29 January 2018 - AFRINIC is offering fellowships for the AFRINIC-28 Meeting to be held in Dakar, Senegal from 6 May to 11 May 2018.

The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organisations, universities, and media who are actively involved in Internet operations and development or ICT policies in their countries.

The fellow is expected to positively and actively contribute to IP address management awareness in the AFRINIC service region.

To qualify for the fellowship, you:

1. Must be a resident of an African nation
2. Don't need to be an AFRINIC member
3. Are involved in the Internet community
4. Are willing to report on how this fellowship has benefited you/your Organisation/country within an agreed time frame.

Upon selection, AFRINIC will notify the selected fellows directly and allow them seven (7) days to accept or reject the offer.

A public announcement of the fellowship awardees will be made after the acceptance by the selected candidates.

Please find hereafter the schedule for the fellowship process:

• Call closes on Sunday, 18 February 2018
• Selected fellows contacted on Friday, 09 March 2018
• Deadline for fellowship acceptance Wednesday, 21 March 2018
• Fellows list announced on Tuesday, 27 March 2018

The fellowship includes:

1. Full assistance with round-trip airfare to the meeting venue
2. Hotel accommodation for the AFRINIC event from the day before the beginning to the last day of the event

If you think you meet the criteria above, please fill in the fellowship application form at:https://registration.afrinic.net/events/node/5/and submit it with requested information before Sunday 18 February 2018, 00:00 UTC.

Good luck and we look forward to receiving your applications!

The AFRINIC Meeting Team

January 29 2018 - Please note that Wednesday 31 January and Thursday 1 February 2018 are public holidays in Mauritius.

AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Friday 2 February 2018.

Any urgent issues can be addressed to:

-This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for queries or clarifications regarding how to become an AFRINIC member.

-This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for additional resources, any general queries related to resources management.

22 January 2018 - The AFRINIC Board is required to appoint a Nomination Committee (NomCom) every year, in terms of article 9 of the Bylaws <https://afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-2016?start=8>.

I hereby call for volunteers from the community to fill three open positions on the 2018 NomCom. If you are interested in serving on the 2018 NomCom, please send your expression of interest, including a short biography, by email to legal (at) afrinic dot net by Friday 3 February 2018 at 20:00 UTC.

The duties of the NomCom, and the elections to be held, are described below.

Election To Be Held at the AGMM in May 2018:

• AFRINIC Board of Directors:
• Two Board seats are up for election, to serve three-year terms from 2018 to 2021. Terms begin and end after the AGMM where elections are held.
  • - Seat 5 (Southern Africa), currently held by Lucky Masilela;
  • - Seat 6 (Eastern Africa), currently held by Abibu Rashid Ntahigiye.
• Policy Development Working Group:
  One PDWG co-chair position is up for election, to serve a two-year term from 2018 to 2020.  Terms begin and end during the public policy meeting where the election is held. The seat is currently held by Sami Salih.
• Governance Committee:
  One Governance Committee position is up for election, to serve a three-year term from January 2019 to December 2021. Terms begin on 1 January and end on 31 December. The seat is currently held by Wafa Dahmani.
• NRO-NC/ASO-AC:
  No election in 2018. Terms begin on 1 January and end on 31 December.
• Policy Development Appeal Committee:
  This is a new committee. Three committee members (seats 3, 4, and 5) shall be selected within the AFRINIC community, in a manner similar to selection of the AFRINIC community representatives in the NRO NC.

Nomcom Composition and Responsibilities:

According to Section 9 of the AFRINIC by-laws, a Nominations Committee (NomCom) appointed by the Board must work to ensure that appropriate candidates are nominated to contest for open seats and that all elections are successfully conducted according to current procedures.

The AFRINIC Bylaws say that NomCom must have four members, appointed by the Board. The Board’s practice is to appoint the four members as follows;

• One member selected from within the AFRINIC Board;
• Three members selected by the AFRINIC Board from the community.

In terms of section 9.1 of the Bylaws:

• No candidate for election to the Board may be a member of the NomCom;
• No person domiciled in a region whose Board seat is open for renewal may be a member of the NomCom; this means that the 2018 NomCom may not not include people who reside in the Eastern Africa or Southern Africa regions.

