<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Dear community,<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Due to the recent issue raised on the nomination of Wijdane Goubi and Anthony Ubah and the slight confusion regarding their nominators, I would like to clarify the whole situation to enlighten the community of the circumstances that have led to it and to avoid any misjudgments and further untrue accusations. I have been approached by these two young fellow Africans. I feel that they are passionate and energetic and I have personally reached out to potential nominators to get their consent on nominating Wijdane Goubi and Anthony Ubah, since these two young individuals have shown an interest in running for the co-chair position and have asked for my help to acquaint them to Afrinic Resource members that will be willing to take care of the nomination part.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I misunderstood their willingness. I owe to all the individuals implicated in this huge misunderstanding, along with the community, an apology for this unintentional confusion.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Therefore, I will now be nominating Wijdane and Anthony myself so as to exclude the previous nominators from this scenario and not ruin both of the nominees opportunity and experience to participate in a fair and inclusive elections process.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn"><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;" class="zmail_extra_hr"><br></div><div style="" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" class="zmail_extra"><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:59:10 +0200 <b>Saul Stein <saul@enetworks.co.za></b> wrote ----<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px;"><style></style><div class=" zm_894260137593591736_parse_6988912682113622818"><div class="x_667702287WordSection1"><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Dear All,</span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Firstly none of those nominations have seconders… that section was blank for 2 out of the 5.<br><br></span></span></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">AFRINIC haven’t confirmed that the nominators are valid, in my view that should have been done before the email below should have been sent.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">It has been confirmed below that there was one fraudulent entry. I have now confirmed a second one and I suspect a third.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Please can these verifications be done and the community updated.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">If the nominees have indeed wanted to run with fake nominators, I’d suggest that they banned from participation as clearly the interests of the community are not the driving force.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">And we wonder why we can’t get anywhere when people putting up their hand to lead are doing so unjustly.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Volunteering is about putting the needs to others in front of your own agenda.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Thanks<br>Saul</span></span></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><div><div style="border : none; border-top : solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding : 3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm; "><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><b><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></span></b><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> AFRINIC Policy Liaison <<a href="mailto:policy-liaison@afrinic.net" target="_blank">policy-liaison@afrinic.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 05 April 2021 20:42<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] Call for interest for PDWG chairs closed & Way forward</span></span></p></div></div><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"> <br></p><p style="margin : 0cm; "><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">[Français en bas]</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Dear PDWG,</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">The Call of Interest for the PDWG Co-Chairs Selection pursuant to Section 3.3 of CPM is now closed. </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; text-indent : -18.0pt; vertical-align : baseline; "><b><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span style="">1.<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></b><b><u><span class="colour" style="color:black">List of nominees</span></u><span class="colour" style="color:black"></span></b><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">AFRINIC is in receipt of six (6) nominations which are as follows :-</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">1.Wijdane Goubi from Morocco, Country of Residence: Morocco </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">2. Anthony Ikechukwu Ubah from Nigeria, Country of Residence: Canada </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">3. Vincent Ngundi from Kenya, Country of Residence: Kenya </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">4. Abdulkarim Oloyede from Nigeria, Country of Residence: Nigeria </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">5. Darwin Da Costa from Angola, Country of Residence: Angola </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">6. Ibeanusi Elvis from Nigeria, Country of Residence: Japan</span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><br><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 0cm; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; text-indent : 0cm; vertical-align : baseline; "><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span style="">2.<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><b><u><span class="colour" style="color:black">Additional elements</span></u></b><span class="colour" style="color:black"></span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 72.0pt; text-align : justify; text-indent : 0cm; vertical-align : baseline; "><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span style="">a.<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:black">Nominee - Ibeanusi Elvis</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 72.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">This nomination which was received as a self-nomination appeared to have been made later than the deadline. This was due to a back-end issue on self-nomination forms that was addressed during the day today. We confirm that the nomination has been posted on the system within the deadline. </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 72.0pt; text-align : justify; text-indent : -18.0pt; vertical-align : baseline; "><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span style="">b.<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:black">Nominee - Widjane Goubi</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">In regard to the nominee, Wijdane Goubi, kindly note that on the 5th of April 2021, AFRINIC has been informed by an email sent from the designated nominator on the nomination paper that the latter never provided its support to the said nomination. He has therefore requested AFRINIC to delete all its associated personal data in connection thereof. In this respect, and to comply with the Mauritian Data Protection Act 2017, AFRINIC has a duty to cause such deletion forthwith and you are accordingly informed of the same. “</span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"> <br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><b><u><span class="colour" style="color:black">3. Tenure of Office</span></u></b><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">We would like to remind the Working Group that as stated in Section 3.3 of the Consolidated Policy Manual, one Co-Chair will serve a term ending by the PPM to be held in June 2021 only whereas the other will serve a term ending in June 2022.