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    <p>I mean AfriNIC members (resource holders).<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/10/2020 3:21 am, Owen DeLong
      wrote:<br>
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      When you say “members” do you mean working group members,
      community members, or AfriNIC members?
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      <div class="">Owen</div>
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            <div class="">On Sep 3, 2020, at 5:26 AM, Daniel Yakmut via
              RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" class=""
                moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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              <div dir="auto" class="">Dear Marcus,
                <div dir="auto" class="">When I say a community I am not
                  referring to individual. But the generality of the
                  environment. I don't want to go to specifics. But I
                  know there is a mutual suspicion btw francophonie and
                  anglophones within the AfriNIC region. It could be my
                  perception, but it exist.</div>
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                <div dir="auto" class="">Hence, there is always a 'bloc
                  war" which of course has never been helpful.</div>
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                <div dir="auto" class="">Going back to the issue of
                  voting I am not comfortable with any change to the
                  current method. Either consensus or ranked voting.</div>
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                <div dir="auto" class="">I have my different perception,
                  that is - we can restrict voting to only members. Let
                  us see how we fare on that. But if we want community
                  participation, the inherent issues I raised of
                  selfishness and rancour must be address.</div>
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                <div dir="auto" class="">Simply</div>
                <div dir="auto" class="">Daniel</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 3, 2020 1:09 PM, "Marcus
                  K. G. Adomey" <<a href="mailto:madomey@hotmail.com"
                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">madomey@hotmail.com</a>>
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                      <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica,
                        sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> Hi
                        Daniel
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                        <div class="">You stated and I will quote your
                          previous email that;</div>
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                        <div class="">“In AfriNIC there is a significant
                          distrust and selfishness within the community”</div>
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                        <div class="">Now, you are saying that you did
                          not call anybody selfish, thereby changing the
                          tune? </div>
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                        <div class="">You are also stating that the
                          “proposal for cochairs is not talking of
                          ranked voting, but consensus” yet the proposal
                          has both and it indicated that, if the
                          consensus approach fails then the working
                          group votes using the ranked based voting
                          process also knows as IRV. The process seems
                          clear.</div>
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                        <div class="">Please ask questions or point what
                          is not clear. Relevant text from the draft
                          proposal may be examined and in particular the
                          ranked voting process needs be included. You
                          can also make suggestions or propose text</div>
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                        <div class="">Best Regards,</div>
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                        Marcus<br class="">
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                            face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b class="">From:</b>
                            Daniel Yakmut via RPD <<a
                              href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"
                              target="_blank" class=""
                              moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br
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                            <b class="">Sent:</b> Wednesday, September
                            2, 2020 7:00 PM<br class="">
                            <b class="">To:</b> ALAIN AINA <<a
                              href="mailto:aalain@trstech.net"
                              target="_blank" class=""
                              moz-do-not-send="true">aalain@trstech.net</a>><br
                              class="">
                            <b class="">Cc:</b> rpd >> AfriNIC
                            Resource Policy <<a
                              href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"
                              target="_blank" class=""
                              moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>
                            <div class="elided-text"><br class="">
                              <b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] Policy
                              Proposal: PDP Working Group (WG)
                              Guidelines and Procedures</div>
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                            <div dir="auto" class="">Hi Alain,
                              <div dir="auto" class="">I did not call
                                any person selfish on the matter of the
                                elections of co-chair. I am expressing
                                an opinion that we maintain the status
                                quo with elections.</div>
                              <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div dir="auto" class="">The proposal for
                                the co-chair is not talking of ranked
                                voting, but consensus which I consider a
                                very difficult choice.</div>
                              <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div dir="auto" class="">So my opinion on
                                this matter is still keeping the old
                                order.</div>
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                              <div dir="auto" class="">Simply</div>
                              <div dir="auto" class="">Daniel</div>
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                              <div class="">On Sep 2, 2020 7:36 PM,
                                "ALAIN AINA via RPD" <<a
                                  href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"
                                  target="_blank" class=""
                                  moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>
                                wrote:<br type="attribution" class="">
                                <blockquote style="margin:0 0 0
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                                  Daniel, <br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  I could not refrain from reacting to
                                  your statement below.<br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  I am very surprised by how you painted
                                  AFRINIC compared to RIPE and it
                                  seriously worried me. I urge you to
                                  please provide the evidences of your
                                  claims.<br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  Since when did the selfishness start?
