[AFRI-Discuss] Open Letter to AFRALO Leadership

Thu Jul 18 01:02:28 UTC 2019

Dear Remmy, 

It seems that you might have not heard my response to the issue you raised on today’s AfRALO call, I will repeat what I have explained in the call because your email misses important facts and leads to negative conclusions and serious allegations of misconduct without a clear basis of those arguments.

Africa Region ALAC Members ( Nomcom Appointed ):
Hadia has been Africa Region ALAC member for the last 2 years, representing AfRALO in ALAC and attending our monthly conference calls and reporting back to the community about her ALAC activities.

AfRALO has 3 ALAC seats ( 2 Selected by AfRALO and 1 selected by the independent  Nomcom selection process ), they all represent AfRALO in the ALAC and are considered members AfRALO.

We had African ALAC members (NomCom appointees) whom at the end or during their term join AfRALO either as ALS representatives or individual members, this is the case of some AfRALO leaders or active members.

The NomCom Selection Process :
One of the most important criteria for the selection of an AfRALO Nomcom representative is being an active participant in AFRALO activities and familiar with AfRALO, At-Large and ICANN community, which was applied to you and Hadia selection be being on the final election ballot. The selection committee rejected the candidate(s) that did not fulfill this criteria requirement. The selection criteria were published and clear,  the criteria do not include a specific AfRALO membership affiliation ( e.g ALS representative Vs an ALS member Vs Individual member Vs former AfRALO ALAC member ). 

The selection committee followed AfRALO rules, was transparent in its deliberations and included members who have high integrity and respect within AfRALO and the wider ICANN community, indicating that the committee misled the community is very unfortunate.

As a founding member of AfRALO and one of the few remaining members who signed AfRALO's formation MoU with ICANN CEO Paul Tomey in 2007, it's sad to see the recent tenacious emails, the aggressive language which tends throw accusations easily. 

I wished your email included the substance of the issue you raised only, As I indicated in the call I am happy to discuss any issues offline and online there is nothing AfRALO leadership is hiding.

I agree with your last paragraph, It's important to learn from different cases or issues have risen, the Nomcom selection process between the RALOs and ALAC need to be enhanced to ensure that the selected candidates meet ALAC requirements especially with ALAC veto power above the RALO selection process.

I thank you and Hadia volunteering for this role and completing a good election.

Best Regards,
Mohamed Elbashir
AfRALO Chair

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> On Jul 17, 2019, at 2:44 PM, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Mohammed,
> Its unfortunate I could not be heard clearly during the call of today.
> 
> I must express my displeasure to learn that Hadia was just registering to be a member of AFRALO.
> 
> Its more disheartening to know that our internal selection committee failed to inform this community before the NOMCOM selection election and refused to disclose it including AFRALO leadership, thus the selection process lacks transparency to say the least and the community was misled.
> 
> In a sane clime, you cannot represent an organization you do not belong to as a bonafide member. Hence its scandalous for AFRALO leadership to have allowed this to happen.
> 
> In addition the Selection Committee fail short of due diligence and I hope we have learnt our lessons.
> 
> All the same, I wish Hadia a peaceful and successful tenure.
>  
> Yours
> Remmy Nweke
> 
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 6:13 PM ICANN At-Large Staff <52sNoreplyGhb11-100578 at bigpulse.com <mailto:52sNoreplyGhb11-100578 at bigpulse.com>> wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
>  
> 
> On behalf of Mohamed Bashir, Chair of AFRALO, and the AFRALO Selection Committee, we are pleased to announce that the following candidate has been selected by AFRALO as the candidate for 2019 Delegate to the NomCom:
> 
> Hadia Elminiawi
> ***
> 2019 AFRALO Vote for NomCom Candidate – BigPulse Result
> 
> 
> As at Poll close: Friday 12 July 2019 12:00 UTC
> Number of voters: 35 · Group size: 61 · Percentage voted: 57.38
> Ranked by votes
> 
> Rank
> 
> Vote Option ID
> 
> Vote Option
> 
> Votes
> 
> %
> 
> 1
> 
> 16000803
> 
> Hadia Elminiawi
> 
> 15
> 
> 42.86
> 
> 2
> 
> 16000804
> 
> Remmy Nweke
> 
> 13
> 
> 37.14
> 
> 3
> 
> 16000805
> 
> Abstain
> 
> 7
> 
> 20.00
> 
>  
> 
> *** 
> You may review the results independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1337571L7LWuW25xSJkaM6ej6b3 <https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1337571L7LWuW25xSJkaM6ej6b3>
> Explanation: 
> In these votes, AFRALO Voting Representatives can only choose one candidate, or to abstain. The vote electorate is anonymous. The ALAC will then vote to endorse the AFRALO candidate for 2019 Delegate to the NomCom.
> 
> All results will be posted on the 2019 ALAC and RALO Elections, Selections and Appointments <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/2019+ALAC+and+RALO+Elections%2C+Selections+and+Appointments>.
> 
> At-Large staff would like to congratulate Hadia!
>  
> Kind Regards,
> 
> ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community
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