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

[Owen DeLong]

Since there are two open positions, I do not think it is unusual to nominate two individuals to fill the two slots.

I do agree that it would be somewhat odd (though I can think of times when I would do it) to nominate more than n individuals where n is the number of vacancies to be filled.

I would do so in the case where I felt that multiple candidates were similarly qualified and requested my nomination believing that in general the community would benefit from the widest possible set of choices.

Owen



> On Apr 8, 2021, at 02:13 , Mike Silber <silber.mike at gmail.com> wrote:

> 

> Thanks for the explanation Paul

> 

> While I appreciate your feedback, this raises further questions:

> 

> can an invalid nomination be remedied as you are now suggesting? This is not a case of an error (such as a typo) being corrected, but a key requirement that was irregular. I am not sure that we can allow a nominator to be swapped out like this when it turns out the nomination was invalid?

> what does this say about the motivation that was included in the nomination? Was this written by the purported nominator or by the nominee or someone else? What does that say about the nomination?

> what about the requirement for the nomination to be seconded?

> the process is silent on a member’s ability to nominate more than one candidate. It seems rather strange for a single nominator to make multiple nominations. Certainly something to be covered in a process improvement. Possibly a question best left to the election process. 

> 

> Mike

> 

>> On 8 Apr 2021, at 08:46, Paul Wollner <paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net <mailto:paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net>> wrote:

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>> 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.

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>> 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

>> 

>> 

> 

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