</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><b><u><span class="colour" style="color:black"> 4. Next Steps</span></u></b><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Now that the Call for Interests is closed, the next step is for the Working Group to find consensus on the most suitable persons to replace the recalled PDWG Co-Chairs. </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">This exercise, including the carrying out of such due diligence and shortlisting of candidates/nominees, would under normal circumstances be carried out by the Nomination Committee (NomCom). </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">For your information, the present NomCom has indicated that they would be available to conduct such exercise only from April 8th 2021. With only 6 candidates, we will leave the decision on the best way of carrying out the due diligence and shortlisting process to the PDWG participants. </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">We therefore request you to agree on how the Working Group would like to proceed with the selection of the 2 replacing PDWG’s Co-Chairs. </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Kind Regards</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Policy Liaison Team</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Cher PDWG,</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">L'appel à manifestation d'intérêt pour la sélection des coprésidents du PDWG conformément à la section 3.3 de la CPM est désormais terminé.</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 72.0pt; text-indent : -18.0pt; vertical-align : baseline; "><b><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span style="">1.<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></b><b><span class="colour" style="color:black">Liste des nominés</span></b><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">AFRINIC a reçu six (6) candidatures qui sont les suivantes : </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">1.Wijdane Goubi du Maroc, Pays de résidence : Maroc </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">2. Anthony Ikechukwu Ubah du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Canada</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">3. Vincent Ngundi du Kenya, Pays de résidence : Kenya</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">4. Abdulkarim Oloyede du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Nigeria</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">5. Darwin Da Costa de l'Angola, Pays de résidence : Angola</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">6. Ibeanusi Elvis du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Japon</span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><b><span class="colour" style="color:black">2. Éléments supplémentaires</span></b><span class="colour" style="color:black"></span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 0cm; text-indent : 0cm; vertical-align : baseline; "><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span style="">a.<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:black">Candidat - Ibeanusi Elvis</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Cette nomination, qui a été reçue en tant qu'auto-nomination, semblait avoir été faite au-delà de la date limite. Cela était dû à un problème de back-end sur les formulaires d'auto-nomination qui a été résolu aujourd'hui dans la journée. Nous confirmons que la nomination a été postée dans le système dans les délais impartis. </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 72.0pt; text-align : justify; text-indent : -18.0pt; vertical-align : baseline; "><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span style="">b.<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:black">Candidat - Widjane Goubi</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">En ce qui concerne la candidate, Wijdane Goubi, veuillez noter que le 5 avril 2021, l'AFRINIC a été informée par un courriel envoyé par son prétendu nominateur que ce dernier n'a jamais apporté son soutien à ladite candidature. Il a donc demandé à l'AFRINIC de supprimer toutes les données personnelles associées à cette candidature. À cet égard, et pour se conformer à la loi mauricienne sur la protection des données de 2017, AFRINIC a le devoir de procéder à ladite suppression sans délai et vous en êtes par conséquent informé.</span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><b><span class="colour" style="color:black">3. Durée du mandat</span></b><span class="colour" style="color:black"></span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Nous souhaitons rappeler au groupe de travail que, comme indiqué à la section 3.3 du CPM, l'un des co-présidents exercera son mandat jusqu'à la PPM qui se tiendra en juin 2021 seulement, tandis que l'autre exercera son mandat jusqu'en juin 2022.</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black"> <b>4. Prochaines étapes</b></span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Maintenant que l'appel à manifestation d'intérêt est terminé, la prochaine étape consiste pour le groupe de travail à trouver un consensus sur les personnes les plus aptes à remplacer les coprésidents du PDWG destitués.</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Cet exercice, qui comprend la réalisation d'une évaluation diligente et la sélection des candidats nominés, sera normalement effectué par le comité de nomination (NomCom).</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Pour votre information, le NomCom actuel a indiqué qu'il ne serait disponible pour mener cet exercice qu'à partir du 8 avril 2021. Avec seulement 6 candidats, nous laisserons aux participants du PDWG le soin de décider de la meilleure façon de mener à bien le processus de sélection en faisant preuve de diligence raisonnable.</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; text-align : justify; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Nous vous demandons donc de vous accorder sur la manière dont le groupe de travail pourrait procéder à la sélection des deux coprésidents remplaçants du PDWG.</span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Nos Salutations </span><br></p><p style="margin-right : 0cm; margin-bottom : 12.0pt; margin-left : 36.0pt; "><span class="colour" style="color:black">Policy Liaison Team</span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><br><br></p><pre>-- <br></pre><pre>AFRINIC Policy Liaison.<br></pre><pre>t: +230 403 51 00 | f: +230 466 6758 | tt: @afrinic | w:www.afrinic.net<br></pre><pre>facebook.com/afrinic | flickr.com/afrinic | youtube.com/afrinicmedia<br></pre></div></div><div>_______________________________________________ <br></div><div>RPD mailing list <br></div><div>RPD@afrinic.net <br></div><div>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd <br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>