[rpd] Secretariat PDWG

[Fernando Frediani]

On 23/02/2021 22:25, Owen DeLong via RPD wrote:

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> <cliP>

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> 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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