<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3220">@Mark, @Mwendwa</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3221"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3222" dir="ltr">I would rather we do not focus too much on what the Nomination Committee did or did not do. However, I would say that whatever they did, it eventually gave us, and for the first time an AfriNIC, East African representative from Tanzania.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3374" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3375" dir="ltr">I think we can only join hands and congratulate Eng. Abibu Rashid Ntaghigiye for his resounding victory and as a an outgoing regional AfriNIC representative, I know the region has made the best decision and we shall are ably represented.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3824" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3825" dir="ltr">Hongera! Eng. Abibu Rashid Ntaghigiye.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_4582" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_4583" dir="ltr">walu.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3348"><span></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3230" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3229" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3347" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3489" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3346" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Mark Elkins via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Mark Elkins <mje@posix.co.za> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 5, 2015 6:24 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3345"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3344" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] 2015 AFRINIC Board member elections<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433522016539_3228" class="y_msg_container"><br>Perhaps I can clarify a bit?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Paulos stepped down because he violated the Boards NDA - rather, he was<br clear="none">encouraged by the Board Chair - with pressure from the floor.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Same thing for Badru... who purposely violated the NDA (words from his<br clear="none">mouth).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Both, of course - were re-standing.... :-)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Neither made it back.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">During this week, the NomCom Mailing list was discovered to be<br clear="none">unprotected. It was marked "Public" and anyone could subscribe and<br clear="none">download the archive. There are complete copies of the archive in the<br clear="none">wild. Getting access to this may explain what went on within NomCom as<br clear="none">to why folk like John Walu were excluded by NomCom. Maybe John has a<br clear="none">copy?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Fri, 2015-06-05 at 16:37 +0300, waudo siganga via kictanet wrote:<br clear="none">> Thanks for the report Kivuva. The impression is that the election for<br clear="none">> E.A. rep was as a result of Ntege's "sensational resignation"; was not<br clear="none">> the position already open?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Kind Regards,<br clear="none">> Waudo<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015, at 04:15 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet wrote:<br clear="none">> > In the AFRINIC22 meeting that was held in Tunis, Tunisia, two Boards<br clear="none">> > seats for Eastern and Southern Africa were up for elections. <br clear="none">> > <br clear="none">> > Abibu Rashid Ntaghigiye of Tanzania was elected to the AFRINIC Board<br clear="none">> > representing the Eastern African region defeating the only other<br clear="none">> > candidate Badru Ntege of Uganda who had sensationally resigned from<br clear="none">> > the Board minutes earlier before the elections after falling out<br clear="none">> > with other Board members.<br clear="none">> > <br clear="none">> > Lucky Masilela was elected to the AFRINIC Board representing the<br clear="none">> > Southern African region defeated a crowded field of 6 candidates<br clear="none">> > replacing Mark Elkins and Dr. Paulos Nyirenda.<br clear="none">> > <br clear="none">> > NomCom was at pains to explain to the community how it reduced the<br clear="none">> > East African candidates from 8 to 2 instead of letting the community<br clear="none">> > choose its own representatives through the ballot. It should be<br clear="none">> > noted several Kenyan candidates were disqualified by nomcom. 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