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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Hi Eddy</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">While anybody can volunteer in the role, we should all as WG acknowledge that we would be better off with "qualified" participants managing affairs of the WG and some criteria for the role would come in handy, but your email did not mention the importance of criteria.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">In any case, the PDWG participants objectively agree and disagree by means of rough consensus and/or consensus. For this case, my preference is for the WG participants to select qualified co-chair volunteers by means of consensus which should be straight forward if the candidates are qualified known members of the working group.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Former co-chairs have been elected by this means before. Refer to the links and quotes [1], [2] below.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(32,90,115)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">[1] </span><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-22">https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-22</a></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px">"Boubakar called Seun to talk to the community for a few minutes before the community can elect him. Seun thanked Khaled for showing strong support for his nomination by withdrawing his candidature and urging the community to support him. He stated that he would continue to uphold the principles of the PDP and serve the community unreservedly as he has been doing.<br><br><b>Ernest indicated that the election of PDWG co-chair is by show of hands and by anyone present in the room. By show of hands, Seun was unanimously selected for a subsequent two-year term as co-chair of the PDWG</b>."<br></p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(32,90,115)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">[2] </span><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-24#PDWGCo-Chair">https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-24#PDWGCo-Chair</a></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">"4.0 PDWG Co-Chair Election</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The NOMCOM 2016 chair presented the process for nomination of the PDWG co-chair and the several milestones in the process. He noted that there was only one self-nominee (Sami Salih from Sudan, who is also one of the current co-chairs). <b>Sami was invited to convince the community on why he should be re-elected. In a show of hands, the community unanimously voted Sami for another two years as PDWG co-chair.</b>"</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px">[3] <a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-18">https://afrinic.net/policy/development-working-group/ppm-afrinic-18</a></p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px">And to quote also some text from 2013 </p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>2.5 Election of the new PDWG co-chair. </b><br></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">"Douglas Onyango, the NomCom 2013 Chair, briefly informed the meeting about the roles of the PDWG co-chairs, their term of office and the election process. He said Alan Barrett's term has ended, and stated that when a call for nominations was sent to the community, two volunteers responded, and they were Seun Ojedeji from Nigeria and Jean Claude Welo from DRC. He further stated that Jean Claude has since withdrawn his candidature and has at the same time endorsed Seun Ojedeji, and hence, Seun is the only volunteer up for election. Douglas called upon Seun to talk about his background and plans for the AFRINIC PDWG. Seun indicated his willingness to serve as the PDWG co-chair and his availability to fully commit to fulfilling all the responsibilities required of him in this function."</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">"<b>After a show of hands in support of his candidature, Seun was declared the new co-chair in replacement for Alan Barrett. Douglas thanked Alan for the service he has tirelessly rendered to the community in various capacities including the PDWG and welcomed Seun into his new role.</b> "</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">To colleagues here on the PDWG, please note that we have in the past successfully selected co-chairs by means of consensus as a self-organized group of participants in policy development. </p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">I therefore advocate for the selection of an interim chair and co-chairs by means of PDWG consensus.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Cheers,</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b>./noah</b></div><div>neo - network engineering and operations<b><br></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 7:32 PM Eddy Kayihura <<a href="mailto:eddy@afrinic.net">eddy@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="en-MU" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-6039105853428545048WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">[French below]<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">As it currently stands, we have seen two proposed options on the list:</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Option 1: Co-chair election by the PDWG via an online election </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Option 2: Co-Chair selection by the PDWG via consensus </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The AFRINIC team will then publish a comprehensive list of the proposed options on Wednesday, 24 February 2021. </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The AFRINIC team will then share a staff assessment and impact analysis for implementing each option on Friday, 26 February 2021.</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We believe that this will aid the PDWG in making its decision on the best way forward.</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. To aid us in capturing your proposed options precisely, we ask you the following:</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We encourage you to be concise when raising your proposed option. <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are not seeking support or comments on proposed options at this point, just a collection of all the different proposed options. <u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Kind Regards,</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Eddy Kayihura,</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Chief Executive Officer,</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">[French Version]</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Chers collègues,</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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 lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">u</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> groupe de travail.</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Nous avons vu certaines recomm</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">e</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ndations de la communauté selon lesquelles AFRINIC, en tant que secrétariat du groupe de travail sur l'élaboration des politiques (PDWG), </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">pourrait </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">facilite</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">r</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> les discussions en cours en résumant toutes les options sur la table. Nous sommes heureux d'assumer cette tâche. </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dans l'état actuel des choses, nous avons vu deux options proposées sur la liste :</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Option 1 : élection d</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">es</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> coprésident</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">s</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> par le PDWG via une élection en ligne </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Option 2 : sélection des coprésidents par le PDWG par consensus </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Nous aimerions inviter les membres de notre communauté à proposer toute autre option qu'ils considèrent comme une voie possible </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">de solution</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">, sur la liste avant le lundi 22 février 2021 (20h00 UTC). </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">L'équipe d'AFRINIC publiera ensuite une liste complète des options proposées le mercredi 24 février 2021. </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Nous pensons que cela aidera le PDWG dans sa décision.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <span lang="FR"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Pour nous aider à </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">noter</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> les options que vous proposez avec précision, nous vous </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">proposons la démarche suivante</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> :</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Nous vous encourageons à être concis lorsque vous présentez l'option que vous proposez. </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- 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><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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 lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">(bottom-up) </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">et inclusif sur lequel AFRINIC et son PDP ont été fondés. </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Cordialement,</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Eddy Kayihura,</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Chief Executive Officer,</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-MU"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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