<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear community,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As I mentioned before, it is highly and <span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">exceedingly</span> required to proceed
with the first option which is <span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">having
an online election by the PDWG</span>, and I emphasize the importance of it by
relating it to one of the most major and crucial factors that we should take
into account, which is the large number of <span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">people from different backgrounds </span>that besides allowing them to be
part of the decision-making process we will permit them to <span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">vote, enable them to have an opinion and
most importantly empower them to proudly and confidently share it.</span> In
addition, we should be accountable and responsible for the impact and the
outcome of whatever path we are going to choose, as well as being aware of the
fact that by the option we adopt, we will either give or take the opportunity
to/from people to participate and take part of the whole process of choosing
well-qualified co-chairs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wijdane</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 19 févr. 2021 à 17:27, Eddy Kayihura <<a href="mailto:eddy@afrinic.net">eddy@afrinic.net</a>> a écrit :<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_1603083963042769897WordSection1"><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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