                                  Who are the actors? What are people
                                  being selfish about?<br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  The PDP is open to anyone to
                                  participate and is designed to
                                  accommodate all, irrespective of their
                                  origin, affiliation, interests,
                                  behaviours etc... by separating roles,
                                  imposing transparency, openness.. to
                                  prevent and mitigate abuses.<br
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                                  <br class="">
                                  Are we missing something?<br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  So far, you have not proposed anything
                                  to address your concerns other that
                                  indirectly opposing an improvement for
                                  an open and transparent process of
                                  appointing cochairs based on merits
                                  and consensus ( election by consensus
                                  or ranked-choice vote) by the WG.<br
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                                  <br class="">
                                  Regards,<br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  —Alain<br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  > On 1 Sep 2020, at 05:57, Daniel
                                  Yakmut via RPD <<a
                                    href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>
                                  wrote:<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > I strongly agree with the salient
                                  issues raised here by Owen. I will add
                                  that RIPE is able to achieve cohesion
                                  because significantly there is
                                  selflessness in the community.<br
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                                  > <br class="">
                                  > In AfriNIC there is a significant
                                  distrust and selfishness within the
                                  community. Hence, it is important we
                                  stick to an election procedure that is
                                  partially workable and acceptable.
                                  Again, an attempt to radically alter
                                  the procedure in such a fractious
                                  community can be disastrous.<br
                                    class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > Simply<br class="">
                                  > Daniel and<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > On Aug 31, 2020 5:53 PM, "Owen
                                  DeLong" <<a
                                    href="mailto:owen@delong.com"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">owen@delong.com</a>>
                                  wrote:<br class="">
                                  > I am the one who said it would
                                  not work in Africa and that the
                                  discussions in Africa are both more
                                  fractious and more drama-prone than in
                                  RIPE. While this may be an
                                  uncomfortable truth, I believe that it
                                  is a measurable and documented fact.<br
                                    class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > Note that ranked voting is _NOT_
                                  election by consensus at least not as
                                  practiced in RIPE and touted by
                                  Marcus. Ranked voting is a system of
                                  election by vote. It is an alternative
                                  to first past the post and I support
                                  the idea of Ranked voting.<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > One could argue that the end
                                  result of ranked voting is likely to
                                  be consistent with the end result of
                                  election by consensus _IF_ a consensus
                                  can be reliably achieved within the
                                  body of voters in question.<br
                                    class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > However, ranked choice voting is
                                  a kind of mathematically forced
                                  consensus and quite different from
                                  consensus voting as practiced in RIPE
                                  working groups. If the authors wish to
                                  modify their proposal to suggest a
                                  ranked-choice voting ballot, then I
                                  would not have a problem with that
                                  aspect of the proposal. That’s not
                                  what the current language calls for.<br
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                                  > <br class="">
                                  > As I pointed out earlier, in
                                  RIPE, as long as the consensus has no
                                  controversy, it remains easy, but the
                                  RIPE solution in case consensus cannot
                                  be achieved in the working group is
                                  for the RIPE chair to simply decide
                                  and there is no appeal or check and
                                  balance on his decision.<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > To be honest, I’m not wild about
                                  that process in the RIPE region, but I
