[rpd] Secretariat PDWG

[Noah]

Hi Eddy


While anybody can volunteer in the role, we should all as WG acknowledge
that we would be better off with "qualified" participants managing affairs
of the WG and some criteria for the role would come in handy, but your
email did not mention the importance of criteria.


In any case, the PDWG participants objectively agree and disagree by means
of rough consensus and/or consensus. For this case, my preference is for
the WG participants to select qualified co-chair volunteers by means of
consensus which should be straight forward if the candidates are qualified
known members of the working group.


Former co-chairs have been elected by this means before. Refer to the links
and quotes [1], [2] below.


[1] https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-22


"Boubakar called Seun to talk to the community for a few minutes before the
community can elect him. Seun thanked Khaled for showing strong support for
his nomination by withdrawing his candidature and urging the community to
support him. He stated that he would continue to uphold the principles of
the PDP and serve the community unreservedly as he has been doing.

*Ernest indicated that the election of PDWG co-chair is by show of hands
and by anyone present in the room. By show of hands, Seun was unanimously
selected for a subsequent two-year term as co-chair of the PDWG*."


[2]
https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-24#PDWGCo-Chair


"4.0 PDWG Co-Chair Election


The NOMCOM 2016 chair presented the process for nomination of the PDWG
co-chair and the several milestones in the process. He noted that there was
only one self-nominee (Sami Salih from Sudan, who is also one of the
current co-chairs). *Sami was invited to convince the community on why he
should be re-elected. In a show of hands, the community unanimously voted
Sami for another two years as PDWG co-chair.*"


[3] https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-18


And to quote also some text from 2013


*2.5 Election of the new PDWG co-chair.  *


"Douglas Onyango, the NomCom 2013 Chair, briefly informed the meeting about
the roles of the PDWG co-chairs, their term of office and the election
process. He said Alan Barrett's term has ended, and stated that when a call
for nominations was sent to the community, two volunteers responded, and
they were Seun Ojedeji from Nigeria and Jean Claude Welo from DRC. He
further stated that Jean Claude has since withdrawn his candidature and has
at the same time endorsed Seun Ojedeji, and hence, Seun is the only
volunteer up for election. Douglas called upon Seun to talk about his
background and plans for the AFRINIC PDWG. Seun indicated his willingness
to serve as the PDWG co-chair and his availability to fully commit to
fulfilling all the responsibilities required of him in this function."


"*After a show of hands in support of his candidature, Seun was declared
the new co-chair in replacement for Alan Barrett. Douglas thanked Alan for
the service he has tirelessly rendered to the community in various
capacities including the PDWG and welcomed Seun into his new role.* "


To colleagues here on the PDWG, please note that we have in the past
successfully selected co-chairs by means of consensus as a
self-organized group of participants in policy development.


I therefore advocate for the selection of an interim chair and co-chairs by
means of PDWG consensus.


Cheers,
*./noah*
neo - network engineering and operations


On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 7:32 PM Eddy Kayihura <eddy at afrinic.net> wrote:


> [French below]

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> Dear Colleagues,

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> We are following the discussions on the RPD mailing list with the utmost

> attention and appreciate your efforts to find a solution for selecting the

> working group co-chairs.

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> We have seen some community recommendations that AFRINIC, in its role as

> secretariat to the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG), facilitates the

> ongoing discussions by summarising all the options on the table. We are

> happy to take on this task.

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> As it currently stands, we have seen two proposed options on the list:

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> Option 1: Co-chair election by the PDWG via an online election

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> Option 2: Co-Chair selection by the PDWG via consensus

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> We would like to invite our community members to suggest any other

> proposed options that they consider to be a potential way forward on the

> list by Monday, 22 February 2021 (20h00 UTC).

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> The AFRINIC team will then publish a comprehensive list of the proposed

> options on  Wednesday, 24 February 2021.

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> The AFRINIC team will then share a staff assessment and impact analysis

> for implementing each option on Friday, 26 February 2021.

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> We believe that this will aid the PDWG in making its decision on the best

> way forward.

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> . To aid us in capturing your proposed options precisely, we ask you the

> following:

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>    - We encourage you to be concise when raising your proposed option.

>    - We are not seeking support or comments on proposed options at this

>    point, just a collection of all the different proposed options.

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> I hope this approach could help us come together as a community and agree

> on the best way forward for this core component of our bottom-up,

> all-inclusive process that AFRINIC and its PDP have been founded upon.

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> Kind Regards,

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> Eddy Kayihura,

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> Chief Executive Officer,

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> African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)

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> [French Version]

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> Chers collègues,

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> Nous suivons les discussions sur la liste de diffusion de la RPD avec la

> plus grande attention et apprécions vos efforts pour trouver une solution

> pour la sélection des coprésidents du groupe de travail.

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> Nous avons vu certaines recommendations de la communauté selon lesquelles

> AFRINIC, en tant que secrétariat du groupe de travail sur l'élaboration des

> politiques (PDWG), pourrait faciliter les discussions en cours en

> résumant toutes les options sur la table. Nous sommes heureux d'assumer

> cette tâche.

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> Dans l'état actuel des choses, nous avons vu deux options proposées sur la

> liste :

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> Option 1 : élection des coprésidents par le PDWG via une élection en

> ligne

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> Option 2 : sélection des coprésidents par le PDWG par consensus

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> Nous aimerions inviter les membres de notre communauté à proposer toute

> autre option qu'ils considèrent comme une voie possible de solution, sur

> la liste avant le lundi 22 février 2021 (20h00 UTC).

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> L'équipe d'AFRINIC publiera ensuite une liste complète des options

> proposées le mercredi 24 février 2021.

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> L'équipe d'AFRINIC partagera ensuite une évaluation et une analyse

> d'impact pour la mise en œuvre de chaque option le vendredi 26 février 2021.

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> Nous pensons que cela aidera le PDWG dans sa décision.

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> Pour nous aider à noter les options que vous proposez avec précision,

> nous vous proposons la démarche suivante :

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> - Nous vous encourageons à être concis lorsque vous présentez l'option que

> vous proposez.

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> - Nous ne cherchons pas à obtenir un soutien ou des commentaires sur les

> options proposées à ce stade, mais simplement à rassembler toutes les

> différentes options proposées.

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> J'espère que cette approche pourra nous aider à nous rassembler en tant

> que communauté et à nous mettre d'accord sur la meilleure façon de faire

> avancer cette composante essentielle de notre processus ascendant (bottom-up)

> et inclusif sur lequel AFRINIC et son PDP ont été fondés.

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> Cordialement,

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> Eddy Kayihura,

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> Chief Executive Officer,

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> African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)

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