Agreed mark I also won’t mind serving on nomcom done that a few times
Kris > On 22 Jan 2018, at 12:46, Mark Elkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 22/01/2018 10:19, AFRINIC Communication wrote: >> [Version française ci-dessous] >> >> Dear AFRINIC community, >> >> The AFRINIC Board is required to appoint a Nomination Committee (NomCom) >> every year, in terms of article 9 of the Bylaws >> <https://afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-2016?start=8>. >> >> I hereby call for volunteers from the community to fill three open positions >> on the 2018 NomCom. If you are interested in serving on the 2018 NomCom, >> please send your expression of interest, including a short biography, by >> email to legal<at>afrinic dot net by Friday 3 February 2018 at 20:00 UTC. > ... >> * AFRINIC Board of Directors: >> >> Two Board seats are up for election, to serve three-year terms from 2018 to >> 2021. Terms begin and end after the AGMM where elections are held. >> - Seat 5 (Southern Africa), currently held by Lucky Masilela; >> - Seat 6 (Eastern Africa), currently held by Abibu Rashid Ntahigiye. > ... >> In terms of section 9.1 of the Bylaws: >> - No candidate for election to the Board may be a member of the NomCom; >> - No person domiciled in a region whose Board seat is open for renewal may >> be a member of the NomCom; this means that the 2018 NomCom may not not >> include people who reside in the Eastern Africa or Southern Africa regions. > > I'm beginning to seriously wonder about the relevance of 9.1 in the > Bylaws. They certainly used to make sense when there were two Board > members per region and there were only elections for PDP and ASO (of > which few wanted to do), but now it is only one Board member and there > are also Governance and other seats from any region. That is - its > probably very difficult to find NomCom volunteers from regions where > there is not something going on election-wise. > > If the second part of 9.1 were scrapped (or even suspended) "No person > domiciled in a region whose Board seat is open for renewal may be a > member of the NomCom;" - I'd happily volunteer for NomCom duties, a job > I believe I know pretty well. > > -- > Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa > [email protected] Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496 > For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
