[rpd] Secretariat PDWG

[Owen DeLong]

> On Feb 22, 2021, at 12:18 PM, Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:

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> Hi Eddy

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> 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.


I agree that we are better off with “qualified” participants.

However, who better to judge those qualifications than the people who would be voting for them?

Are you saying that you want criteria imposed by (who?) in limiting the choices available to the electors?

This seems anti-democratic to me.


> 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.


What is the process you are proposing for achieving a slate of “qualified known members of the working group” as candidates?
What is your basis in the CPM for eliminating other candidates who step forward (if any)?


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


In both of those cases, there were not other candidates stepping forward in opposition.

I have no problem with an election result being called consensus if there is a unanimous vote result, but even in the cases you cite, it was done by an election process which happened to display consensus as a result, not by a consensus process.

Owen


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

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> "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.

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> 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."

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

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> "4.0 PDWG Co-Chair Election

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> 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."

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

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> And to quote also some text from 2013  

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> 2.5 Election of the new PDWG co-chair.  

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> "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."

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> "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. "

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> 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. 

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

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> Cheers,

> ./noah

> neo - network engineering and operations

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

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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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> 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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