[kictanet] 2015 AFRINIC Board member elections

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

In the AFRINIC22 meeting that was held in Tunis, Tunisia, two Boards seats
for Eastern and Southern Africa were up for elections.

Abibu Rashid Ntaghigiye of Tanzania was elected to the AFRINIC Board
representing the Eastern African region defeating the only other candidate
Badru Ntege of Uganda who had sensationally resigned from the Board minutes
earlier before the elections after falling out with other Board members.

Lucky Masilela was elected to the AFRINIC Board representing the Southern
African region  defeated a crowded field of 6 candidates replacing Mark
Elkins and Dr. Paulos Nyirenda.

NomCom was at pains to explain to the community how it reduced the East
African candidates from 8 to 2 instead of letting the community choose its
own representatives through the ballot. It should be noted several Kenyan
candidates were disqualified by nomcom. The community expressed it's
displeasure on this.

All alternate board members whose terms were due for renewal left the board
after it was resolved that the size of the board should be reduced.

More to follow  ...
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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya

"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on
higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
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