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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    <div>On 28/08/2020 08:23, Noah wrote:<br>
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                                      <div>Dear colleagues,<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
                                        elections:<br>
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                                        Number Resource Organisation
                                        Number Council Election<br>
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                                        • Janvier Ngnoulaye<br>
                                        • Noah Maina<br>
                                        • Saul Stein</div>
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                                  <div dir="auto">Dear Community,</div>
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                                  <div dir="auto">As you are aware, I
                                    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
                                    Report etc.</div>
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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
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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>
                                  <div dir="auto">Noah</div>
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