<div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello, </div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;border-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">The major purpose for the various disagreement with the eligibility criteria is specifically the time and how fast everything is going with the already set election timeline, when we already have a timeline that we can utilize for this current election and then changes can be made to the eligibility criteria for future events. Also, I think we should not encourage this because this act can facilitate other instances that might occur in the near future; the AFRINIC can come up with rules or criteria in a short space of time, and the only option left is just to deal with it. </div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">How can we come up with some sort of agreement within the time frame at hand. The AFRINIC organization as well as the community is big and not a two-man group or firm to make decisions or agree that quick. </div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;border-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">Elvis.</div><div style="direction:ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 3, 2021, at 7:47, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>[offlist]</div>I don’t think what you have said here is a fair characterization of what the Policy Liaison Team posted.<div><br></div><div>I don’t know if this is an issue of language (not knowing your background) or something else, but they did not express any focus on only G and stated “concerns with one or more criteria”.</div><div><br></div><div>Further, on the issue of suggesting that PDWG agree, they weren’t specifically singling out those of us who have disagreed, they were expressing a need for the PDWG as a whole to come up with some form of agreement about how to handle the criteria. There’s really no other option for them to move forward. They can’t make the decision for us and they have to encourage the PDWG to come to agreement.</div><div><br></div><div>Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of criticisms of the Policy Liaison and AFRINIC staff in general, but in this case, it appears that they are acting in good faith and trying to properly facilitate discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 2, 2021, at 9:07 AM, Ibeanusi Elvis <<a href="mailto:ibeanusielvis@gmail.com" target="_blank">ibeanusielvis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><div dir="auto">Dear AFRINIC Policy Liaison, <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Personally, it seems to me that the AFRINIC Policy Liaison is only focused on the Eligibility Criteria G and if you have heard, collected and processed the feedbacks of the PDWG members as stated, first you should notice that Criteria G is not the only one that the membership had issues with, and those issues or concerns should be dealt with and not just saying that the members that “the PDWG members whom objected should...agree among themselves on the usage of the criteria so that the PDWG can establish the best way forward and be mindful of the timelines.” Just rewording or editing criteria G does not automatically make an impressive impact or change everything. There are other criteria that were being objected to by members like Criteria C and D; one of the reason is that this list of eligibility criteria limits people from being eligible and qualified to be nominated and to contest likewise it goes against the core values and principles of the AFRINIC and the internet community which are: Openness, Inclusiveness and Fairness. </div><div dir="auto">Additionally, the timeline of the given for the election is too short and very fast, seems like AFRINIC is choking the election down our throat. To be simple, why don’t we just follow the criteria we already have in the CPM Section 3.3?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best, </div><div dir="auto">Elvis. </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 22:08 AFRINIC Policy Liaison <<a href="mailto:policy-liaison@afrinic.net" target="_blank">policy-liaison@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
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<b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-341818777741699256m_8302498295092993748docs-internal-guid-d2bb5f94-7fff-4015-ccb7-e051b6ec75f6"><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Dear PDWG,</span></div>
<br><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">The policy liaison team has shared with the PDWG members the latest list of criteria based on the discussions on the list here: </span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012851.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012851.html</span></a></div>
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<br><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">We have heard, collected and processed all feedback that the PDWG members have provided on the list as a facilitator here is what we have taken note of:</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent"><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">There are still members of the PDWG who have raised concerns on one or more of the criteria. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">We kindly remind the PDWG members that there is still room for proposing amendments, introducing new criteria, or removing existing criteria. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent"><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Some PDWG members have objected to using the list as criteria for eligibility and proposed using them as guidelines for the selection of candidates instead. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">We kindly ask the PDWG members to agree among themselves on the usage of the criteria so that the PDWG can establish the best way forward and be mindful of the timelines. </span></div></li>
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<br><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">At the same time, we also encourage PDWG members interested in the co-chairs positions to respond to the call for interest.
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</span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Regards</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Policy Liaison Team
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<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">…………………………………………………………….</span></div>
<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Cher PDWG,</span></div>
<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Le policy liaison team a partagé avec les membres du PDWG la dernière liste de critères basée sur les discussions de la liste ici : <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012851.html" style="font-family:Arial" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012851.html</a>.</span></div>
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<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Nous avons entendu, collecté et traité tous les commentaires que les membres du PDWG ont fournis sur la liste en tant que facilitateur ; voici ce dont nous avons pris note :</span></div>
<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Il y a encore des membres du PDWG qui ont soulevé des préoccupations sur un ou plusieurs critères.</span></div>
<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Nous rappelons aux membres du PDWG qu'il est encore possible de proposer des amendements, d'introduire de nouveaux critères ou de supprimer des critères existants. </span></div>
<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Certains membres du PDWG se sont opposés à l'utilisation de la liste de critères comme critères d'éligibilité et ont proposé de les utiliser plutôt comme lignes directrices pour la sélection des candidats.</span></div>
<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Nous demandons aux membres du PDWG de se mettre d'accord sur l'utilisation des critères afin que le PDWG puisse établir la meilleure façon de procéder et respecter les délais.</span></div>
<br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Dans le même temps, nous encourageons également les membres du PDWG intéressés par les postes de coprésidents à répondre à l'appel à manifestation d'intérêt.</span></div>
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</p><p>Nos salutations</p><p><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-341818777741699256m_8302498295092993748docs-internal-guid-d2bb5f94-7fff-4015-ccb7-e051b6ec75f6"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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;background-color:transparent">Policy Liaison Team</span></b></p>
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