<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Komi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have noted your comments, as well as John’s input.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I tend to agree that actions “in good faith” can be excused, but only for so long. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the case of the NomCom, the processes need to be improved and formalised. Your suggestion regarding regional exclusion is one issue that needs to be reconsidered. There are many other opportunities for improvement and I understand this process is underway.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A couple of suggestions emanating from the ICANN NomCom review:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ul class="MailOutline"><li class="">leadership continuity: the Board appoints a chair and an associate chair. The associate chair is selected as a possible/likely chair for the next year and gives her/him the chance to become familiar with processes. In addition, the previous year’s chair stays on as an advisor to the chair</li><li class="">code of conduct and confidentiality: each year the NomCom confirms their adherence to a code of conduct and confidentiality undertakings, which are published</li><li class="">carry over of candidates - prior year candidates may be approached to see if they will consider standing again</li><li class="">active outreach, including using recruitment firms and placing adverts in the media</li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">Can I ask if anyone has views on the above or other suggestions regarding improvement - you share them in this renamed thread?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mike</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 19 Mar 2020, at 10:24, Komi Elitcha <<a href="mailto:kmw.elitcha@gmail.com" class="">kmw.elitcha@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Dear Walu,</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">I hope you read Marcus introductory message on the topic including the questions raised.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">As someone who served on many NomCom and former board member, I do assume you understand very well the role and responsibilities of NomCom members and the meaning of the following text from the elections guidelines:</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">***</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">“The Board further expects NomCom members to:</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">be neutral; to have no interest in the results of the elections;......”</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">***</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">I am glad you concluded your message by encouraging NomCom members to do their job without fear or favor...I see convergence as the overall goal is to make sure NomCom members remain neutral and fair and not conflicted.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">On a more general note, I tend to conclude that having only 4 NomCom members(not domiciled in a region whose seat is open for renewal ...) advertising and searching candidates in their tiny personal network can only give the results we’ve seen recently with few number of candidates per seat.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Evidently, Afrinic demands nomcom be regional and ones own network could be limiting </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Hope this help,</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">- Komi</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 15, 2020, at 15:40, John Walu <<a href="mailto:walu.john@gmail.com" class="">walu.john@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I am also struggling to understand the 'crime'.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I served on several past Nomination Committees and my first line of advertising/recruitment was always <b class="">my own networks.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>For the simple reason that I really didn't have access to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">OTHER peoples networks.</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">AfriNIC has in recent times struggled to raise multiple candidates per seat and so NomComm Members and Chair should be encouraged to cast their search as wide as possible....naturally charity, would I presume to begin from home.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So evidence or no evidence, NOMCOM please keep advertising and searching without fear or favor.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">walu</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><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 class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote class="" 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 class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px;"><hr class=""><div id="gmail-m_2901036759821990966x_x_gmail-m_8937004884791756069x_divRpF109417" class="" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marcus K. 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Adomey [<a href="mailto:madomey@hotmail.com" target="_blank" class="">madomey@hotmail.com</a>]<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>09 March 2020 18:50<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank" class="">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Community-Discuss] NomCom Chairs Private Message<br class=""></font><br class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;"><span class="">Dear Community,<br class=""></span><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our goodwill advocates have sighted an email message from the recently appointed and current NomCom chair to his favorite private mailing list in South Africa soliciting applications from the country in question.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As a community, we have a few questions to ensure fairness in terms of recruitment of people based on merit and most importantly diversity.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Would the NomCom please share announcements equally well across other African countries to the same extent as the NomCom chair is doing for specifically South Africa?<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2. Is this a personal act or was this done in his capacity as the NomCom chair where utmost objective neutrality is expected.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3. The said message asks for more South African representation even though it indicates SA already has a seat.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Does this show some level of bias from the chairman of NomCom.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4. 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