On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 13:45, Mirriam via Community-Discuss < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi guys > > So I have been following these discussions and what i have noted is, some > community members accusing others for something they also do. > > Wafa clarified earlier that she was lobbying in her personal capacity for > her preferred candidates from Northern Africa and others. And Mr.Dewole was > also lobbying for his preferred board candidates Seun and Adewale within > Nigeria. And Andrew Alston was lobbying for his preferred board candidates > Sunday, Haitham and Silber in the past elections. > > Seems to me that different members from the community are also engaged in > lobbying from what I have read with each individual stating their own > reasons and plans why they prefer those candidates. > > Elections are over. We should concentrate on other important issues and > maybe every lobbyist out there can revisit their lobbying activities when > election season opens again. > > I don't see anything constructive from this discussion other than the fact > that it has diverted attention from the email Wafa sent in an attempt to > help new members of the community to get knowledge about the PDP . > > As for Larus Foundation Fellowship issue which Wafa raised earlier before > this confusion of lobbying, I think Afrinic needs to intervene since they > run fellowship programs and show leadership so that the PDP is not abused > further by other third parties. Third parties can directly work with > Afrinic to remove doubt from the community. > > Mirriam. > > > Nice summary. Hopefully, we can now move forward to productive discussions and make corrections where we think they are needed. I like the idea of ALL fellowship support channelled through AFRINIC. This can be coupled with the more elaborate newcomer arrangements that have been proposed by some. Omo
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