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Dear Community,

 

The Governance Committee (GC) would like to first thank the community for electing/nominating and having confidence in them to steer AFRINIC’s Governance Agenda.

The GC had its first meeting on February, 16th 2017 whose aim was to map out its work plan. The meeting decided that The GC should first work on AFRINIC bylaws review based on the last review passed in MRU After the Bylaw review, a report of the same will be shared with the community with specific questions on Items that need to be addressed by the community.

We prioritised to reconsider the last resolutions proposed by the CEO of AFRINIC that had support but did not meet the required threshold to pass through and advise the CEO and members on the potential ones that should be relooked at.

The second aim of this letter is to request the communities’ advice on other areas of the bylaws and issues which need to be addressed by the GC as a matter of priority within its mandate. We look forward to working closely with you and thank you for your support.

 

Best Regards

AFRINIC Governance Committee

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NomCom2018 is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC Board Nomination process is open for the following seats:

  • Seat 5 (Southern Africa), currently held by Lucky Masilela;
  • Seat 6 (Eastern Africa), currently held by Abibu Rashid Ntahigiye

We are pleased to invite nominations for candidates to fill the above seats to serve three-year term starting from BOD’s election-day in the Annual General Members’ Meeting in 2018 till BOD’s election-day in the Annual General Members’ Meeting in 2021.

Any suitable natural person residing in one of the above regions can be nominated (for that sub-region) provided they comply with the requirements in Section 13 of the AFRINIC by-laws.

A nominee shall:

  • Be nominated by one (1) AFRINIC member in good standing and Seconder by one(1) AFRINIC member in good standing or be formally endorsed by at least two (2) AFRINIC members in good standing (i.e. they must not have unpaid fees) in case of self-nomination. A member can nominate no more than one candidate and can second any number of candidate.
  • 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 or HR management;
  • Be available and committed to participate in Board meetings and other AFRINIC activities (face-to-face and online).

Kindly note the following as stipulated in Section 13.10 of the AFRINIC bylaws:

No person shall be appointed or hold office as a Director if he is a person who:

  1. is under 18 years of age;
  2. is an undischarged bankrupt;
  3. would, but for the repeal of Section 117 of the Companies Act 1984 of Mauritius, be prohibited from being a Director or promoter of, or being concerned or taking part in the management of, a company within the meaning of that Act;
  4. is prohibited from being a director or promoter of or being concerned or taking part in the management of a company under Sections 337 or 338 of the Act;
  5. is not a natural person; or
  6. has been adjudged to have been of unsound mind

To nominate yourself or a person of your choice, please complete the nomination form available at https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/board-nomination-2018

The Closure of the Candidate Nomination period is 15th March 2018 at 20:00 UTC

Note: It is expected that candidates should be able to attend AFRINIC-28 in person on the Day of Election (10 May 2018) where they will be afforded an opportunity to introduce themselves and make a short presentation to the community during the Annual General Members Meeting. The meeting will take place in Dakar, Senegal from 6th -11th May 2018

For more information on the election process, please browse https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process

 

 

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