Responsibilities of the NomCom are defined in section 9 of the AFRINIC Bylaws and include the following:

• Report to the Board and follow guidelines set by the Board;
• Call for candidates for all open positions;
• Prescribe criteria and qualifications for eligibility to stand for election;
• Interview candidates, if appropriate, prior to finalising the slate of candidates;
• Finalise the list of candodates for every election;
• Supervise the conduct of the polls by the Election Committee on election day.

The Board further expects NomCom members to:

• be neutral; to have no interest in the results of the elections;
• be trusted members of the AFRINIC community;
• have good knowledge of the AFRINIC business environment;
• do their best to fulfill their responsibilities.

NomCom members do not receive any remuneration.

AFRINIC staff will provide logistical support to the NomCom throughout their mandate. Such support includes publication of the list of nominees, compilation of comments, mailing list moderation, website update, communication with nominees and other duties pertaining to the roles and responsibilities of the NomCom. Travel support will be provided for the NomCom Chair to attend the AGMM where the elections are held.

How to Volunteer:

If you are interested in serving on the 2018 NomCom, please send your expression of interest, including a short biography, by email to legal<at>afrinic dot net by Friday 3 February 2018 at 20:00 UTC.

Please note that Monday 12 March 2018  is a public holiday in Mauritius.

AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Tuesday 13 March 2018.

Any urgent issues can be addressed to:

• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for queries or clarifications regarding how to become an AFRINIC member.
• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for additional resources, any general queries related to resources management.

AFRINIC is pleased to announce that the policy "IPv4 Resources Transfer within the AFRINIC service region" has been implemented.

The policy is incorporated in Section 5.7 of the Consolidated Policy Manual

More information about how resource transfers can be requested is available here.

NomCom2018 is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC Board Nomination process is open for the following seats:

• Seat 5 (Southern Africa), currently held by Lucky Masilela;
• Seat 6 (Eastern Africa), currently held by Abibu Rashid Ntahigiye

We are pleased to invite nominations for candidates to fill the above seats to serve three-year term starting from BOD’s election-day in the Annual General Members’ Meeting in 2018 till BOD’s election-day in the Annual General Members’ Meeting in 2021.

Any suitable natural person residing in one of the above regions can be nominated (for that sub-region) provided they comply with the requirements in Section 13 of the AFRINIC by-laws.

A nominee shall:

• Be nominated by one (1) AFRINIC member in good standing and Seconder by one(1) AFRINIC member in good standing or be formally endorsed by at least two (2) AFRINIC members in good standing (i.e. they must not have unpaid fees) in case of self-nomination. A member can nominate no more than one candidate and can second any number of candidate.
• Have participated in at least two (2) AFRINIC events (physically or online) in the past three (3) years;
• Have at least five (5) years professional experience in an area relevant to AFRINIC activities, such as Internet Resource Management, ICT, policy development, finance, audit or HR management;
• Be available and committed to participate in Board meetings and other AFRINIC activities (face-to-face and online).

Kindly note the following as stipulated in Section 13.10 of the AFRINIC bylaws:

No person shall be appointed or hold office as a Director if he is a person who:

1. is under 18 years of age;
2. is an undischarged bankrupt;
3. would, but for the repeal of Section 117 of the Companies Act 1984 of Mauritius, be prohibited from being a Director or promoter of, or being concerned or taking part in the management of, a company within the meaning of that Act;
4. is prohibited from being a director or promoter of or being concerned or taking part in the management of a company under Sections 337 or 338 of the Act;
5. is not a natural person; or
6. has been adjudged to have been of unsound mind

To nominate yourself or a person of your choice, please complete the nomination form available at https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/board-nomination-2018

The Closure of the Candidate Nomination period is 15th March 2018 at 20:00 UTC

Note: It is expected that candidates should be able to attend AFRINIC-28 in person on the Day of Election (10 May 2018) where they will be afforded an opportunity to introduce themselves and make a short presentation to the community during the Annual General Members Meeting. The meeting will take place in Dakar, Senegal from 6th -11th May 2018

For more information on the election process, please browse https://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process