmail-m-1039780601104480525apple-tab-span">
</span>Allow the board to treat the
seat as vacant and appoint a board
member until the<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">2.<span
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</span>Treat none of the above as a
valid election result (in which case
it should be<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">considered
the same for all 3 seats) and
preclude the board from appointing<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">anyone to
the seat(s) until an election can be
run.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">3.<span
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</span>Treat none of the above as
a valid election result only for
seat 2 and preclude<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="background:white">the board
from appointing seat 2 while still
allowing them to appoint seats 5<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">and 6.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Why? There
are places in the world where "none of
the above" is on ballot and has not
effect on the results
<o:p></o:p></p>
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What would the point of that be then - or are
people confusing "None of the above" with
"Abstain" ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#330099">The guidelines say:<br>
"The ballot paper should provide voters with the
option to not vote for any candidate (a. k.a.
"None of the Above")"<br>
It does not say to "reject all the proposed
candidate". <br>
It says to not vote for any candidate and the
guidelines states that , the candidate with the
highest votes wins.<br>
Let us stop this harmful interpretation.</span><br>
<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><br>
I was on the Board when this was introduced (6 or
so years back?). Its doing exactly what it was
intended to - that if a person does not like
*anyone* on the list of choices - the member can
instead select "none of the above". Why does this
seem so hard to grasp? <o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#330099">Can you point to board
meeting minutes, resolutions or any other
document which support your statement? Some
seems to refuse to read the guidelines and just
regurgitate whatever works for them.<br>
The guidelines are clear and may have not been
written to match your statement.<br>
<br>
<br>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">I also
fail to understand why this is fine when there is
only one natural person on the list but not fine
when there is more than one natural person on the
list.<o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="color:#330099">One explanation:<br>
When I only have one candidate, the vote becomes a
"yes" or " no" vote . I need a way to count the
"no" vote.<br>
a- change the ballot to "yes" or " no", "in
favor" or "against "<br>
b- use natural candidate and " none of the above"<br>
We were using b)<br>
</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Clarity and
fairness is the outcome of the complaint
regarding seat 2 here imho; for the rest
we can agree to disagree.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><br>
I agree to agree with Owen.<br>
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style="color:#888888">Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">On
May 29, 2018, at 14:56 ,
Arnaud AMELINA <<a
href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Dear
Ashok as a lawyer you
know that there is the
law and spirit of the
law, please read bellow
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">2018-05-25
11:18 GMT+00:00
Ashok <<a
href="mailto:ashok@afrinic.net"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ashok@afrinic.net</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Dear All,<br>
I apologize for
having missed
your rejoinder
to my mail.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Despite the delays, we appreciate your response
as the matter is
of great concern.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Which means seat 2 should not be declared
vacant to be
filled by board.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
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style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">In many cases, abstention is compared to
voters in order
to decide how to
proceed with
validating an
election and
counting
results..<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Where there was one candidate there were two
options- Yes for
the single
candidate or yes
for "non of the
above"<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">The case of a sole candidate is clear as per
the guidelines and
there are no
objections on seat
5 and 6 results.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">And once again, the case of a single candidate
is handled as
members agreed to
and not debated<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Thank you<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Legal Counsel AFRINIC. <o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">On 24/05/2018 21:11, Arnaud AMELINA wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Dear CEO and Chairman<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">It looks like the Legal counsel has not
responded to
this query
bellow
regarding this
very important
issue about
the recently
concluded
elections. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Could you kindly remind him? <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Let us address this to a good conclusion in
order to
enforce the
respect of our
rules and
processes.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Regards <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white">Arnaud <o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Le sam. 19 mai 2018 11:40, Omo Oaiya <<a
href="mailto:Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net</a>> a
écrit :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Dear Legal Counsel,<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Thanks for your input. Much appreciated. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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] <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Can
you be so kind
to clarify? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Omo<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">PS: Grateful to listers to please keep this
thread
confined to
the subject.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">On 17 May 2018 at 17:17, Ashok <<a
href="mailto:ashok@afrinic.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ashok@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white">Dear Members and
Community,<br>
Mt views have
been sought on
the matter
under
reference.<br>
Please find
same
hereunder.<o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">On 17/05/2018 14:04, B <o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white"><b><u>The Election Process and last AGMM.</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">The appointment of Directors is carried out
during an AGMM
of the Company
–Art 13.1 of
the
constitution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">Moreover Art 10.2 of the Constitution refers
to precedent
applied during
an AFRINIC
election and
which de facto
become part of
the election
guidelines.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">The election process as it stands today is the
one which was
applied
during the
elections held
during the
last AGMM
without any
opposition.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">This is what it provides:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white"><b>9.2 Paper Ballot on Election Day</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul
type="disc">
<ul
type="circle">
<ul
type="square">
<li
class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level3
lfo1;background:white">
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.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li
class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level3
lfo1;background:white">
The ballot
paper should
provide voters
with the
option to not
vote for any
candidate
(a.k.a. "None
of the
Above").
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li
class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level3
lfo1;background:white">
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.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li
class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level3
lfo1;background:white">
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.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li
class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level3
lfo1;background:white">
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.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li
class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level3
lfo1;background:white">
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 <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">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
constitution
and these are
thus valid
votes. Every
voter was
aware of the
new option.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">The election guidelines are clear as to what
happens when
the “ None of
the Above”
option has a
majority.-
(Vide last
bullet point
above.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">The election guidelines must be read as a whole
and all the
provisions
read together.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">Legal Counsel –AFRINIC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="m-6201592200348073098xmsonormal"
style="background:white">17.05.2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">oubakar Barry wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
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<div>
<div>
<div>
<p
style="margin-bottom:5.75pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello
Board and
Legal Counsel,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-bottom:5.75pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good
that Omo
spotted this.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-bottom:5.75pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It’s a
matter of
applying the
board election
process
adopted by the
board
according to
section 13.2
of the bylaws.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-bottom:5.75pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a
href="https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-bottom:5.75pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It’s
important to
hear from the
Board and the
Legal Counsel,
as the
elections can
be challenged.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-bottom:5.75pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please
advise.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-bottom:5.75pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Regards.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-bottom:5.75pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Boubakar</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:24 PM, Omo Oaiya <<a
href="mailto:Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">Greetings All,<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">The particular clause I am referring to is in
9.2 - <a
href="https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process</a><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<ul
type="disc">
<li
class="MsoNormal"
style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1
lfo2;background:#EEEEEE">
<span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
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
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">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)<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#EEEEEE"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<b>Western
Africa - Seat
2</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#EEEEEE"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Dr
Adelawe
Abedekon - 43<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#EEEEEE"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Dr
Ousmane Moussa
Tessa - 56<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#EEEEEE"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">None
of the above -
78<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#EEEEEE"><i><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Result:
The seat is
vacant</span></i><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white">The results from the other regions are valid
and supported
by the
following
clause as they
had one
candidate. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<ul
type="disc">
<ul
type="circle">
<li
class="MsoNormal"
style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level2
lfo3;background:#EEEEEE">
<span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">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.
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should not
deprive Dr
Tessa of a
rightful win
…. especially
in the
circumstances
we find
ourselves.<o:p></o:p></p>
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