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[rpd] Secretariat PDWG

Fernando Frediani fhfrediani at gmail.com
Wed Feb 24 01:58:08 UTC 2021 

On 23/02/2021 22:25, Owen DeLong via RPD wrote:
>
> <cliP>
>
> This seems anti-democratic to me.

This is not a democracy as we know it , should not be and yet works 
pretty well in general. Things advance by merit.


>
>>
>> [1] 
>> https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-22 
>> <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 
>> <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 
>> <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 since withdrawn his candidature and has at the same time endorsed 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 
>> <mailto:eddy at afrinic.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     [French below]
>>
>>     Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     As it currently stands, we have seen two proposed options on the
>>     list:
>>
>>     Option 1: Co-chair election by the PDWG via an online election
>>
>>     Option 2: Co-Chair selection by the PDWG via consensus
>>
>>     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).
>>
>>     The AFRINIC team will then publish a comprehensive list of the
>>     proposed options on  Wednesday, 24 February 2021.
>>
>>     The AFRINIC team will then share a staff assessment and impact
>>     analysis for implementing each option on Friday, 26 February 2021.
>>
>>     We believe that this will aid the PDWG in making its decision on
>>     the best way forward.
>>
>>     . To aid us in capturing your proposed options precisely, we ask
>>     you the following:
>>
>>
>>
>>       * 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.
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     .
>>
>>     Kind Regards,
>>
>>     Eddy Kayihura,
>>
>>     Chief Executive Officer,
>>
>>     African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)
>>
>>     [French Version]
>>
>>     Chers collègues,
>>
>>     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 dugroupe
>>     de travail.
>>
>>     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 faciliterles
>>     discussions en cours en résumant toutes les options sur la table.
>>     Nous sommes heureux d'assumer cette tâche.
>>
>>     Dans l'état actuel des choses, nous avons vu deux options
>>     proposées sur la liste :
>>
>>     Option 1 : élection descoprésidentspar le PDWG via une élection
>>     en ligne
>>
>>     Option 2 : sélection des coprésidents par le PDWG par consensus
>>
>>     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).
>>
>>     L'équipe d'AFRINIC publiera ensuite une liste complète des
>>     options proposées le mercredi 24 février 2021.
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     Nous pensons que cela aidera le PDWG dans sa décision.
>>
>>     Pour nous aider à noter les options que vous proposez avec
>>     précision, nous vous proposons la démarche suivante:
>>
>>     - Nous vous encourageons à être concis lorsque vous présentez
>>     l'option que vous proposez.
>>
>>     - 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.
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     Cordialement,
>>
>>     Eddy Kayihura,
>>
>>     Chief Executive Officer,
>>
>>     African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)
>>
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