Dear Members of AfriNIC,
If you are unsure whom to vote for, please note that a number of Internet Organisations such as TISPA (Tanzanian ISPA) and ISPA South Africa have issued their suggestions. I believe that other organisations have done the same too. I would strongly suggest looking at these suggestions and for the majority of seats, voting as they suggest.
e.g. (ISPA/ZANOG)
Seat 1 (North Africa) - Abdelaziz Hilali Seat 2 (West Africa) - Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun Seat 3 (Indian Ocean) - Kaleem Usmani Seat 4 (Central Africa) - Laurent Ntumba Seat 5 (Southern Africa) - Carla Sanderson Seat 6 (East Africa) - Fiona Asonga Seat 7 (Non-regional/Independent 1) - Ben Roberts
There is one change I would suggest though, there are very few "old" Board Members mentioned in these lists. I would like to suggest voting for myself as one of the candidates for seats 7/8. The "why" is that I was a Board Member for six years from 2009. I was one of the original directors of UniForum SA (today this is ZARC) and automated the CO.ZA domain name process. In order to confirm we were doing the right thing, we attended various Internet meetings around the world. Mr Calvin Browne for example has attended almost every ICANN Meeting and I have attended almost every AFRINIC Meeting ever. My knowledge of AFRINIC is thus pretty good and I believe that this will be an important asset to the future of AFRINIC - best served as a Board Member of AFRINIC - so, please vote for me.
Seat 8 (Non-regional/Independent 2) - Mark Elkins
Well what fun
I just received a mail from Afrinic stating my e-voting not valid even though everything was submitted on time and acknowledged and found no issues weeks ago.
Thank you for submitting your application for e-voting in the AFRINIC Board Election 2025.
After careful review, we regret to inform you that your application does not meet all the eligibility requirements outlined in the official communication ( Afrinic Voters Register Communiqué
(https://www.afrinic.net/ast/2025/Afrinic_Voters_Register_Communique.pdf)) and the official FAQ document (https://www.afrinic.net/ast/2025/Final_FAQ.pdf).
Rejection reason: No notarial certificate was attached to the letter nor was an equivalent legally authorized document provided.
From: Mark Elkins via zanog-discuss zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2025 15:24 To: zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za Cc: Mark Elkins mark@posix.co.za Subject: [zanog-discuss] AFRINIC Board Election: E-voting has started
Dear Members of AfriNIC,
If you are unsure whom to vote for, please note that a number of Internet Organisations such as TISPA (Tanzanian ISPA) and ISPA South Africa have issued their suggestions. I believe that other organisations have done the same too. I would strongly suggest looking at these suggestions and for the majority of seats, voting as they suggest.
e.g. (ISPA/ZANOG)
Seat 1 (North Africa) - Abdelaziz Hilali
Seat 2 (West Africa) - Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun
Seat 3 (Indian Ocean) - Kaleem Usmani
Seat 4 (Central Africa) - Laurent Ntumba
Seat 5 (Southern Africa) - Carla Sanderson
Seat 6 (East Africa) - Fiona Asonga
Seat 7 (Non-regional/Independent 1) - Ben Roberts
There is one change I would suggest though, there are very few "old" Board Members mentioned in these lists. I would like to suggest voting for myself as one of the candidates for seats 7/8. The "why" is that I was a Board Member for six years from 2009. I was one of the original directors of UniForum SA (today this is ZARC) and automated the CO.ZA domain name process. In order to confirm we were doing the right thing, we attended various Internet meetings around the world. Mr Calvin Browne for example has attended almost every ICANN Meeting and I have attended almost every AFRINIC Meeting ever. My knowledge of AFRINIC is thus pretty good and I believe that this will be an important asset to the future of AFRINIC - best served as a Board Member of AFRINIC - so, please vote for me.
Seat 8 (Non-regional/Independent 2) - Mark Elkins --
Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa mje@posix.co.zamailto:mje@posix.co.za Tel: +27.826010496tel:+27826010496 For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za
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Did you submit the required documentation though?
On 19 Jun 2025, at 17:39, Lionel Whitecross via zanog-discuss wrote:
Well what fun
I just received a mail from Afrinic stating my e-voting not valid even though everything was submitted on time and acknowledged and found no issues weeks ago.
Thank you for submitting your application for e-voting in the AFRINIC Board Election 2025.
After careful review, we regret to inform you that your application does not meet all the eligibility requirements outlined in the official communication ( Afrinic Voters Register Communiqué
(https://www.afrinic.net/ast/2025/Afrinic_Voters_Register_Communique.pdf)) and the official FAQ document (https://www.afrinic.net/ast/2025/Final_FAQ.pdf).
Rejection reason: No notarial certificate was attached to the letter nor was an equivalent legally authorized document provided.
