2009 Election Calls - AFRALO

Election Calls - Deadlines and Nominees

AFRALO Officers

At its 26th November 2009 Meeting, the AfRALO defined the following timeline for filling the positions of PResident, Vice-President and Secretariat of
AfRALO:

Election timetable:

1. Nominations Open : 2nd November 2009
2. Nominations Close : 6th November 2009
3. Nomination Acceptance Deadline: From 7 to 10 November 2009
4. Voting Begins: 11 November Voting Ends: 16 November 2009

Descriptions of Postions:

Please click here for the description of the responsibilities of the positions of AFRALO Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary.

ALAC Representative

The RALOs elect two out of three of their regional representatives on the ALAC. The third representative is appointed by the Nominating Committee.
The AFRALO instruments do not contain specific provisions governing the election process. Therefore, it is suggested that the following election process shall be adopted:

1. Call for election: The regional Secretariat will make a call for election (no later than 15th August 2009)
2. Nomination period: Nominations shall be accepted for four weeks after the Secretariat calls for nominations (up to 12th September 2009)
3. Acceptance deadline: The nominees need to accept their nomination no later than seven days after the nomination period ends (19th September 2009)
4. Election deadline: The election shall begin no later than one week after the end of the acceptance deadline (26th September 2009) and end no later than two weeks later (10th October 2009)

Therefore, the votes would actually be cast between 26th September to 10 October 2009.

Please Note: AFRALO is free to adopt a different process.

ALAC Members - Obligations and Responsibilities

The incumbent is Mohamed El Bashir. He is eligible for re-election.

Nomination Committee Delegate from AFRALO

The ALAC appoints, in consultation with the RALOs, one representative from each of ICANN's five geographic regions to the Nominating Committee. According to the adopted timeline for NomCom elections, the RALOs will transmit all accepted regional nominations to the ALAC on or before September 1st. The RALOs may also make a recommendation of a preferred candidate to the ALAC if they wish to do so. Please find the detailed timetable and current regional nominations on the below links.Voting members of the NomCom are appointed for a one year term, and may be re-appointed for a further term of one year subject to the requirement under the ICANN By Laws that a voting member may only serve a maximum of
two consecutive years.

Election timetable:

At its 4th August 2009 Meeting, the ALAC defined the following timeline for filling these appointments:

• Nominations Open (in each RALO): 5th August
• Nominations Close (in each RALO): on or before 25th August
• Nomination Acceptance Deadline: on or before 1st September
• RALOs to transmit all accepted nominations, with a recommendation of a preferred candidate if the RALO wishes to provide one: on or before 1st September
• ALAC Voting Begins: 7th September
• ALAC Voting Ends: 14th September
• Notification to NomCom of Appointees: 15th September

NomCom members - Obligations and Requirements

The incumbent for Africa is Khaled Koubaa. He is not eligible for re-election as he has served two consecutive years.

ALAC Board Liaison Position

The election process for the ALAC Board Liaison, who represents the ALAC and At-Large at the Board level has been slightly amended this year as specified by the Board Liaison Process 2009, which was adopted by the ALAC at their August 4th meeting. Each RALO is requested to forward a list of names of nominees that have been endorsed by the RALO. The ALAC will then vote on the list of candidates using the Instant Runoff Voting system, which means that they will rank each candidate, from most preferred to least preferred.

Election timetable:

During its August 4 meeting, the ALAC adopted the following timetable for the Board Liaison election:

• RALO Nominations Open Until: 15th September
• Candidate Lists Published: 17th September
• Candidate Conference Call with Community: Between 18th - 20th September
• ALAC Election Period: 21st - 30th September
• Results Announced: 1st October

See also Board Liaison Process 2009 for a detailed overview of the process.

Requirements and Obligations:

Please click here for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC Liaison positions as specified by the organising instruments. Interested candidates may also want to review the Draft Position Description for ALAC Members and Liaisons which was prepared by ALAC member Alan Greenberg and is currently open for comments from the At-Large community and the Level of Commitment of Board Liaison as outlined in the Proposed Election Call Message for ALAC Board Liaison.

Received Nominations

Comments:

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I would like to nominate myself for the NomCom

contributed by yaovito@yahoo.fr on 2009-08-16 14:53:53 GMT

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I second Yaovi nomination to the NomCom Delegate from Africa

Hawa

contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2009-08-17 15:06:04 GMT

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My lastname is ATOHOUN. Please correct it the table. Thanks

contributed by yaovito@yahoo.fr on 2009-08-18 07:10:47 GMT

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Thank you Khalid for nominating me, happy to accept the nomination . 18/8/2009
Mohamed

contributed by mbashir@mbash.net on 2009-08-18 07:56:56 GMT

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I would like to second Mohamed El Bashir nomination for the position of ALAC Representative

contributed by yaovito@yahoo.fr on 2009-08-19 16:17:41 GMT

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During our last Afralo meeting, Mohamed and I supported Alan Greenberg application for the position of ALAC Board Liaison. The discussions were to be pursued online after Nick's intervention, explaning that other candidates will also be announced. Afralo decision is therefore pending as we would like to have a consensus on this matter as we did for the regional Nomcom appointee.

contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2009-09-09 09:07:29 GMT

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I gladly accept the nomination as Board Liaison.

Alan Greenberg

contributed by alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca on 2009-09-15 00:15:00 GMT

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I would like to nominate Tijani BEN JEMAA as Vice Chair of AfRALO.

I would like to second Tijani to nominate Fatimata as Chair of AfRALO.

Didier Kasole

contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2009-11-02 23:17:36 GMT

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I support the nomination of Fatimata Sylla as chair
I support the nomination of Tijani Ben Jemma as vice chair
I support the nomination of Didier Kasole as secretary

Yaovi

contributed by yaovito@yahoo.fr on 2009-11-06 19:20:04 GMT

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I am reiterating my support for the nominations as follows:

> 1. Fatimata Sylla as Chair
> 2. Tijani Ben Jemma as Vice Chair
> 3. Didier Kasole as Secretary

Best regards
Dave

contributed by dave@isoc-mu.org on 2009-11-13 11:19:41 GMT

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Should be confirm the election of the following persons?

1. Fatimata Sylla as Chair
2. Tijani Ben Jemma as Vice Chair
3. Didier Kasole as Secretary

Anybody having any objection please voice out.

Thanks and best regards
Dave

contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2009-11-23 03:14:57 GMT

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