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[rpd] Call for interest for PDWG chairs closed & Way forward
Mark Elkins
mje at posix.co.za
Thu Apr 8 09:46:38 UTC 2021
I feel the same way. One other thing (I've been on NomCom many times) -
one can only support one candidate in any election (e.g. PDWG
Co-Chairs). If you support a second person - the first looses that support.
This would correlate to the voting process, one vote per election.
On 4/8/21 11:09 AM, Saul Stein wrote:
>
> +1 (I wasn’t going to waste the time writing that.)
>
> *From:*Noah <noah at neo.co.tz>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 08 April 2021 10:56
> *To:* Paul Wollner <paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net>
> *Cc:* Saul Stein <saul at enetworks.co.za>; rpd <rpd at afrinic.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [rpd] Call for interest for PDWG chairs closed & Way
> forward
>
> Paul
>
> Firstly nomination period has since closed as per the timeline
> secretariat shared with PDWG.
>
> What you are suggesting is basically an attempt to manipulate an open
> process.
>
> The fact that you want to support folks who used fake nominators is in
> my opinion absurd.
>
> Noah
>
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2021, 09:56 Paul Wollner,
> <paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net
> <mailto:paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net>> wrote:
>
> Dear community,
>
> Due to the recent issue raised on the nomination of Wijdane Goubi
> and Anthony Ubah and the slight confusion regarding their
> nominators, I would like to clarify the whole situation to
> enlighten the community of the circumstances that have led to it
> and to avoid any misjudgments and further untrue accusations. I
> have been approached by these two young fellow Africans. I feel
> that they are passionate and energetic and I have personally
> reached out to potential nominators to get their consent on
> nominating Wijdane Goubi and Anthony Ubah, since these two young
> individuals have shown an interest in running for the co-chair
> position and have asked for my help to acquaint them to Afrinic
> Resource members that will be willing to take care of the
> nomination part.
>
> I misunderstood their willingness. I owe to all the individuals
> implicated in this huge misunderstanding, along with the
> community, an apology for this unintentional confusion.
>
> Therefore, I will now be nominating Wijdane and Anthony myself so
> as to exclude the previous nominators from this scenario and not
> ruin both of the nominees opportunity and experience to
> participate in a fair and inclusive elections process.
>
> Regards
>
> ---- On Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:59:10 +0200 *Saul Stein
> <**saul at enetworks.co.za* <mailto:saul at enetworks.co.za>*>*wrote ----
>
> Dear All,
>
> Firstly none of those nominations have seconders… that section
> was blank for 2 out of the 5.
>
> AFRINIC haven’t confirmed that the nominators are valid, in my
> view that should have been done before the email below should
> have been sent.
>
> It has been confirmed below that there was one fraudulent
> entry. I have now confirmed a second one and I suspect a third.
>
> Please can these verifications be done and the community updated.
>
> If the nominees have indeed wanted to run with fake
> nominators, I’d suggest that they banned from participation as
> clearly the interests of the community are not the driving force.
>
> And we wonder why we can’t get anywhere when people putting up
> their hand to lead are doing so unjustly.
>
> Volunteering is about putting the needs to others in front of
> your own agenda.
>
> Thanks
> Saul
>
> *From:*AFRINIC Policy Liaison <policy-liaison at afrinic.net
> <mailto:policy-liaison at afrinic.net>>
> *Sent:* Monday, 05 April 2021 20:42
> *To:* rpd at afrinic.net <mailto:rpd at afrinic.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [rpd] Call for interest for PDWG chairs closed
> & Way forward
>
> [Français en bas]
>
> Dear PDWG,
>
> The Call of Interest for the PDWG Co-Chairs Selection pursuant
> to Section 3.3 of CPM is now closed.
>
> *1.**_List of nominees_*
>
> AFRINIC is in receipt of six (6) nominations which are as
> follows :-
>
> 1.Wijdane Goubi from Morocco, Country of Residence: Morocco
>
> 2. Anthony Ikechukwu Ubah from Nigeria, Country of Residence:
> Canada
>
> 3. Vincent Ngundi from Kenya, Country of Residence: Kenya
>
> 4. Abdulkarim Oloyede from Nigeria, Country of Residence: Nigeria
>
> 5. Darwin Da Costa from Angola, Country of Residence: Angola
>
> 6. Ibeanusi Elvis from Nigeria, Country of Residence: Japan
>
> 2.*_Additional elements_*
>
> a.Nominee - Ibeanusi Elvis
>
> This nomination which was received as a self-nomination
> appeared to have been made later than the deadline. This was
> due to a back-end issue on self-nomination forms that was
> addressed during the day today. We confirm that the nomination
> has been posted on the system within the deadline.
