[rpd] AFRINIC Board Elections - 2014: Call for Nominations

Thu May 8 05:28:35 UTC 2014

It was not my intent to raise an objection. My intent was to express an opposition to term limits.

I have no problem with the slate of candidates provided by the Nom Comm.

Owen

On May 7, 2014, at 22:13 , Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> NonCom works with volunteers who have shown interest in serving as
> board members. You can only raise an objection if you think you are
> qualified, volunteered and were not selected. The call is usually
> distributed widely from the rpd to several in-country lists. The
> competition is healthy with at least three choices per seat.
> 
> Mark, your committee did a good job.
> 
> Regards
> 
> On 08/05/2014, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>> My own $0.02 on term limits.
>> 
>> In general, term limits take choice away from voters rather than giving
>> voters more choice. There can only be N incumbents of N*x candidates in any
>> given race if the nominating committee is doing its job. The job of the
>> nominating committee is to seek out qualified applicants to run for office
>> and confirm the qualifications of those who wish to run so that the
>> community is presented with a rich slate of qualified candidates. In most
>> situations (I don't know what, if any rules apply in the specific case of
>> AfriNIC), the nominating committee has to produce a slate where x is at
>> least 2, and, ideally 3-5 (so if you have a vote-for-3 office, for example,
>> you ideally have 9-15 candidates).
>> 
>> Therefore, the voters should always have non-incumbent alternatives if they
>> wish. Incumbents are not inherently bad. As Mark has pointed out, an
>> Incumbent has experience and knowledge which can make them better at the job
>> than someone newly elected. If this was not true, telecommunications
>> companies would fire all of their employees every year and get new ones.
>> 
>> Term limits assume that voters don't know who to vote for and make stupid
>> choices based on supporting incumbents because they recognize the name and
>> for no other reasons. In my experience, the AfriNIC community does not
>> deserve such an insult. I believe the community to be comprised of
>> intelligent people who generally make reasonable decisions and consider
>> available information in a reasonable manner prior to making a decisions. I
>> do not believe that an incumbent who is doing a bad job is at all likely to
>> get re-elected by the AfriNIC community.
>> 
>> Owen
>> 
>> On May 7, 2014, at 13:09 , Noah Maina <mainanoa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Mark
>>> 
>>> Mmmmm am not convienced but I will give your response the benefit of the
>>> doubt imho ... otherwise one would argue that there is no point of new
>>> blood since old blood brings about stability given the observation that
>>> new blood takes a year or so to catch up...
>>> 
>>> This continent certainly have loads of competent folks I just think not so
>>> many are aware perhaps otherwise we would have lots of willing folks...
>>> 
>>> In anycade the community can certainly elect whoever ... old old or new.!
>>> 
>>> My 1 cent ...
>>> 
>>> Noah
>>> 
>>> On 7 May 2014 21:05, "Mark Elkins" <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2014-05-07 at 20:05 +0300, Noah Maina wrote:
>>>> Me Just curious!
>>>> 
>>>> Aren't some of the nominated folks already or were  members of the
>>>> board in the recent past....the names look familiar ....
>>> 
>>> Yes, Both Indian and Central Africa have Board members who are
>>> re-standing for a second term. This makes them immediately useful, no
>>> learning how things work. In my observations, "new blood" can take a
>>> year or so to become useful.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Other RIR regions (for example, RIPE) allow multiple repetitive terms.
>>> This gives that community Board Stability, helps stops old mistakes from
>>> being repeated.
>>> 
>>>> Should some of us assume that there is no new blood in some of these
>>>> regions who can be nominated or there is less awareness in the
>>>> community thus we keep seeing the same names over and over most of the
>>>> time?
>>> 
>>> There is more new blood than old (7 out of 10 people) standing.
>>> Being an AFRINIC Board Member can be quite time consuming. There is also
>>> no "sitting" fee. Finding willing people who can bring appropriate
>>> Business Management and Leadership skills as well as their time is not
>>> as easy as one might think.
>>> Lastly - the community decides who is (re-)elected, old or new.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Noah
>>>> 
>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>> 
>>>> Consequent to the call for nominations and subsequent evaluation of
>>>> nominees by the Nominations Committee (NomCom), we are pleased to
>>>> announce the following final slate of candidates for the following
>>>> seats on the AFRINIC Board:
>>>> 
>>>> Indian Ocean:
>>>> 
>>>>    Andrinirina Joël RANDRIANASOLO
>>>>    Kris Seeburn
>>>>    Subramanian Moonesamy
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Central Africa:
>>>> 
>>>>    Antoine Joseph Junior Tonye
>>>>    Bope Domilongo Christian
>>>>    NGNOULAYE Janvier
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> NON-REGIONAL/GEOGRAPHICAL:
>>>> 
>>>>    Andrew Kenningale Alston
>>>>    Boubakar Barry
>>>>    Hajanirina Ramboasalama
>>>>    Ilunga Kabwika Serge
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Full candidate information has been published at:
>>>> 
>>>> https://internetsummitafrica.org/en/ais14/bod-election
>>>> 
>>>> The community (and especially members) are hereby invited to view
>>>> candidate details and express any objection or support about the
>>>> suitability of the candidates for the board position using the
>>>> comment section at the URL above.
>>>> 
>>>> The public comment period will close on 26 May 2014 at 2000UTC.
>>>> 
>>>> Members that will not be able to attend and/or vote physically at
>>>> the AGMM in Djibouti on 06 June 2014 are informed that there is now
>>>> an option for electronic voting, which will start on 27th May 2014
>>>> until 05 June 2014 and will be conducted through the MyAFRINIC
>>>> portal - https://my.afrinic.net
>>>> 
>>>> More information is available at:
>>>> http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election?showall=1
>>>> 
>>>> For any queries or clarification, please contact the nominations
>>>> committee by email at:
>>>> 
>>>> nomcom2014 at afrinic.net
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Mark J Elkins - AFRINIC 2014 Nominations Committee Chair
>>> mje at posix.co.za - nomcom2014 (at) afrinic.net
>>> Tel: +27.128070590  Cell: +27.826010496
>>> 
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