[rpd] Co-Chair Election Process

[Joshua J. Onuh]

Hi all,

In view of the ongoing pandemic that has disrupted alot in our various
societial ways, "..allowing a co-chair to extend for another year will not
be harmful"  just as Mr. Daniel Yakmut rightly stated.
However, while I move for an extension of the election date till next year
also, I'd like to suggest a proposal for a remote voting system to be
considered within this one year time span and possibly adopted to avoid any
further occurrence of such nature.

Regards.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 2:11 PM Murungi Daniel <dmurungi at wia.co.tz> wrote:


> Dear all,

>

> Am of the view that we should proceed with the election. The current

> environment (inability to vote in person or via show of hands) provides us

> with an opportunity to come up with alternative mechanisms which can be

> tested and modified accordingly.

>

> If we are faced with another scenario such as this in the future, we won’t

> have to go back to the drawing board.

>

> Regarding the “sleeper cells” effect (aptly named by Sami :) ), the

> suggestion of a minimum number of posts should suffice. We should also

> follow up on the suggestion of always using email IDs associated with the

> member's organization as mentioned in previous posts (we could discuss this

> plus other alternatives on a separate thread).

>

>

> Regards,

> Murungi Daniel

>

>

> On Jul 16, 2020, at 3:09 PM, Daniel Yakmut via RPD <rpd at afrinic.net>

> wrote:

>

> Dear All,

> I strongly believe we are not in a hurry to do anything now. Hence,

> allowing a co-chair to extend for another year will not be harmful. Moreso

> there was precedent of extension, even in periods that were not as

> precarious as now.

>

> I am also sure we are not breaching any Constitutional provisions, if we

> have consensus to extend for another year. we hope we will meet physically

> next year. By the way we are in the era of "new normal" where changes are

> occuring organically.

>

> The option of remote voting may require changes or modifications of the

> bylaws, which is more tasking and tedious, and possibly not feasible before

> September.

>

> Therefore, I support extension of tenure for another year.

>

> Simply,

> Daniel

>

> On Jul 16, 2020 10:41 AM, "Eddy Kayihura" <eddy at afrinic.net> wrote:

>

> Dear PDWG community members

>

> The Public Policy Meeting will be on the agenda of the  Africa Internet

> Summit 2020 (AIS-20) in September. One PDWG co-chair’s term (one year)

> will end during the Public Policy Meeting.

>

> The election process for the PDWG co-chair (please see

> https://www.afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group#election for

> more details) says that voting shall be by a simple show of hands. However,

> this Public Policy meeting shall be held online.

>

> We are therefore requesting feedback from the community on how AFRINIC can

> best proceed with the election to fill the vacant seat of one PDP co-chair.

> We shall be delighted to receive your proposals for this important matter

> and hope we can have a consensus within a week.

>

> Regards,

>

> Eddy

>

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> Chers membres de la communauté du PDWG,

>

> La réunion de politique publique sera à l'ordre du jour du Sommet Africain

> de l'Internet 2020 (AIS-20) qui se tiendra du 14 au 18 septembre 2020. Le

> mandat d'un des coprésidents du PDWG (un an) prendra fin pendant la réunion

> de politique publique.

>

> Le processus d'élection du coprésident du PDWG (voir

> https://www.afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group#election pour

> plus de détails) prévoit que le vote se fera à main levée. Toutefois, cette

> réunion de politique publique se tiendra en ligne.

>

> Nous demandons donc à la communauté de nous faire part de ses commentaires

> sur la meilleure façon pour AFRINIC de procéder à l'élection pour pourvoir

> le siège vacant d'un coprésident du PDP. Nous serons ravis de recevoir vos

> propositions sur cette importante question et esperons avoir un consensus

> dans une semaine.

>

> Cordialement,

>

> Eddy

>

>

>

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