>
> b.Nominee - Widjane Goubi
>
> In regard to the nominee, Wijdane Goubi, kindly note that on
> the 5th of April 2021, AFRINIC has been informed by an email
> sent from the designated nominator on the nomination paper
> that the latter never provided its support to the said
> nomination. He has therefore requested AFRINIC to delete all
> its associated personal data in connection thereof. In this
> respect, and to comply with the Mauritian Data Protection Act
> 2017, AFRINIC has a duty to cause such deletion forthwith and
> you are accordingly informed of the same. “
>
> *_3. Tenure of Office_*
>
> We would like to remind the Working Group that as stated in
> Section 3.3 of the Consolidated Policy Manual, one Co-Chair
> will serve a term ending by the PPM to be held in June 2021
> only whereas the other will serve a term ending in June 2022.
>
> *_ 4. Next Steps_*
>
> Now that the Call for Interests is closed, the next step is
> for the Working Group to find consensus on the most suitable
> persons to replace the recalled PDWG Co-Chairs.
>
> This exercise, including the carrying out of such due
> diligence and shortlisting of candidates/nominees, would under
> normal circumstances be carried out by the Nomination
> Committee (NomCom).
>
> For your information, the present NomCom has indicated that
> they would be available to conduct such exercise only from
> April 8th 2021. With only 6 candidates, we will leave the
> decision on the best way of carrying out the due diligence and
> shortlisting process to the PDWG participants.
>
> We therefore request you to agree on how the Working Group
> would like to proceed with the selection of the 2 replacing
> PDWG’s Co-Chairs.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Policy Liaison Team
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Cher PDWG,
>
> L'appel à manifestation d'intérêt pour la sélection des
> coprésidents du PDWG conformément à la section 3.3 de la CPM
> est désormais terminé.
>
> *1.**Liste des nominés*
>
> AFRINIC a reçu six (6) candidatures qui sont les suivantes :
>
> 1.Wijdane Goubi du Maroc, Pays de résidence : Maroc
>
> 2. Anthony Ikechukwu Ubah du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Canada
>
> 3. Vincent Ngundi du Kenya, Pays de résidence : Kenya
>
> 4. Abdulkarim Oloyede du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Nigeria
>
> 5. Darwin Da Costa de l'Angola, Pays de résidence : Angola
>
> 6. Ibeanusi Elvis du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Japon
>
> *2. Éléments supplémentaires*
>
> a.Candidat - Ibeanusi Elvis
>
> Cette nomination, qui a été reçue en tant qu'auto-nomination,
> semblait avoir été faite au-delà de la date limite. Cela était
> dû à un problème de back-end sur les formulaires
> d'auto-nomination qui a été résolu aujourd'hui dans la
> journée. Nous confirmons que la nomination a été postée dans
> le système dans les délais impartis.
>
> b.Candidat - Widjane Goubi
>
> En ce qui concerne la candidate, Wijdane Goubi, veuillez noter
> que le 5 avril 2021, l'AFRINIC a été informée par un courriel
> envoyé par son prétendu nominateur que ce dernier n'a jamais
> apporté son soutien à ladite candidature. Il a donc demandé à
> l'AFRINIC de supprimer toutes les données personnelles
> associées à cette candidature. À cet égard, et pour se
> conformer à la loi mauricienne sur la protection des données
> de 2017, AFRINIC a le devoir de procéder à ladite suppression
> sans délai et vous en êtes par conséquent informé.
>
> *3. Durée du mandat*
>
> Nous souhaitons rappeler au groupe de travail que, comme
> indiqué à la section 3.3 du CPM, l'un des co-présidents
> exercera son mandat jusqu'à la PPM qui se tiendra en juin 2021
> seulement, tandis que l'autre exercera son mandat jusqu'en
> juin 2022.
>
> *4. Prochaines étapes*
>
> Maintenant que l'appel à manifestation d'intérêt est terminé,
> la prochaine étape consiste pour le groupe de travail à
> trouver un consensus sur les personnes les plus aptes à
> remplacer les coprésidents du PDWG destitués.
>
> Cet exercice, qui comprend la réalisation d'une évaluation
> diligente et la sélection des candidats nominés, sera
> normalement effectué par le comité de nomination (NomCom).
>
> Pour votre information, le NomCom actuel a indiqué qu'il ne
> serait disponible pour mener cet exercice qu'à partir du 8
> avril 2021. Avec seulement 6 candidats, nous laisserons aux
> participants du PDWG le soin de décider de la meilleure façon
> de mener à bien le processus de sélection en faisant preuve de
> diligence raisonnable.
>
> Nous vous demandons donc de vous accorder sur la manière dont
> le groupe de travail pourrait procéder à la sélection des deux
> coprésidents remplaçants du PDWG.
>
> Nos Salutations
>
> Policy Liaison Team
>
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