<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="">Hello,<div class=""><br class="">
<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 4, 2022, at 7:36 PM, Owen DeLong via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" class="">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Most RIR PDPs select their co-chairs through an electoral process and not consensus.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>From the 3 other RIRs which select cochairs for PDP, 2 choose cochairs from a « selection » process which includes consensus. </div><div>One forms its AC through an electoral process with « resources members » as voters and not PDP participants.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://www.apnic.net/community/participate/sigs/sig-guidelines/chair-elections/rir-comparison-table/" class="">https://www.apnic.net/community/participate/sigs/sig-guidelines/chair-elections/rir-comparison-table/</a></div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Nonetheless, if you wish to move to a consensus based process, then submit a policy proposal to do so and let’s see if it gains the consensus of the group as documented in the rules as they are written today.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>section 3.3 says « The PDWG Chairs are chosen by the AFRINIC community during the Public Policy Meeting and serve staggered two-year terms. » it does not prescribe any election process. </div><div>Knowing that the WG only make decision by Consensus, selection by consensus is a natural solution.</div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Owen<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">RPD mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" class="">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>