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<p>Thank you, Eddy!</p>
<p>Sunday.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/19/21 5:25 PM, Eddy Kayihura
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="EN-US">[French below]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Dear
Colleagues,</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">We
are following the discussions on the RPD mailing list with
the utmost attention and appreciate your efforts to find a
solution for selecting the working group co-chairs.</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">We
have seen some community recommendations that AFRINIC, in
its role as secretariat to the Policy Development Working
Group (PDWG), facilitates the ongoing discussions by
summarising all the options on the table. We are happy to
take on this task. </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">As
it currently stands, we have seen two proposed options on
the list:</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Option
1: Co-chair election by the PDWG via an online election </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Option
2: Co-Chair selection by the PDWG via consensus </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"> </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">We
would like to invite our community members to suggest any
other proposed options that they consider to be a potential
way forward on the list by Monday, 22 February 2021 (20h00
UTC). </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">The
AFRINIC team will then publish a comprehensive list of the
proposed options on Wednesday, 24 February 2021. </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">The
AFRINIC team will then share a staff assessment and impact
analysis for implementing each option on Friday, 26 February
2021.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">We
believe that this will aid the PDWG in making its decision
on the best way forward.</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">.
To aid us in capturing your proposed options precisely, we
ask you the following:</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo1;vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:#2000">We
encourage you to be concise when raising your proposed
option. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo1;vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:#2000">We
are not seeking support or comments on proposed options at
this point, just a collection of all the different
proposed options. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">I
hope this approach could help us come together as a
community and agree on the best way forward for this core
component of our bottom-up, all-inclusive process that
AFRINIC and its PDP have been founded upon. </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">. </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Kind
Regards,</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Eddy
Kayihura,</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Chief
Executive Officer,</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">African
Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">[French
Version]</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Chers
collègues,</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Nous
suivons les discussions sur la liste de diffusion de la RPD
avec la plus grande attention et apprécions vos efforts pour
trouver une solution pour la sélection des coprésidents d</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">u</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">
groupe de travail.</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Nous
avons vu certaines recomm</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">e</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">ndations
de la communauté selon lesquelles AFRINIC, en tant que
secrétariat du groupe de travail sur l'élaboration des
politiques (PDWG), </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">pourrait </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">facilite</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">r</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">
les discussions en cours en résumant toutes les options sur
la table. Nous sommes heureux d'assumer cette tâche. </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Dans
l'état actuel des choses, nous avons vu deux options
proposées sur la liste :</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Option
1 : élection d</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">es</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">
coprésident</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">s</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">
par le PDWG via une élection en ligne </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Option
2 : sélection des coprésidents par le PDWG par consensus </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"> </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Nous
aimerions inviter les membres de notre communauté à proposer
toute autre option qu'ils considèrent comme une voie
possible </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">de solution</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">,
sur la liste avant le lundi 22 février 2021 (20h00 UTC). </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">L'équipe
d'AFRINIC publiera ensuite une liste complète des options
proposées le mercredi 24 février 2021. </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">L'équipe
d'AFRINIC partagera ensuite une évaluation et une analyse
d'impact pour la mise en œuvre de chaque option le vendredi
26 février 2021.</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Nous
pensons que cela aidera le PDWG dans sa décision.</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">
<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Pour
nous aider à </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">noter</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"> les
options que vous proposez avec précision, nous vous </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">proposons la démarche suivante</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">
:</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">-
Nous vous encourageons à être concis lorsque vous présentez
l'option que vous proposez. </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">-
Nous ne cherchons pas à obtenir un soutien ou des
commentaires sur les options proposées à ce stade, mais
simplement à rassembler toutes les différentes options
proposées. </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">J'espère
que cette approche pourra nous aider à nous rassembler en
tant que communauté et à nous mettre d'accord sur la
meilleure façon de faire avancer cette composante
essentielle de notre processus ascendant </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000"
lang="FR">(bottom-up) </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">et
inclusif sur lequel AFRINIC et son PDP ont été fondés. </span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Cordialement,</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Eddy
Kayihura,</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">Chief
Executive Officer,</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:#2000">African
Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language:#2000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old
Face",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-MU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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