In fact, in electing one member for a 2-year remainder of term two years ago, the precedent in question has already been set by decision of the membership at that time.
Owen > On May 17, 2022, at 17:45 , Sunday Folayan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Mr. NANGHAKA, > > The proposals suggested by Mr. Folayan and Mr. DeLong where the Board > conducts elections out of sequence for certain seats and for the remainder of > the unexpired term of the seat is likened to a bi-election mechanism. > Unfortunately, there are no such provisions for bi-elections within the > current By-Laws 2020. And as such, it would be a clear breach of the > provisions in the current By-Laws. > > What is "bi-election" and what is "bi-election mechanisms?" Do you mean > by-elections? I am lost, as to these inventions that seem to obfuscate the > issue.. > > If you mean by-election above, then stating that there is no provision for > by-election in the by-laws is not correct. > > 10.2) For the removal of doubt, where during the holding of an AFRINIC > election, any issue is raised, which is not expressly provided for in this > Constitution, the members present shall collectively and by consensus resolve > it. Such resolution shall for the future AFRINIC elections be applied as a > precedent and become an integral part of the election guidelines. > > AfriNIC Election begins right from Vacancy, not Voting. Plenty of Election > issues have been raised by the Board, GovCom and us herein. Give members the > opportunity to resolve any contentious issue, as provided by the bylaw so > that it can become a precedent. > > Simply put it all on the AGMM agenda for members to discuss, vote upon and > resolve. > > Sunday. > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 6:45 AM DANIEL NANGHAKA <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear Community, > > I want to thank the community for the comments and suggestions made after the > Governance Committee published its communique on the recommendations made to > the AfriNIC Board. GovCom plans to take all the suggestions and comments into > the next meeting and deliberate on them further. We take note of the > comments/recommendations made especially by Mr. Folayan and Mr. DeLong. > > I would however like to remind the community about the provisions within the > current By-Laws that lead to the recommendations GovCom made to the Board. > There only provisions within the current By-Laws that would enable a person > to be a member of the AfriNIC Board. > Filling of a Casual Vacancy in pursuit of Article 13.14 of the By-Laws > Conduct of Elections with a full tenure of three (3) years in pursuit of > Article 13.5, Article 13.6, and Article 13.7 of the By-Laws > Either the Board, NomCom, ECom, GovCom, or even Members at an AGMM have the > power to vary the sequence seats for Directors are elected or the mandated > 3-year tenure of an elected Director > The proposals suggested by Mr. Folayan and Mr. DeLong where the Board > conducts elections out of sequence for certain seats and for the remainder of > the unexpired term of the seat is likened to a bi-election mechanism. > Unfortunately, there are no such provisions for bi-elections within the > current By-Laws 2020. And as such, it would be a clear breach of the > provisions in the current By-Laws. > > In regards to the Eastern Africa seat, the Board restored the tenure of the > elected Director to the mandated 3-year term. They were no extensions of the > tenure as the Board did not have the mandate to reduce the tenure to 2-years > in the first place. > > I hope this puts to rest the ongoing debate and clears the way for a > successful AGMM. > > regards, > > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss> > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
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