<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br><br>I am baffled by this situation that I have woken up to. However, I believe this might be an honest mistake, and hold no grudge about it. I was as appalled and confused as the community might be about the misinterpretation of my nominations. Nonetheless, I am glad Paul stepped up to clear out the muddle. <br>Now that he has agreed to amend the situation by becoming my new nominator, I am following through. Thanks Paul. <div><br></div><div>Therefore, I wish to edit my nomination form as follows:<br><br>Full Name: Anthony Ubah<br>Gender: Male<br>Nationality: Nigeria<br>Country of Residence: Canada<br> Physical address: L5A 2W6 Cawthra Road, Mississauga, ON, Canada<br>Organization: GoldSpine LTD<br> Position: Co-Founder <br> Email address (of Nominee): <a href="mailto:ubah.tonyiyke@gmail.com">ubah.tonyiyke@gmail.com</a> <br><br><b><br></b><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Nominator:</b><br><br>Full name: Paul Wollner<br>NIC-HDL: PW16-AFRINIC<br>Organisation: ORG-AOC1-AFRINIC<br>Org-name: Africa on Cloud<br>Email Address (of Nominator): <a href="mailto:Paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net">Paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net</a><br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:150%"><b style="line-height:150%;font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></span></b></p><p style="line-height:150%"><b style="line-height:150%;font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></span></b></p><b style="line-height:150%;font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:150%"><font face="garamond, serif">Best Regards,</font></span></b><br><p style="line-height:150%"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:150%">Anthony </span></span>Ubah </b><br><font color="#666666">Cell phone:+1(289) 442-7790</font></font></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:rgb(215,58,73);font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(251,251,251)"><br></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 7:51 AM Paul Wollner <<a href="mailto:paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net">paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u><div><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 id="gmail-m_-644791718410400829Zm-_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"><br></div><div><div><br></div><div id="gmail-m_-644791718410400829Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:59:10 +0200 <b>Saul Stein <<a href="mailto:saul@enetworks.co.za" target="_blank">saul@enetworks.co.za</a>></b> wrote ----<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px"><div><div><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear All,</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please can these verifications be done and the community updated.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Volunteering is about putting the needs to others in front of your own agenda.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thanks<br>Saul</span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p style="margin:0px"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="margin:0px"> <br></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">[Français en bas]</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="color:black">Dear PDWG,</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="color:black"><span>1.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span 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 style="color:black">List of nominees</span></u><span style="color:black"></span></b><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">1.Wijdane Goubi from Morocco, Country of Residence: Morocco </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">2. Anthony Ikechukwu Ubah from Nigeria, Country of Residence: Canada </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">3. Vincent Ngundi from Kenya, Country of Residence: Kenya </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">4. Abdulkarim Oloyede from Nigeria, Country of Residence: Nigeria </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">5. Darwin Da Costa from Angola, Country of Residence: Angola </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">6. Ibeanusi Elvis from Nigeria, Country of Residence: Japan</span><br></p><p 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 style="color:black"><span>2.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span 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 style="color:black">Additional elements</span></u></b><span style="color:black"></span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black"><span>a.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:7pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black">Nominee - Ibeanusi Elvis</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:72pt;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:72pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black"><span>b.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:7pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black">Nominee - Widjane Goubi</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span 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 style="margin:0px"> <br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="color:black">3. Tenure of Office</span></u></b><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="color:black"> 4. Next Steps</span></u></b><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Kind Regards</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">Policy Liaison Team</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">Cher PDWG,</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:72pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="color:black"><span>1.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span 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 style="color:black">Liste des nominés</span></b><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">AFRINIC a reçu six (6) candidatures qui sont les suivantes : </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">1.Wijdane Goubi du Maroc, Pays de résidence : Maroc </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">2. Anthony Ikechukwu Ubah du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Canada</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">3. Vincent Ngundi du Kenya, Pays de résidence : Kenya</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">4. Abdulkarim Oloyede du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Nigeria</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">5. Darwin Da Costa de l'Angola, Pays de résidence : Angola</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">6. Ibeanusi Elvis du Nigeria, Pays de résidence : Japon</span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><b><span style="color:black">2. Éléments supplémentaires</span></b><span style="color:black"></span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black"><span>a.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:7pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black">Candidat - Ibeanusi Elvis</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:72pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black"><span>b.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:7pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black">Candidat - Widjane Goubi</span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span 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 style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:black">3. Durée du mandat</span></b><span style="color:black"></span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> <b>4. Prochaines étapes</b></span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span 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:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">Nos Salutations </span><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="color:black">Policy Liaison Team</span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p 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:<a href="http://www.afrinic.net" target="_blank">www.afrinic.net</a><br></pre><pre><a href="http://facebook.com/afrinic" target="_blank">facebook.com/afrinic</a> | <a href="http://flickr.com/afrinic" target="_blank">flickr.com/afrinic</a> | <a href="http://youtube.com/afrinicmedia" target="_blank">youtube.com/afrinicmedia</a><br></pre></div></div><div>_______________________________________________ <br></div><div>RPD mailing list <br></div><div><a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" target="_blank">RPD@afrinic.net</a> <br></div><div><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</a> <br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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