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

[Anthony Ubah]

Hello,

I am baffled by this situation that I have woken up to. However, I believe
this might be an honest mistake, and hold no grudge about it. I was as
appalled and confused as the community might be about the misinterpretation
of my nominations. Nonetheless, I am glad Paul stepped up to clear out the
muddle.
Now that he has agreed to amend the situation by becoming my new nominator,
I am following through. Thanks Paul.

Therefore, I wish to edit my nomination form as follows:

Full Name:  Anthony Ubah
Gender: Male
Nationality: Nigeria
Country of Residence: Canada
 Physical address: L5A 2W6 Cawthra Road, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Organization: GoldSpine LTD
 Position: Co-Founder
 Email address (of Nominee): ubah.tonyiyke at gmail.com



*Nominator:*

Full name: Paul Wollner
NIC-HDL: PW16-AFRINIC
Organisation: ORG-AOC1-AFRINIC
Org-name: Africa on Cloud
Email Address (of Nominator): Paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net



*Best Regards,*

*Anthony Ubah  *
Cell phone:+1(289) 442-7790




On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 7:51 AM Paul Wollner <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

> <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>

> *Sent:* Monday, 05 April 2021 20:42

> *To:* 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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