[kictanet] 2015 AFRINIC Board member elections

[waudo siganga]

Thanks for the report Kivuva. The impression is that the election for
E.A. rep was as a result of Ntege's "sensational resignation"; was not
the position already open?

Kind Regards, Waudo

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015, at 04:15 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet wrote:
> 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  ...
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>
>
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