[AfriNIC-rpd] NomCom at AFRINIC-16

[Badru Ntege]

McTim

AfriNIC is a regional body serving the entire African region.  I think if
the membership all agree on a policy like e-voting which at the time they
believe is in the best interest of the community and we have a jurisdiction
problem,  I know they can be over 52 other ways to fix that challenge.  We
should not allow country specific issues to obstruct the mandate of AfriNIC.

On the issue of e-voting my view is we pursue a parallel implementation for
at least two future elections before completely eliminating the paper
process.    This will allow all of  us of to be comfortable with the
transition and also make sure we have not left members behind in our quest
to modernize.   

regards


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpd-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:rpd-bounces at afrinic.net] On Behalf
> Of McTim
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:42 PM
> To: AfriNIC Resource Policy Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] NomCom at AFRINIC-16
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I think we need Ashok, our legal counsel to weigh in here, so I have cc:ed
him.
> 
> My question to Ashok is:
> 
> Does MU law prohibit us from using e-voting only?  In other words, does MU
> law insist on physical proxies, or can we use e-proxies/e-voting only?
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> 
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:19 AM, ALAIN AINA <aalain at trstech.net> wrote:
> >
> > On May 22, 2012, at 11:10 PM, Andrew Alston wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > The simple fact in my view is that sadly, what is broken goes beyond
> > the simple rules and bylaws.  Yes, the bylaws and rules need to be
> > changes to avoid the abuse of loopholes which allow people to act
> > outside of the will of the community, and I hope to see this happen.
> > But more to the point, what I saw in Gambia was a huge amount of
> > factionalization and large political undercurrents that distract from
the real
> issues.
> >
> > Until we fix this people will continue to attempt to use the political
> > process to advance their own agendas. The sad fact is, fixing the
> > rules should be the easy part, fixing the various factions is far
harder.
> >
> > With regards to the bylaws though, I looked a minute ago at the
> > submitted comments on the bylaw revisions and with all this debate
> > going on, was shocked to find that there were only two submitted
> comments, both mine!
> >
> >
> >
> > You will see more soon and before the deadlines and we will keep a
> > close eyes on the next step for the bylaw revision
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --Alain
> >
> > The PDP list has become far more active since Dar Es Salaam but when
> > there is a call for comments on the bylaws and there are no comments,
> > I once again worry about community involvement. It is well and good
> > for all of us, myself included, to sit here and state the problems,
> > but if we don't submit comments through the right channels nothing will
> change!
> >
> > I therefore appeal to you all to please let your voices be heard, lets
> > fix the rules and at the same time work on working together as a
> > community on the real business of AfriNIC.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > P.S sorry for any typos and formatting errors, enabling from a phone
> > is a pain!
> >
> > On May 22, 2012 6:54 PM, "Sunday Folayan" <sfolayan at gmail.com> wrote:
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