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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Christian,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Can the board please explain how it plans to deal with the fact that appointed directors do not contribute towards quorum for an AGMM – and we cannot elect directors outside of an AGMM – as per the bylaws. As such, while
these appointees increase board capacity – they do not solve the AGMM quorum problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Bope Christian <christianbope@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 28 June 2018 at 18:29<br>
<b>To: </b>"community-discuss@afrinic.net" <community-discuss@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Community-Discuss] Filling of the casual vacancies-Update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">[version français ci-dessous]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Dear AFRINIC members and community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">The AFRINIC Board has decided on a process for filling the vacant seats in the Board of Directors. The process is published at <<a href="https://afrinic.net/images/afrinic-director-selection-process-20180628-en.pdf"><span style="color:#E4AF0A">https://afrinic.net/images/afrinic-director-selection-process-20180628-en.pdf</span></a>>
and also included at the end of this message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">I will send another message no later than Monday 2 July with a link to a page with information about the candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Christian D. Bope, Ph.D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Chairman, AFRINIC Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">[français]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Chers membres et communauté d'AFRINIC, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Le Conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC a décidé d'un processus pour pourvoir les sièges vacants au sein du Conseil d'administration. Le processus est publié (en anglais) à <<a href="https://afrinic.net/images/afrinic-director-selection-process-20180628-en.pdf"><span style="color:#E4AF0A">https://afrinic.net/images/afrinic-director-selection-process-20180628-en.pdf</span></a>>
et également inclus à la fin de ce message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">J'enverrai un autre message au plus tard le lundi 2 juillet avec un lien vers une page avec des informations sur les candidats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Cordialement,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Christian D. Bope, Ph.D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">AFRINIC Director Selection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">28 June 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">After the AFRINIC AGMM on 10 May 2018, four seats on the Board were vacant. The Board decided to fill the vacant seats, in terms of article 13.14 of the AFRINIC Bylaws, and published
a call for Expression of Interest (EOI) on 17 May 2018 [ <a href="https://afrinic.net/en/news/2395-filling-of-the-casual-vacancies"><span style="color:#E4AF0A">https://afrinic.net/en/news/2395-filling-of-the-casual-vacancies</span></a>]. The Board
has received a total of 20 EOIs in response to the call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">The filling of the vacant positions on the Board will be effected in terms of the hereunder process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Phase 1 - Public consultation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">The Board shall provide the opportunity to get community’s feedback. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Those that meet the eligibility requirement as per section 13.10 of the AFRINIC bylaws, shall be identified from those who have submitted EOI.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#454545;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-stretch: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Candidates will be required to provide a reference of two AFRINIC resource members in good standing supporting their EOI. A member in good standing cannot support more than one candidate irrespective of the region.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#454545;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-stretch: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Candidates will be required to consent to their information being published.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#454545;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;font-stretch: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Information about candidates will be published for public comment, for a one week period.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">Phase 2 - Selection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545">The Board shall proceed to select the appointees from the pool of candidates, to fill the vacant positions on the Board. The following criteria will be considered:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Feedback received from the community (as per phase 1 of the process)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#454545;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;font-stretch: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Section 13.12 of the AFRINIC Bylaw<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#454545;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;font-stretch: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">A vote of the Board on each region seat will be conducted<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#454545;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;font-stretch: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">This phase shall be concluded within 1 week after phase 1 ends<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#454545;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;font-stretch: normal">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The appointees will be announced to the community.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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