[rpd] APPEAL AGAINST THE CONFIRMATION OF CONSENSUS DECLARED BY THE POLICY LIAISON TEAM AND THE BOARD ON THE SELECTION OF PDWG CO-CHAIRS

[Ibeanusi Elvis]

Dear community,

I believe that the appeal makes sense and very explicit. In accordance with
the CPM, the Co-chairs are empowered with the duty of declaring the
consensus,  hence an appeal can be filed against them but since the Board
has chosen to fill the gap and conduct the duties and take up the role of
the co-chairs at difficult time and in an unprecedented manner, it is only
applicable that the appeal can be taken against the Board’s consensus. If
the declaration of the consensus by the Board is valid, it simply means
that anyone can declare a consensus on the list because they feel they have
the experience or in the capacity to do so.

Similarly, since the appeal is against the consensus decision of the Board,
and the idea that such consensus cannot be appealed does not make sense and
it speak low on the concept of a bottom-up functional system we claim to
promote. If we follow this logic, as I aforementioned anyone can declare a
consensus on behalf of the everyone else and when this starts to happen, we
will lose a functional rpd.

Thanks
Elvis

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 1:57 Paschal Ochang <pascosoft at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hello all.

>

> It's very simple. Has an appeal been lunched ? The answer is yes. So let

> the Appeal Committee do their job. It's simple.

>

> On Thursday, April 22, 2021, Haruna Umar Adoga <hartek66 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Hello,

>>

>>

>> If we decide to proceed with the confirmation of the newly ‘selected’

>> Co-chairs, which some say were chosen based on a ‘consensus’ by the PDWG,

>> it will be a step in the wrong direction.

>>

>>

>> I personally do not subscribe to the idea of wasting the community’s time

>> on frivolous issues but an appeal has been made against the confirmation of

>> the Co-chairs and it needs to be addressed.

>>

>>

>> We cannot and should not keep supporting this narrative as PDWG members,

>> that whenever someone or a group of persons question an act/decision that

>> needs clarification, we tend to push things under the carpet intentionally

>> by throwing all sorts of tantrums rather than facing the issues in an

>> upright manner.

>>

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>> Haruna.

>>

>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 9:30 AM Arnaud AMELINA <amelnaud at gmail.com>

>> wrote:

>>

>>> In the Spirit of Law, what is not authorised, is forbidden. Don't fool

>>> people here please. An other waist of time to the  Community . The

>>> Co-chairs selection is over. Now we invite Co-chairs to take the place and

>>> start working, in order to avoid such kind of waist of time. Please, let

>>> move forward.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Arnaud

>>>

>>> Le jeu. 22 avr. 2021 à 02:38, lucilla fornaro <

>>> lucillafornarosawamoto at gmail.com> a écrit :

>>>

>>>> Hello everyone,

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> As we can all see, it is true that the CPM (3.5) openly mentions the

>>>> appeal against the co-chairs, but it doesn’t forbid other forms of appeals.

>>>> Furthermore, the appeal reports a serious matter that should be properly

>>>> investigated. This is the only way to go through it.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> In particular, I believe that the declaration of the consensus by the

>>>> Board of Directors goes beyond their authority.

>>>>

>>>> Therefore, I support this appeal.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Lucilla

>>>>

>>>> Il giorno mer 21 apr 2021 alle ore 14:18 Emem William <

>>>> dwizard65 at gmail.com> ha scritto:

>>>>

>>>>> *Dear Appeal Committee,*

>>>>>

>>>>> Please check  the attachment for our appeal.

>>>>>

>>>>> Thank you!

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> *Subject : Appeal against the confirmation of consensus declared by

>>>>> the Policy Liaison Team and the Board on the selection of PDWG Co-chairs*

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Dear Appeal Committee,

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> I am appealing against the confirmation of consensus declared by the

>>>>> AFRINIC team and the Board on the selection of PDWG Co-chairs, made on the

>>>>> RPD mailing list, on April 9th and April 11th.

>>>>>

>>>>> (https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013018.html)

>>>>>

>>>>> (https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013052.html)

>>>>>

>>>>> I consider that the actions of the Board of Directors to self-declare

>>>>> consensus over the PDWG matter in selecting the new co-chairs is done

>>>>> outside of their scope of power and prerogatives.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> *Date of the appeal :* April 19th, 2021

>>>>>

>>>>> *Date of the decision made by the Policy Liaison Team*

>>>>>

>>>>> (1) 3rd April 2021

>>>>>

>>>>> (2) 9th April 2021

>>>>>

>>>>> *Date of the decision made by the Board of Directors*

>>>>>

>>>>> 11th April 2021

>>>>>

>>>>> *f) Reference to an announcement of decision which is being appealed*

>>>>>

>>>>> (1) 26th March 2021, Eligibility criteria imposed by Policy Liaison

>>>>> Team

>>>>>

>>>>> (https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012768.html)

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> (2) 9th April 2021, Policy Liaison Team announced consensus is

>>>>> achieved

>>>>>

>>>>> (https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013018.html)

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> (3) 11th April 2021, Board Chair declared consensus

>>>>>

>>>>> (https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013052.html)

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> *Name and email address of complainant.*

>>>>>

>>>>> Emem William

>>>>>

>>>>> dwizard65 at gmail.com

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> *Names of complainants.*

>>>>>

>>>>> 1.    Olamide Andu (olamideandu at gmail.com)

>>>>>

>>>>> 2.    Yusuf Abdurahman Adebisi (adebc007 at gmail.com)

>>>>>

>>>>> 3.    Emem Ekpo William (dwizard65 at gmail.com)

>>>>>

>>>>> 4.    Sunday Ayuba (sundayayuba8 at gmail.com)

>>>>>

>>>>> The following appeal addresses the “fake consensus on the selection of

>>>>> the co-chairs” declaration, which according to the CPM, cannot be done by

>>>>> anyone else besides the chair. Yes In this situation we agreed that AFRINIC

>>>>> team should serve as secretariat but this team went ahead to selectively

>>>>> implement decisions even when there was no consensus.   The board’s

>>>>> interference with the matter signifies that the bottom up process no longer

>>>>> exists. Therefore, this appeal should serve the Appeal Committee in taking

>>>>> into account a very important point, which is the fact that the board has

>>>>> no right in declaring consensus.

>>>>>

>>>>> Based on the Board’s action of declaring consensus on the selection

>>>>> of the co-chairs, which is done outside of their prerogatives, it is safe

>>>>> to conclude that the declaration of consensus is illegal as it is not

>>>>> within the prescribed power and prerogatives of the Board of Directors. The

>>>>> Board of Directors should have referred to and comply with the stipulated

>>>>> terms of the AFRINIC’s constitution and the CPM and ensure that any action

>>>>> that is taken by the Board of Directors is done consistently and in

>>>>> compliance with the stipulated terms of the AFRINIC’s Constitution and the

>>>>> CPM, which was not the case. The declaration of the consensus by the Board

>>>>> of Directors shows that the Board of Directors have acted above and beyond

>>>>> their prescribed power and prerogatives.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> As for the list of requirements and qualifications imposed by the

>>>>> Policy Liaison Team, It is vital to note that they were never stipulated

>>>>> under the CPM. By simply adding on a list of requirement and qualification

>>>>> proves that the Policy Liaison Team have acted arbitrarily and with blatant

>>>>> disregard to the terms and procedures which are clearly stipulated under

>>>>> the CPM.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Based on the above, I urge the Appeal committee to look into this

>>>>> serious matter and resolve this appeal by standing with what is right.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Thank you!

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Regards,

>>>>> *Emem William*.

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>

> Paschal.

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