                                  would find it significantly more
                                  abberent in AFRINIC for the following
                                  reasons:<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  >       1.      AFRINIC co-chair
                                  elections have a history of being
                                  significantly<br class="">
                                  >               more controversial
                                  than RIPE. As such, the fallback
                                  process which<br class="">
                                  >               is almost never
                                  used in RIPE would likely be far more
                                  common in<br class="">
                                  >               AFRINIC. (I suspect
                                  that if the fallback process in RIPE
                                  were to<br class="">
                                  >               see significant
                                  usage, its shortcomings would rapidly
                                  lead to a<br class="">
                                  >               more
                                  community-oriented approach to
                                  co-chair elections).<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  >       2.      The RIPE chair
                                  generally enjoys a more widespread and
                                  higher level<br class="">
                                  >               of community trust
                                  than is generally granted to the
                                  various AFRINIC<br class="">
                                  >               elected leadership
                                  by the AFRINIC community.<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > Like it or not, these differences
                                  between the communities in the various
                                  regions do exist and they do impact
                                  the ability to successfully use a
                                  particular mechanism for conducting
                                  elections. IMHO, the paradigm used in
                                  the RIPE region is far from ideal even
                                  for RIPE, but it works because the
                                  RIPE community is surprisingly
                                  cohesive and the amount of controversy
                                  tends to be significantly less than in
                                  AFRINIC.<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > Owen<br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  >> On Aug 30, 2020, at 7:33 AM,
                                  Fernando Frediani <<a
                                    href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>>
                                  wrote:<br class="">
                                  >> <br class="">
                                  >> I did not say such thing
                                  about Africa, please don't make up
                                  stuff.<br class="">
                                  >> <br class="">
                                  >> I said very clearly elections
                                  by consensus are not good anywhere.
                                  Why make up stuff to support your
                                  argument ?<br class="">
                                  >> <br class="">
                                  >> It is exactly the opposite.
                                  "Election" by consensus leaves a great
                                  margin for subjectivity and for fraud
                                  while election by vote eliminates any
                                  subjectivity in the process if the
                                  process is auditable.<br class="">
                                  >> This is how it's done in many
                                  other places and work as expected,
                                  without margin for disputes.<br
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                                  >> Why have a type of "election"
                                  that can only serve for the propose of
                                  margin for fraud and more disputes
                                  than the current ones ?<br class="">
                                  >> <br class="">
                                  >> In my view the only fear of
                                  election by vote is from those who may
                                  not have them.<br class="">
                                  >> <br class="">
                                  >> Fernando<br class="">
                                  >> <br class="">
                                  >> On 30/08/2020 10:02, Arnaud
                                  AMELINA wrote:<br class="">
                                  >>> La seule personne qui se
                                  répète c'est belle et bien toi
                                  Fernando. Tu semble dire qu'en Afrique
                                  on est pas capable de gérer une
                                  élection par consensus approximatif
                                  alors que d'autres régions le font et
                                  que c'est utopique, c'est un rêve,
                                  etc., pour ton information il existe
                                  bel et bien une forme d'élection qui
                                  s'apparente à une élection par
                                  consensus approximatif merci de suivre
                                  le lien suivant : <a
                                    href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr
                                      class="">Ranked_voting</a>. Tu es
                                  le seul à vouloir exiger d'aller vers
                                  une élection direct, quand on sait
                                  tout ce que ça comporte moyen d'abus.
