You are right Fernando, <div><br></div><div>Although one might argue that there is no current law or policy in AfriNIC that prevents campaigning openly for a candidate, but doing it in such a manner and on the various rpd and community discuss platforms is for me ethically and morally not correct. </div><div><br></div><div>People might have their own opinions regarding who they want to vote but this influences for example newcomers to the scene. The candidates cv should speak for themselves and their presentations should speak for themselves. </div><div><br></div><div>Please I do not support this.</div><div><br><br>On Friday, August 28, 2020, Fernando Frediani <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hello Noah</p>
<p>Did you just use the list not just to thanks the community (which
is fine) but also to make campaign to a NRO candidate ?</p>
<p>This is really concerning behavior and usage of this email list.
What if other people start to make campaign for the other 2
candidates start to divert the list propose ?<br>
There is a proper place to manifest support to candidates which is
on AfriNic NRO-NC comments page.<br>
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<p>I want to ask Co-Chairs attention to this episode which cannot be
encouraged.</p>
<p>Fernando<br>
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On behalf of the NomCom2020,
AFRINIC is pleased to announce
the following final candidate
slate for the open seat on the
Number Resource Organisation
Number Council and Policy
Development Working Group
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Number Resource Organisation
Number Council Election<br>
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• Janvier Ngnoulaye<br>
• Noah Maina<br>
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was nominated and elected
overwhelmingly during the Nairobi
AIS back in 2017 by the community as
a community representative to the
NRO-NC commonly referred to as ICANN
ASO-AC. In the past two and half
years, myself and my colleagues have
diligently represented the AfriNIC
community as council members of the
ASO through attendance of several
monthly online meetings and
contributed to partinent discussions
concerning the Address Support
Organization from the selection of
ASO-AC representatives to the ICANN
board, the IANA Numbering Services
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<div dir="auto">To this end, community
members again supported my
nomination to represent the
community at the NRO-NC and while I
thank those community members who
have continued to believe in me and
wished that I continue representing
the community in this role after the
end of my current term in December
2020, I have made a decision to
withdraw so that others who have
showed interest to serve the
community at the ICANN NRO-NC, can
also do so. </div>
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<div dir="auto">I would like to note
that It's important that we as a
community continue to support <b>diverse
representation</b> within our
community and I wish to extend my
full support to Janvier Ngnoulaye
from Cameroon, who is <b>bilingual</b>
and wish him the best of luck in the
upcoming NRO-NC elections. </div>
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<div dir="auto">I would like to take
this opportunity to thank this great
community and the team at AfriNIC
for the support in the past years. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Cheers,</div>
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