[rpd] Co-Chair Election Process

[Emem William]

Dear Sarah,

The simple answer to your question is the reliability of internet
connectivity. One second you are up and running the other you are
disconnected. Am sure you know how connectivity in Africa fluctuates. Did
you forget that so soon?

Regards,
Emem E. WILLIAM

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 04:20 Sarah Kiden <skiden at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hi Emem,

>

> Kindly clarify. If people will already be participating in the meeting

> virtually, what will stop them from using the ‘raise hand’ feature? What

> basis do you have to say that this cannot work in our region?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Sarah

>

> On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 22:08, Emem William <dwizard65 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Dear All,

>>

>> I can  recollect that a similar proposal was proposed as a policy and it

>> was overwhelmingly rejected in Angola. The current community totally

>> rejected the policy no one except the authors supported the idea because we

>> know it can't work in this region. Using online voting now would be like

>> passing the policy using the backdoor. Am sure Jordie would like this idea

>> and hence his enthusiasm. However my candid opinion is that we can't do

>> this. The most appropriate way forward is to allow the Co chair who has

>> been doing a fantastic job to continue for another 12 months or till the

>> next face to face meeting. The community that voted him in Kampala still

>> have confidence in him. In any case even with an online election he would

>> still likely win but I don't want polices to be passed through the back

>> door. Therefore I think the most appropriate way for this has been

>> suggested as an extension for the co-chair who's seat would have been

>> contested.

>>

>> Cheers.

>>

>> Emem E. William

>>

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