[rpd] Call for interest for PDWG chairs closed & Way forward

Thu Apr 8 13:00:46 UTC 2021

Dear Paul,

The question is " are the potential nominators genuine", if the 
nominators are genuine, there is no confusion. Then your submission 
clears  any doubt regarding the nominations.

Simply

Daniel

On 08/04/2021 7:46 am, Paul Wollner 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>* 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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>
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