<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 27, 2021, at 11:51 AM, Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" class="">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 27 Mar 2021, 21:19 Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele, <<a href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com" class="">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hello Daniel,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think what Noah was referring to was the invocation of section 3.3 in part which says:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><font color="#757575" class="">If the Working Group Chair is unable to serve his or her full term, the Working Group may</font><font color="#ff0000" class=""> select</font><font color="#757575" class=""> a replacement to serve the remainder of the term. If the Working Group Chairs are unable to attend the Public Policy Meeting, the Working Group shall nominate a Chair for the session. Anyone present at the meeting, whether in person or by remote participation, may participate in the </font><font color="#ff0000" class="">selection</font><font color="#757575" class=""> process for a temporary Chair.</font></i></b></span><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Precisely....</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">If memory serves me right ( which i'm pretty sure it does) what happened in Botswana as i was also present at that meeting and infact had the honour to do the nomination of Dewole on floor of the the PPM was that Seun resigned, and the ECOM which is powered by AFRINIC staff made the call at the meeting. NoMCoM was not involved.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I also remember exactly that.....</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_attr">I believe that Madhvi is doing is in absolute order given the circumstances we find ourselves. Therefore, this is not a matter that neccessary needs to be going before the NoMCoM. The PDWG can self organise and that is what is happening here. The whole idea is to drive a concensus by the secretariat based on serving the interest of the PDWG.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">+1 </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr"><br class="">I believe that the conversation should be, how we get the interim chairs "<b class="">SELECTED</b>" from within the working group? I also do not see any word around "ELECTION" but selection by the WG.</div><div class="gmail_attr">We need to be mindful of the words in the CPM.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">+1</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>What process other than election would you propose for the PDWG to “select” co-chairs from among the candidates nominated?</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>