A) 2008's Board Election Committee

• Mrs. Abeer Kamal  - Chair
• Mr. Mark Elkins
• Mr. Yassin Mshana
• Mr. Sunday Folayan (Appointed by the board)

B) Election Process

According to Section 17.5 of AfriNIC bylaws, and in result of the first board Election held in April 2004, this year two seats (two regions) will be open for renewal. Representatives from Central Africa and Indian Ocean will be elected for three year terms (2008-2011). For the purpose of this election and to refine and formalize the board election process in the AfriNIC region, we have put together the following proposal. 

Election Process and policies:

Preamble: This document defines the process to be followed by AfriNIC to conduct a renewal of its elected Board of Directors. It doesn't supersede the Bylaws and should be consistent with the bylaws in all aspects.

1 - Who is elected: All regular open positions in the board are for the primary and alternate position (Section 11.1 of AfriNIC Bylaws).

2 - Seats : The board seats are numbered from 1 to 6 and terms are set according to the following sequence (article 11.2 and 11.4 of AfriNIC bylaws):

Seats 1 and 2, from Northern Africa and Western Africa respectively;
Seats 3 and 4, from Southern Africa and Eastern Africa respectively;
Seats 5 and 6, from Indian Ocean and Central Africa respectively.

This is illustrated in the table below:

3 - Election Committee: There should be an Election Committee (ECom) to drive the whole election process. It has to be appointed at least 60 days before the election.

    The committee will be composed of:

    o 1 Member appointed by the board (the CEO or one elected from the board - From an non-open seat)
    o 3 Member volunteers from the community (from different regions).

The ECom members shall elect among themselves a Chair.

The committee should report to the community.

4 - Who can vote: Only organizations meeting the following criteria are able to vote:

a - Any valid(*) member of AfriNIC.
b- Candidates for opened positions.
c - Proxies dully approved at least 24 hours by the CEO and transmitted to the Nomination committee.

(*) Valid members: Members who have filled  the AfriNIC membership form and are financially up to date in AfriNIC accounting books.

Information about AfriNIC membership should be available online at least 7 days before the AGM.

*** Proxy: If an organization is not able to send a representative to attend an AGM, it can give its rights to vote to a Proxy according to the AfriNIC bylaws (Sections 10.31 to 10.37), by filling the proxy form that can be found at:

http://www.afrinic.org/docs/aflgl-pxy2008.pdf

5 - Time lines: The election Process will be run with the following time lines:

6 - Nomination must be submitted to nominations2008@afrinic.net with the following information:

Nominated by (Full Name):

Nominee (Full Name):
Organization (or Affiliation):
Position:
Physical address:
E-mail address:
Phone number:
Fax number:
Country of Residence:
Sub-region nominated for:

Brief statement explaining the candidate's background and motivation (Not more than 400 words):

Note: Please also attach a copy of your CV.

The deadline for Candidacy/Nominations is 20 April 2008 12:00 GMT.    

The following time frames should be noted:

Call for Volunteer to sit in the ECom by 10 March 2008
Announcement of Election Committee Members - 28 March 2008
Opening of the Candidacy/Nomination Period - 04 April 2008
Closing of Nomination Period - 18 April 2008
Review of nomination, contacting nominees for more details - 25 April 2008
Official Announcement of Candidate by Election Committee & Opening of Public Comments - 03 May 2008
Close of Public Comments - 29 May 2008
Election Day and Election Results- 05 June 2008