                                  <br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> Cordialement <br
                                    class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> Arnaud <br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> Le sam. 29 août 2020 à
                                  17:28, Fernando Frediani <<a
                                    href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>>
                                  a écrit :<br class="">
                                  >>> You must be joking with
                                  it or trying to make tricks and I am
                                  having a serious discussion.<br
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                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> I already answered your
                                  question very clearly in the previous
                                  message very clearly. If you wish to
                                  discuss it in a serious way please go
                                  straight to the point.<br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> Fernando<br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> <br class="">
                                  >>> On 29/08/2020 14:21,
                                  Marcus K. G. Adomey wrote:<br class="">
                                  >>>> Hi Fernando,<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> Let me not get
                                  involve at this stage in the
                                  discussions about which model of
                                  election is good or bad for the PDPWG.<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> You have not answered
                                  my question. I am posting it again.<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> I would like to find
                                  out whether you agree that the
                                  election by consent is used by working
                                  groups in RIPE region?<br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> Please do justice to
                                  it.<br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> Thanks<br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> Marcus<br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> From: Fernando
                                  Frediani <<a
                                    href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>> Sent: Saturday,
                                  August 29, 2020 2:29 PM<br class="">
                                  >>>> To: <a
                                    href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>
                                  <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>> Subject: Re: [rpd]
                                  Policy Proposal: PDP Working Group
                                  (WG) Guidelines and Procedures<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>  <br class="">
                                  >>>> Seems the authors are
                                  actually repeating the same arguments
                                  and points.<br class="">
                                  >>>> I am instead putting
                                  the many reasons election by consensus
                                  is not feasible, specially in this
                                  scenario we are going through
                                  currently.<br class="">
                                  >>>> What doubt you have
                                  about this position regardless the RIR
                                  or region ? Perhaps you should read
                                  the messages again.<br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> Fernando<br class="">
                                  >>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>> On 29/08/2020 10:31,
                                  Marcus K. G. Adomey wrote:<br class="">
                                  >>>>> Hi Fernando,<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> Thank you for
                                  your reaction but it appears you are
                                  not discussing but repeating yourself
                                  with no value add.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> I would like to
                                  find out whether you agree that the
                                  election by consent is used by working
                                  groups in RIPE region?<br class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> Thanks<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> Marcus<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> From: Fernando
                                  Frediani <<a
                                    href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> Sent: Friday,
                                  August 28, 2020 7:26 PM<br class="">
                                  >>>>> To: <a
                                    href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>
                                  <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> Subject: Re:
                                  [rpd] Policy Proposal: PDP Working
                                  Group (WG) Guidelines and Procedures<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>>  <br class="">
                                  >>>>> Hello<br class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> If we are having
                                  all this trouble to define the next
                                  elections probably <br class="">
                                  >>>>> because there are
                                  multiple people interested in the next
                                  elections, how <br class="">
                                  >>>>> can we dream
                                  about any consensus ?<br class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> Consensus is for
                                  proposals, for a collaborative
                                  improving process that <br class="">
                                  >>>>> may take months
                                  or even more than an year, not for
                                  electing people.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> What is the fear
                                  to have a proper vote process ? 1
                                  person 1 vote and the <br class="">
                                  >>>>> candidate with
                                  most votes wins and servers the term.
                                  What can go wrong ?<br class="">
                                  >>>>> When one is
                                  elected with most votes and there are
                                  no signals of fraud <br class="">
                                  >>>>> there is no room
                                  for disputes and discussions.<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> Qualified people
                                  are people who effectively participate
                                  in the <br class="">
                                  >>>>> construction of
                                  the process, who are truly part of it
                                  and have <br class="">
                                  >>>>> commitment to it
                                  and not someone who is just passing in
                                  front of the <br class="">
                                  >>>>> door once in a
                                  lifetime.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> Afrinic PDP
                                  doesn't even have yet the possibility
                                  the Board to appoint <br class="">
                                  >>>>> interim Co-Chairs
                                  when necessary.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> Fernando<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>> On 28/08/2020
                                  15:16, ALAIN AINA via RPD wrote:<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> > Hello,<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > Below are
                                  our  responses to  last comments
                                  received on list on this proposal.<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > ######
                                  Comment 1<br class="">
                                  >>>>> > Elections by
                                  consent is not for real world.<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> > #######<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > It does work
