<div dir="auto">Dear All,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We arrive at the airport and I will be turning the simple matter placed on the table into a circus. The simple matter was:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1. We will have AIS 2020 online and in September.</div><div dir="auto">2. A Co-chair's tenure has already ended. So an electronic election is being proposed as part of the AIS 2020 Agenda. The question is, is this possible?</div><div dir="auto">3. It is a fact that the Co-chair is currently serving within an extended period. </div><div dir="auto">4. We now agree that the introduction of e-voting is inevitable, as demonstrated by the pandemic.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">However it is clear that</div><div dir="auto">1. We are going to have an online meeting , as nobody has disagreed to that.</div><div dir="auto">2. There is a strong advocacy, for a process to include e-voting in the Region, but the timing is short. Therefore we need to commence the plan of creating an enabling atmosphere to integrate e-voting.</div><div dir="auto">3. We need to ratify the extended period for a co-chair tentatively for 12months. Which he has spent a month or so already.</div><div dir="auto">4. Ensure we have an acceptable e-voting system ready for the next date of election.</div><div dir="auto">5. Let agreed clearly on this simple issue and prepare for the coming meeting.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Simply</div><div dir="auto">Daniel</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 19, 2020 11:20 PM, "Fernando Frediani" <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>I have read this message and several questions come to mind as for example:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- What basis was used to say "it was overwhelmingly" rejected ?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Who actuallty represents the "current" community to state it was "totally rejected" ?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Whats basis was used to say that it would not work in the region if that works in several other places and RIRs including, with auditable systems ?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Whats basis is used to say rhe community that voted for the current Co-Chair in Kampla has the same confidence in him and that he would win ? It seems more a personal wish than anything based on fact or logic.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Even in order to extend the current Co-Chair term the PDP MUST be followed and there are no other ways written there other than another vote. Otherwise how can this be done ?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Fernando</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 19 Jul 2020, 18:08 Emem William, <<a href="mailto:dwizard65@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwizard65@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear All, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I can recollect that a similar proposal was proposed as a policy and it was overwhelmingly rejected in Angola. The current community totally rejected the policy no one except the authors supported the idea because we know it can't work in this region. Using online voting now would be like passing the policy using the backdoor. Am sure Jordie would like this idea and hence his enthusiasm. However my candid opinion is that we can't do this. The most appropriate way forward is to allow the Co chair who has been doing a fantastic job to continue for another 12 months or till the next face to face meeting. The community that voted him in Kampala still have confidence in him. In any case even with an online election he would still likely win but I don't want polices to be passed through the back door. Therefore I think the most appropriate way for this has been suggested as an extension for the co-chair who's seat would have been contested.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Emem E. William<br><br></div></div>
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