From: Mark Elkins via zanog-discuss zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2025 15:24 To: zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za Cc: Mark Elkins mark@posix.co.za Subject: [zanog-discuss] AFRINIC Board Election: E-voting has started
Dear Members of AfriNIC,
If you are unsure whom to vote for, please note that a number of Internet Organisations such as TISPA (Tanzanian ISPA) and ISPA South Africa have issued their suggestions. I believe that other organisations have done the same too. I would strongly suggest looking at these suggestions and for the majority of seats, voting as they suggest.
e.g. (ISPA/ZANOG)
Seat 1 (North Africa) - Abdelaziz Hilali
Seat 2 (West Africa) - Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun
Seat 3 (Indian Ocean) - Kaleem Usmani
Seat 4 (Central Africa) - Laurent Ntumba
Seat 5 (Southern Africa) - Carla Sanderson
Seat 6 (East Africa) - Fiona Asonga
Seat 7 (Non-regional/Independent 1) - Ben Roberts
There is one change I would suggest though, there are very few "old" Board Members mentioned in these lists. I would like to suggest voting for myself as one of the candidates for seats 7/8. The "why" is that I was a Board Member for six years from 2009. I was one of the original directors of UniForum SA (today this is ZARC) and automated the CO.ZA domain name process. In order to confirm we were doing the right thing, we attended various Internet meetings around the world. Mr Calvin Browne for example has attended almost every ICANN Meeting and I have attended almost every AFRINIC Meeting ever. My knowledge of AFRINIC is thus pretty good and I believe that this will be an important asset to the future of AFRINIC - best served as a Board Member of AFRINIC - so, please vote for me.
Seat 8 (Non-regional/Independent 2) - Mark Elkins
Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa mje@posix.co.zamailto:mje@posix.co.za Tel: +27.826010496tel:+27826010496 For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za
[Posix Systems][VCARD for MJ Elkins]
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Everything was sent and confirmation of receipt of all my documents
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Did you submit the required documentation though?
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Well what fun
I just received a mail from Afrinic stating my e-voting not valid even though everything was submitted on time and acknowledged and found no issues weeks ago.
Thank you for submitting your application for e-voting in the AFRINIC Board Election 2025.
After careful review, we regret to inform you that your application does not meet all the eligibility requirements outlined in the official communication ( Afrinic Voters Register Communiqué
(https://www.afrinic.net/ast/2025/Afrinic_Voters_Register_Communique.pdf)) and the official FAQ document (https://www.afrinic.net/ast/2025/Final_FAQ.pdf).
Rejection reason: No notarial certificate was attached to the letter nor was an equivalent legally authorized document provided.
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From: Mark Elkins via zanog-discuss <zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.zamailto:zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za> Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2025 15:24 To: zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.zamailto:zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za Cc: Mark Elkins <mark@posix.co.zamailto:mark@posix.co.za> Subject: [zanog-discuss] AFRINIC Board Election: E-voting has started
Dear Members of AfriNIC,
If you are unsure whom to vote for, please note that a number of Internet Organisations such as TISPA (Tanzanian ISPA) and ISPA South Africa have issued their suggestions. I believe that other organisations have done the same too. I would strongly suggest looking at these suggestions and for the majority of seats, voting as they suggest.
e.g. (ISPA/ZANOG)
Seat 1 (North Africa) - Abdelaziz Hilali
Seat 2 (West Africa) - Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun
Seat 3 (Indian Ocean) - Kaleem Usmani
Seat 4 (Central Africa) - Laurent Ntumba
Seat 5 (Southern Africa) - Carla Sanderson
Seat 6 (East Africa) - Fiona Asonga
Seat 7 (Non-regional/Independent 1) - Ben Roberts
There is one change I would suggest though, there are very few "old" Board Members mentioned in these lists. I would like to suggest voting for myself as one of the candidates for seats 7/8. The "why" is that I was a Board Member for six years from 2009. I was one of the original directors of UniForum SA (today this is ZARC) and automated the CO.ZA domain name process. In order to confirm we were doing the right thing, we attended various Internet meetings around the world. Mr Calvin Browne for example has attended almost every ICANN Meeting and I have attended almost every AFRINIC Meeting ever. My knowledge of AFRINIC is thus pretty good and I believe that this will be an important asset to the future of AFRINIC - best served as a Board Member of AFRINIC - so, please vote for me.
Seat 8 (Non-regional/Independent 2) - Mark Elkins --
Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa mje@posix.co.zamailto:mje@posix.co.za Tel: +27.826010496tel:+27826010496 For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za
[Posix Systems][VCARD for MJ Elkins]
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On 19 Jun 2025, at 18:19, Lionel Whitecross via zanog-discuss wrote:
Everything was sent and confirmation of receipt of all my documents
given that the e-voting was (a) meant to start on monday, and (b) has already begun (and therefore the notification is late)
.. one would have expected, that a responsible elections committee would have known in advance (at least by monday) that you were ineligible for e-voting, and would have informed you, so as you could plan to travel to vote onsite yourself.
i find it irregular that they did not, especially in light of (b)
—n.
On 19 Jun 2025, at 17:39, Lionel Whitecross via zanog-discuss zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za wrote:
Rejection reason: No notarial certificate was attached to the letter nor was an equivalent legally authorized document provided.
You have submit the notarial certificate? If so, you have proof of that submission?
I know some people that would like to have that information.
Hendrik
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