Mark, be nice. I like hairdressers...especially if they are voting for me ;-)
walu. On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 3:50 PM Mark Elkins <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with this. We have systems to run electronic voting for Board - so > this should be scalable for non-board elections as well. > > The primary question is - what qualifies a person to vote. > > For this seat and the PDWG - we have traditionally just allowed "people in > the room". This made sense as if they were in the room - they were persons > with interest. > This also made the process quick and simple. We've done all sorts of > ad-hoc things regarding voting at meetings - so I can't view the current > "show of hands" or on-site secret ballots as cast in rock. > Again, personally, all votes for all elections should be electronic. We > are part of the Internet Community working with unique identifiers... we > are largely technical people. > We need to retain this concept of "people with interest" so I propose > anyone who is subscribed to the RPD mailing list (as of June 1st 2020) as > being eligible to vote. > > For the future - we could even have an election mailing list - where > membership is properly controlled. > > Even "those in the room - with a meeting badge" has been I believe abused > (in Dakar). Our "free" meeting lunches seemed to bring in a lot of students > with various backgrounds such as hair dressers. I do not think that these > people have more than a fleeting interest in AfriNIC and this should be > deterred in all future "in the room" elections. How can they objectively > vote for people > > > On 2020/07/16 14:36, John Ngwoke wrote: > > Dear Eddy, All, > > Since the term of the electing AFRINIC ASO-AC representative states these; > Who can vote? > > Anyone from the AFRINIC community present at the face-to-face meeting who > meets the following criteria: > > - Has registered to attend the meeting (must present the meeting badge > as proof), > - Resides in a country within the AFRINIC service region and > - Is not AFRINIC staff. > > I suggest the use of an electronic voting system which will be made > available for only those that registered for the meeting and also in > attendance. > However, the issue of concern raised by Jordi on using the subscribers in > the RPD mailing list at some point before the election process starts (to > avoid “lots of friends” not really “part of the PDP” to join the day before > the voting) have to be taken. > > Concerning the line that says "voting shall be anonymous and done by > secret paper ballot", the online voting process makes the voting > anonymous and secret ballot. > > Thanks > > On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 10:44, Eddy Kayihura <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Community Members, >> >> The term of the community-elected AFRINIC ASO-AC representative, Noah >> Maina, ends in December 2020. The election to fill this vacant seat will be >> held during the Africa Internet Summit 2020 (AIS’20) scheduled for 14-18 >> September 2020. The election process for the ASO-AC/NRO-NC (please see >> https://www.afrinic.net/election-process/aso-nro for more details) says >> that voting shall be anonymous and done by secret paper ballot. However, >> this meeting shall be held online. >> >> We are therefore requesting feedback from the community on how AFRINIC >> can best proceed with the election to fill the vacant seat of one >> community-elected ASO-AC/NRO-NC member. We shall be delighted to receive >> your proposals for this important matter. >> >> Regards, >> >> Eddy >> >> ……………………... >> >> >> Chers membres de la Communauté, >> >> Le mandat du représentant de l'ASO-AC d'AFRINIC élu par la communauté, >> Noah Maina, se termine en décembre 2020. L'élection pour pourvoir ce siège >> vacant aura lieu lors du Sommet Africain de l'Internet 2020 (AIS'20) prévu >> du 14 au 18 septembre 2020. Le processus d'élection de l'ASO-AC/NRO-NC >> (voir https://www.afrinic.net/election-process/aso-nro pour plus de >> détails) prévoit que le vote sera anonyme et se fera par bulletin secret. >> Toutefois, il se déroulera en ligne. >> >> Nous demandons donc à la communauté de nous faire part de ses >> commentaires sur la meilleure façon pour AFRINIC de procéder à l'élection >> pour pourvoir le siège vacant d'un membre de l'ASO-AC/NRO-NC élu par la >> communauté. 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