NomCom is hereby calling for nominations from the community for one Governance Committee position up for election, to serve a three-year term from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024. The seat is currently held by Dr Alioune Badara Traore.
The Nomination Committee (NomCom2021) wishes to receive Nominations from all of the AFRINIC sub-regions and are explicitly looking for both Gender and Language diversity although a working understanding of the English language is required.
The GC Charter is available at https://www.afrinic.net/committees/governance-committee#tor
The nomination and election process is available at https://www.afrinic.net/election-process/board/2021
Nomination Requirements:
- GC members shall be resident in the AFRINIC service region.
- None of the elected members may be an AFRINIC Director or an AFRINIC employee.
- A valid nomination must originate from or be submitted by an authorized and registered contact person of the nominating member organization. The nomination must also be seconded/endorsed by at least one additional AFRINIC member, different from the nominating member organization. Nominators and seconders/endorsers must all be AFRINIC members in good standing.
- Self-nominations are permitted and must be endorsed by 2 distinct AFRINIC members in good standing.
To nominate yourself or a candidate of your choice, please complete the nomination form at https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/govcom-nomination-2021
Deadline for Nominations
The Closure of the Candidate Nomination period is 8th April 2021 at 23:59UTC
Please note that the election will take place during the AFRINIC-33 will be held online due to the COVID-19 Pandemic situation the whole world is in now.
Notice: Please note that any person convicted of a crime involving dishonesty; fraud or breach of trust shall not be considered for this position.
2021 ELECTIONS TIMELINE
In view of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, AFRINIC Community Meetings, including both its AGMM and the Public Policy Meeting (i.e. AFRINIC-33 meeting AIS21) will be held online. The following timeline shall be used as far as practical.
- 13TH MARCH 2021 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
- 8TH APRIL 2021 CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS
- 30TH APRIL 2021 PUBLICATION OF CANDIDATES
- 5TH MAY 2021 OPENING OF PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE CANDIDATES
- 20TH MAY 2021 E-VOTING AND PROXY REGISTRATION OPEN
- 29TH MAY 2021 CLOSE OF PROXY REGISTRATION
- 4TH JUNE 2021 ELECTION DAY AND END OF ELECTRONIC VOTING
Note: THIS TIME VOTING WILL DONE ELECTRONICALLY.
NomCom 2021