2. NomCom Appointment
Call for Volunteers to NomCom 2015: 5 Feb. 2015
Appointment of NomCom by the Board: 19 Feb. 2015
NomCom Members:
Boubakar Barry
Janvier Ngnoulaye
Mustapha Ben Jemaa
Aminata A. Garba (Board Representative)
Chairmanship
Boubakar Barry appointed Chair by NomCom members on 27
February 2015
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3. ToRs for NomCom
ToRs as per by-laws, especially Article 9.3:
Use its best effort towards ensuring that a satisfactory number
of individuals from the African Internet community stand as
candidate;
Have general responsibility for, and shall supervise the conduct
of the polls by the election Committee on election day;
Call for candidates for elections held by AFRINIC;
Prescribe criteria and qualifications for eligibility to stand as
candidate for elections held by AFRINIC;
Interview candidates prior to finalising the list of candidatures;
Finalise the list of candidates.
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5. Call for nominations and Criteria
Published on 18 March 2015
(https://afrinic.net/en/library/news/1331-call-for-nominations-for-
board-candidates) - Deadline for nomination: 15 April 2015 at 20:00
UTC
Criteria:
Be nominated by one (1) AFRINIC member in good standing or be
formally endorsed by at least two (2) AFRINIC members in good
standing in case of self-nomination
Have participated in at least two (2) AFRINIC events (physically or
online) in the past three (3) years
Have at least five (5) years professional experience in an area
relevant to AFRINIC activities, such as Internet Resource
Management, ICT, policy development, finance, audit and HR
management
Not be an employee or member of a decision-making body (such as a
Board) of an organisation which may create any conflict of interest;
Be available and committed to participate in Board meetings and other
AFRINIC activities (face-to-face and online).
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6. Nominations
Received
Seat 5 (Southern Africa): 6
Seat 6 (Eastern Africa): 8
Validated
Seat 5 (Southern Africa): 5
Seat 6 (Eastern Africa): 2
Not validated (total): 7
Nominator not AfriNIC member in good standing
No confirmation of secondment by Seconder(s)
No participation in AfriNIC events in the past 3 years
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8. Slate
Seat 5 (Southern Africa):
Mark Elkins (ZA)
Paulos Nyirenda (MW)
Michael (Mike) Silber (ZA)
Lucky Masilela (ZA)
Michelle McCann (ZA)
Seat 6 (Eastern Africa):
Abibu Rashid Ntahigiye (TZ)
Badru Ntege (UG)
Published on 14 May 2015
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9. Voting
Electronic voting open on 25 May 2015
Electronic voting closed on 4 June 2015 15:00 UTC
Casting of paper ballots: during this session
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