A) 2009's Board Election Committee
- Ken Lohento
- Mohamed Elghamry
- Sunday Folayan (Appointed by the board)
B) Election Process
According to Section 11.4 and 11.5 of AfriNIC bylaws, and inline of the first board Election held in April 2004, this year two seats (two regions) will be open for renewal. Representatives from Eastern Africa and Southern Africa Region will be elected for three-year terms (2009-2012). For the purpose of this election and to refine and formalize the board election process in the AfriNIC region, we have put together the following proposal.
Election Process and policies:
Preamble: This document defines the process to be followed by AfriNIC
to conduct a renewal of its elected Board of Directors. It doesn't
supersede the Bylaws and should be consistent with the bylaws in
all aspects.
1 - Who is elected: All regular open positions in the board are for the primary and alternate position (Section 11.1 and 11.2 of AfriNIC Bylaws).
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2 - Seats: The board seats are numbered from 1 to 6 and terms are set according to the following sequence (article 11.2 and 11.4 of AfriNIC bylaws) and election will be conducted according to the following sequence:
(i) Election for Directors representing Northern Africa and Western Africa;
(ii) Election for Directors representing the Indian Ocean and Central Africa
(iii) Election for Directors representing Southern Africa and Eastern Africa.
3 - Election Committee: There should be an Election Committee (ECom) to drive the whole election process. It has to be appointed at least 60 days before the election.
The committee will be composed of:
1 Member appointed by the board (the CEO or one elected from the board - From an non-open seat)
2 Members volunteer from the community (from two different regions).
The ECom members shall elect among themselves a Chair to lead the discussion and the process. The committee should report to the community.
4 - Who can vote: Only organizations meeting the following criteria are able to vote:
a. Any valid (*) member of AfriNIC.
b- Candidates for opened positions.
c - Proxies dully approved at least 24 hours by the CEO and transmitted to the Nomination committee.
(*) Valid members: Members who are active. Active in this context means member who has signed the AfriNIC Registration Service Agreement and i is financially up to date in AfriNIC accounting books and still hold Internet Number resources.
Information about AfriNIC membership should be available online at least 7 days before the AGM.
*** Proxy: If an organization is not able to send a representative to attend an AGM, it can give its rights to vote to a Proxy according to the AfriNIC bylaws (Sections 10.31 to 10.37), by filling the proxy form that can be found at: http://www.afrinic.org/docs/aflgl-pxy2009.pdf
5 - Time lines: The election Process will be run with the following time lines:
When? |
What? |
Election
- 90 days |
Call for volunteer to seat in the ECom |
-60 days |
Announcement of Election committee members |
-60 days |
Opening of the candidacy/nomination period |
-45 days |
Close of Nomination period * |
-40 days |
Review of nomination, contacting nominees for more details
if needed |
-30 days |
Official announcement of Candidate by the Election Committee
President and opening of Public comment period |
-7 days |
Close of public comments |
Election day |
election supervised by the ECom |
Election Day |
Announcement of election Result |
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Elected candidates take seats |
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- Nomination must be submitted to nominations2009@afrinic.net
with the following information:
Nominated by (Full Name):
Nominee (Full Name):
Organization (or Affiliation):
Position:
Physical address:
E-mail address:
Phone number:
Fax number:
Country of Residence:
Sub-region nominated for:
Brief statement explaining the candidate's background and motivation (Not more than 400 words):
Note: Please also attach a copy of your CV and a picture to be used for the publication of your details.
The deadline for Candidacy/Nominations is 07April 2009 20:00 UTC.
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