We do appreciate volunteers in the community as this is the bedrock of the Afrinic workforce. However we must also follow best practices as we have seen time and time again they are scenarios where common sense can be used rather than looking helter skelter for a document that references every blessed situation we find ourselves in.<div> If the status of the Co chair has expired prior to decisions made in Hammammet then it is just to say the outcome of decisions in Hammammet were affected directly or indirectly and the big question will be that shouldn't those decisions be null and void probably till this issue is fixed. </div><div><br><br>On Friday, December 7, 2018, Taiwo Oyewande <<a href="mailto:taiwo.oyewande88@gmail.com">taiwo.oyewande88@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><br><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">It is heart breaking to find out that the rough consensus was announced by a floor member. This means the long hours on the plane to participate in such an important process has been put to waste. How did we get to this, did we overlook the laid down processes or was this an oversight </span><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">I am tempted to imply this was an intentional act. But i trust the noble men of the community will not do such to jeopardise the PDP.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">At this time, the way forward is obviously to void the decisions made in Tunisia.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> But then, what next???</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 7 Dec 2018, at 03:58, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">At most it would be for one co-chair and the PDP specifies election during a PDWG meeting. Dewole’s term does not expire until some time during the next PDWG meeting.<div><br></div><div>The PDP specifies that the term handoff is to be agreed by the outgoing and incoming chair.</div><div><br></div><div>The fact that the PDP Chairs election procedure is codified in the PDP does make me wonder how the noncom and election committee came to be as involved in the process as they have been, but so long as the PDWG is amenable to that involvement, the PDP as currently written doesn’t preclude it, so I am not questioning its legitimacy, only it’s genesis.</div><div><br></div><div>Certainly, however, we will need to elect two Chairs at the Uganda meeting in June. Anyone with an interest in running is free to express that interest at any time.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 6, 2018, at 09:20 , DANIEL NANGHAKA <<a href="mailto:dndannang@gmail.com" target="_blank">dndannang@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">Why can't a call be made for PDP Co-chairs?</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">On Thursday, December 6, 2018, Daniel Yakmut via Community-Discuss <</span><a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important"><wbr>> wrote:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">The ghost of Dakar is hunting us. I was baffled why we turned down a person which the process thrust at us. Then agreed  to a short term measure which is now strangulating us, since we failed to do the needful.<div><br></div><div>So, yes we are now faced with the legal conundrum that makes everything we did on the Policy Day Meeting at Hammammet null and void.</div><div><br></div><div>How did we got here?</div><div><br></div><div>--- Daniel<br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 6, 2018, at 12:37 PM, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.c<wbr>om</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span>Sunday,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span>I need to set the record straight and ask you to retract a part of what you said below.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><u>for the job no one else wants to do<u></u><u></u></u></i></b></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This is simply not accurate – there was a candidate – the community chose not to accept that candidate – but someone did want the job – and to say otherwise is not fair to the person who put their name forward.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Again apologies for the cross posting – but since your email went to both lists – this rebuttal must be on both.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Andrew<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>RPD mailing list<br><a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mail<wbr>man/listinfo/rpd</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">--<span> </span></span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Nanghaka Daniel K.<br><span style="font-size:small">Executive Director - ILICIT Africa/ Chair - Outreach and Engagement WG (ICANN At-Large)</span><span style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:0.2px">/ former Chair - FOSSFA</span><span style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:0.2px"> </span><span style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:0.2px"> / Geo4Africa Lead / Organising Team - FOSS4G2018</span></div><div>Mobile +256 772 898298 (Uganda)<br></div><div>Skype: daniel.nanghaka<br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------<wbr>-----------<span> </span><i><span>"Working for Africa"<span> </span></span></i>----------------------<wbr>-------------------<br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">RPD mailing list</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/rpd</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br><span>Community-Discuss mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank">Community-Discuss@afrinic.net</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/community-<wbr>discuss</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div>