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[rpd] Call for interest for PDWG chairs closed & Way forward
Daniel Yakmut
yakmutd at googlemail.com
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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