                                  for working groups chairs selection in
                                  RIPE region<br class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > #####
                                  Comment 2<br class="">
                                  >>>>> > It's just
                                  something too utopic.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> > #######<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > As  utopic
                                  as  how “rough consensus” appear until
                                  you experiment it and cherish<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > ######
                                  Comment3<br class="">
                                  >>>>> > Election by
                                  vote where qualified people (with
                                  minimal requirements) vote and the
                                  candidate with the highest votes win,
                                  works in most places in the world with
                                  less margin  for further disputes<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> > ######<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > there are
                                  many models of elections with
                                  different ways of qualifying voters,
                                  determining the winners, etc....<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> > What you
                                  described is just one the them. Not
                                  one fits all.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > Each  region
                                  adopts the best model for its PDP and
                                  how chairs/lead for the PDP activities
                                  are selected.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> > <a
href="https://www.apnic.net/community/participate/sigs/sig-guidelines/chair-elections/rir-comparison-table/"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                    https://www.apnic.net/communit<wbr
                                      class="">y/participate/sigs/sig-<wbr
                                      class="">guidelines/chair-elections/<wbr
                                      class="">rir-comparison-table/</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > One can see
                                  for example that in the case of LACNIC
                                  where, there is an electronic votes by
                                  those subscribed to the policy mailing
                                  list, the elections results “must” be
                                  ratified by consensus among those
                                  present  at the PPM as judged by the
                                  acting chairs. If results can’t be
                                  rectified, board appoint an interim
                                  chair.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > The AFRINIC
                                  PDPWG adopted in the past  the model
                                  of  votes by those physical present at
                                  the PPM, until it showed its limit
                                  recently.<br class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > Can you
                                  please elaborate on how the “qualified
                                  people” should be selected in the
                                  context the PDPWG for the online
                                  voting and how to prevent abuse and
                                  further disputes?<br class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > HTH<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> > —Alain<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> ><br class="">
                                  >>>>> >
                                  ______________________________<wbr
                                    class="">_________________<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> > RPD mailing
                                  list<br class="">
                                  >>>>> > <a
                                    href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> > <a
                                    href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                    https://lists.afrinic.net/mail<wbr
                                      class="">man/listinfo/rpd</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> <br class="">
                                  >>>>>
                                  ______________________________<wbr
                                    class="">_________________<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> RPD mailing list<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> <a
                                    href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>>> <a
                                    href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                    https://lists.afrinic.net/mail<wbr
                                      class="">man/listinfo/rpd</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>>
                                  ______________________________<wbr
                                    class="">_________________<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>> RPD mailing list<br
                                    class="">
                                  >>> <a
                                    href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>> <a
                                    href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                    https://lists.afrinic.net/mail<wbr
                                      class="">man/listinfo/rpd</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  >>
                                  ______________________________<wbr
                                    class="">_________________<br
                                    class="">
                                  >> RPD mailing list<br class="">
                                  >> <a
                                    href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  >> <a
                                    href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                    https://lists.afrinic.net/mail<wbr
                                      class="">man/listinfo/rpd</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > ______________________________<wbr
                                    class="">_________________<br
                                    class="">
                                  > RPD mailing list<br class="">
                                  > <a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  > <a
                                    href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                    https://lists.afrinic.net/mail<wbr
                                      class="">man/listinfo/rpd</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  > <br class="">
                                  > ______________________________<wbr
                                    class="">_________________<br
                                    class="">
                                  > RPD mailing list<br class="">
                                  > <a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  > <a
                                    href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                    https://lists.afrinic.net/mail<wbr
                                      class="">man/listinfo/rpd</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  <br class="">
                                  ______________________________<wbr
                                    class="">_________________<br
                                    class="">
                                  RPD mailing list<br class="">
                                  <a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net"
                                    target="_blank" class=""
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br
                                    class="">
                                  <a
                                    href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd"
                                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.afrinic.net/mail<wbr
                                      class="">man/listinfo/rpd</a><br
                                    class="">
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                moz-do-not-send="true">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br class="">
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                href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</a><br
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