<div dir="auto">Dear all,<div dir="auto"> I agree with Owen. I believe we need to stick to the rules. Selecting Co-chairs based on rules that did not reach consensus is not acceptable. </div><div dir="auto">I also did not see an consensus in the selection process.</div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 13 Apr 2021, 19:34 Owen DeLong via RPD, <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">I do not consent to this.<div><br></div><div>There is no basis for allowing this in the rules as written and no need to do this on an exceptional basis at this time.</div><div><br></div><div>If this is a desired outcome, it can be achieved by consensus of the PDWG at the next meeting without requiring exceptional process.</div><div><br></div><div>Please, let us follow the rules and do this through legitimate processes.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br></div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 9, 2021, at 11:56 , AFRINIC Policy Liaison <<a href="mailto:policy-liaison@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">policy-liaison@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
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</b><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_2155079224145536533docs-internal-guid-c2f7d775-7fff-a2b4-f0f0-d3a0665cc937"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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">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;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">You embarked on the exercise at selecting two co-chairs to fill the vacancies in pursuance with Section 3.3 of the Consolidated Policy Manual. </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;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 situation @9th April 2021 is as follows :</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;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">There is consensus from the Working Group for the selection of two candidates, notably Mr Darwin da Costa and Mr Vincent Ngundi. </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;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 original task was to find replacements for the two co-chairs to serve for terms that end by the 1st AFRINIC PPM in June 2021 and 1st AFRINIC PPM in 2022 respectively. We have noted a proposal for the two co-chairs to serve for terms that end by the 1st AFRINIC PPM in June 2022 and the 1st AFRINIC PPM in June 2023 respectively. </span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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">What is required now from the PDWG is rough consensus on the term each co-chair will serve. </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;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">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;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">Policy Liaison Team </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;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></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;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">Cher 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;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">Vous avez commencé l’exercice de sélection des Co-chairs selon la section 3.3 du Manuel consolidé des politiques.</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;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">Voici la situation que nous observons en ce 9 Avril 2021:</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;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 PDWG a un consensus pour la sélection de 2 candidats qui sont Mr. Darwin da Costa et Mr. Vincent Ngundi.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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 tâche initiale était de trouver des remplaçants pour les deux coprésidents pour des mandats se terminant respectivement par le 1er PPM AFRINIC en juin 2021 et le 1er PPM AFRINIC en 2022. Nous avons noté une proposition pour les deux coprésidents de siéger pour des mandats qui se terminent par le 1er PPM AFRINIC en juin 2022 et le 1er PPM AFRINIC en juin 2023 respectivement.</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;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">Nous attendons un “rough” consensus sur les termes que chaque co-chair servira.</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;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">Cordialement,</span></div>
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