<div><div dir="auto">Dear all, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As aforementioned, I believe that conducting an online election (Option 1) would do best for the community in the selection of co-chairs as it grants a every member of the community the opportunity to be part of the selection and decision process. I still maintain the fact that selection of co-chairs via a consensus is not the best Option to adopt due to its exclusivity and how contentious it can be. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Elvis.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 8:02 lucilla fornaro <<a href="mailto:lucillafornarosawamoto@gmail.com">lucillafornarosawamoto@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear community,</div><div><br></div><div>As I already pointed out, I believe it would be much more reasonable to move with Option 1 because it will give co-chair election access to more members, and they will more easily be able to express their preference. </div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, I object Option 2 (a Co-Chair selection by the PDWG via consensus) because it could create complications and lead to no results. </div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Lucilla</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno ven 26 feb 2021 alle ore 07:39 Anthony Ubah <<a href="mailto:ubah.tonyiyke@gmail.com" target="_blank">ubah.tonyiyke@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">+1</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 11:32 PM Paschal Ochang <<a href="mailto:pascosoft@gmail.com" target="_blank">pascosoft@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Greetings all,<div><br></div><div>Personally I will like to go with option 1. There are too many grey areas in the practicality of consensus when it comes to this community based on previous history. </div><div><br></div><div>We have had an online election structure before, so why put in the effort to develop that structure and abandon it in a split second. Is it that we keep developing temporary solutions to the problem. </div><div><br></div><div>A selection process though an online election for me is ideal.<br><br>On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, Madhvi Gokool <<a href="mailto:madhvi@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">madhvi@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AFRINIC, in its role as secretariat to the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG), was requested to facilitate the ongoing discussions regarding the filling of vacancies related to the PDP co-chairs so that the AFRINIC’s Policy Development Process can resume its activities related to resource policy discussions. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The PDWG’s preferences and related comments have been assessed. Posts that were assessed started with </span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012289.html" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012289.html</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and ended with </span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012591.html" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012591.html</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The discussion was initiated by a member of the PDWG with 4 options being proposed that led to further discussions. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As it currently stands, we have observed multiple scenarios around two main proposed options on the list that are in line with CPM Section 3.3</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“ </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If the Working Group Chair is unable to serve his or her full term, the Working Group may select a replacement to serve the remainder of the term</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">”. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Option 1: Co-chair selection by the PDWG based on an online election</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Option 2: Co-Chair selection by the PDWG based on consensus approach </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AFRINIC would like to emphasise that as secretariat it has no preference to proceeding with either proposed option. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The secretariat will now proceed and provide the impact assessment for the implementation of the above-mentioned options by Friday, 26 February 2021 in order to help the PDWG to agree on the way forward.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Further, we have also observed discussions related to the eligibility criteria of candidates volunteering to fill these vacancies and voters in case elections are held. These posts were not taken into consideration for the purposes of ascertaining the proposed options, but will nevertheless be shared in separate threads on the resource policy discussion mailing list for the PDWG to consider. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chers collègues,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">L'AFRINIC, dans son rôle de secrétariat du groupe de travail sur l'élaboration des politiques (PDWG), a été chargé de faciliter les discussions en cours concernant le pourvoi des postes vacants pour les coprésidents du PDP afin que le processus d'élaboration des politiques de l'AFRINIC puisse reprendre ses activités liées aux discussions sur les politiques de gestion des ressources.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Les préférences du PDWG et les commentaires ont été évalués. Les postes qui ont été évalués ont commencé par </span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012289.html" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012289.html</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> et se sont terminés par </span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012591.html" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012591.html</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">La discussion a été lancée par un membre du groupe de travail et quatre options ont été proposées, ce qui a donné lieu à d'autres discussions.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dans l'état actuel des choses, nous avons observé de multiples scénarios autour de deux des principaux options proposées sur la liste qui sont conformes à la section 3.3 de la CPM " Si le président du groupe de travail n'est pas en mesure d'accomplir la totalité de son mandat, le groupe de travail peut choisir un remplaçant pour le reste du mandat ".</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Option 1 : Sélection du coprésident par le PDWG sur la base d'une élection en ligne</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Option 2 : Sélection des coprésidents par le PDWG sur la base d'une approche consensuelle</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AFRINIC tient à souligner qu'en tant que secrétariat, elle n'a aucune préférence pour l'une ou l'autre des options proposées. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Le secrétariat va maintenant procéder et fournir l'analyse d'impact pour la mise en œuvre des options susmentionnées d'ici le vendredi 26 février 2021 afin d'aider le PDWG puisse se mettre d'accord sur la marche à suivre.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">En outre, nous avons également observé les discussions relatives aux critères d'éligibilité des candidats volontaires pour occuper ces postes vacants ainsi que des votants en cas d'élections. Ces postes n'ont pas été pris en considération pour déterminer les options proposées, mais seront néanmoins partagés dans des fils de discussion séparés sur la liste de diffusion des discussions sur les politiques des ressources, afin que le PDWG puisse les examiner.</span></p>
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AFRINIC Ltd.
t: +230 403 5100 | f: +230 466 6758 |
w: <a href="http://www.afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.afrinic.net</a></pre>
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