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AFRALO Unaffiliated Individual Member Application Form

AFRALO Rules of Procedures,  edits including Individual membership, approved on September 6, 2017

French version  - Principes de Fonctionnement, 6 Septembre 2017

AFRALO Individual Membership Proposal is approved! AFRALO members voted and approved the recommendation to accept Non-affiliated individuals as AFRALO members. To see the results of the vote, see HERE.  

BACKGROUND :

FINAL VERSION APPROVED by  VOTE by 94.59 of members on July 30 

1. Non Affiliated persons may become AFRALO members (unaffiliated members)

 2. The unaffiliated members must submit an affirmation to At-Large Staff indicating that they meet the following criteria:

· Being a permanent resident of one of the African countries

· Being not a member of a certified ALS.

· Accepting the AFRALO Operating Principles and the ALAC RoP

· Being subscribed to the AFRI-Discuss list,

· Being active in the local Internet end users community

3. Ceasing to meet any of the above criteria terminates unaffiliated membership.

4. The Unaffiliated members are encouraged to join one of the certified ALSes of their country or create their own association and go through the regular process of ALS certification.

5. The Unaffiliated members are encouraged to collaborate closely with AFRALO ALSes in their country of residence.

 6. The Unaffiliated members participate in all the AFRALO activities including but not limited to:

· Attending the AFRALO face to face and virtual meetings, 

· Participating in and/or initiating debates

· Proposing views, activities or projects

· Etc.

Nevertheless, they don’t participate in any kind of decision making in AFRALO.

 7. The individual membership issue will be reviewed by or before 2 years after implementation to reconsider the rights and duties of unaffiliated members in light of the experience gained during initial trial.

VERSION (En)

Wednesday 28 June 2017

Presentation

In the ICANN bylaws, it is mentioned that unaffiliated individuals may become member of the RALO if it is stipulated in the MoU signed between the RALO and ICANN.

The AFRALO MoU with ICANN says in its article 2-C:

We declare that every interested citizen or resident in our region is welcome to join at least one of our At-Large Structures. We will also allow individual Internet users who are citizens or residents of countries within our Geographic Region to become Members of the RALO.

So, we committed to allow for unaffiliated individuals to become member of AFRALO

Today, 3 of the 5 RALOs allow for unaffiliated members (NARALO, APRALO and EURALO)

The first At-Large review recommended to promote the individual membership, and the report of reviewers of the second review recommends to transform At-Large in an individual members only through their EMM model.

The working group discussed the individual membership, taking advantage of the experience of the 3 RALOs that adopted this concept. There was a strong push back from the majority of the WG members for the following reasons:

• The main mission of a RALO is to:
  • Bring the opinions and views of the regional end users’ community to ICANN
  • Inform the regional end users’ community about ICANN mission, policy and activities.
• The individuals will have very limited ability to assume this responsibility compared to the ALSes that can better assume it through their members
• An individual member isn’t accountable to anyone but himself, while an ALS representative is accountable to his ALS
• An individual doesn’t represent anyone but himself. An ALS representative represents dozens, Hundreds, or thousands of end users.
• As individual member, anyone can come and ask to be AFRALO member. How to proof that he/she is not sent by an entity who has political interests (Government), financial interests (DNS industry), etc.

After a long debate, the WG ended up with accepting the individual members, but rejected to give them any ability for decision making. This was accepted to be tried for an year, and then reconsider the issue according to the result of the one year experience.

Recommendation

1. Non Affiliated persons may become AFRALO members (unaffiliated members)
2. The unaffiliated members must submit an affirmation to At-Large Staff indicating that they meet the following criteria:
   
   • being a permanent resident of one of the African countries/territories
   • Being not a member of a certified ALS.
   • Accepting the AFRALO Operating Principles and the ALAC RoP
   • being subscribed to the AFRI-Discuss list,
   • Being active in the local Internet end users community
3. Ceasing to meet any of the above criteria terminates unaffiliated membership.
4. The Unaffiliated members are encouraged to join one of the certified ALSes of their country or create their own association and go through the regular process of ALS certification.
5. The Unaffiliated members are encouraged to collaborate closely with AFRALO ALSes in their country of residence.
6. The Unaffiliated members participate in all the AFRALO activities including but not limited to:
   
   • • Attending the AFRALO face to face and virtual meetings,
     • Participating in and/or initiating debates
     • Proposing views, activities or projects
     • Etc.
    Nevertheless, they don’t participate in any kind of decision making in AFRALO
7. The individual membership issue will be reviewed by or before 2 years after implementation to reconsider the rights and duties of unaffiliated members in light of the experience gained during initial trial.
   
   

FINAL VERSION (Fr)

Mercredi 28 Juin 2017

Présentation

Dans les statuts de l'ICANN, il est mentionné que les individus non affiliés peuvent devenir membres du RALO si ceci est stipulé dans le MoU signé entre le RALO et l'ICANN.

Le MoU d’AFRALO avec ICANN dit dans son article 2-C:

Nous déclarons que tous les citoyens intéressés ou résidents de notre région sont invités à rejoindre au moins une de nos structures At-Large. Nous permettrons également aux utilisateurs individuels d'Internet qui sont des citoyens ou des résidents de pays de notre région géographique de devenir Membres du RALO.

Nous nous sommes engagés à ce que les personnes non affiliées deviennent membres de AFRALO

Aujourd'hui, 3 des 5 RALO acceptent les membres non affiliés (NARALO, APRALO et EURALO)

La première évaluation At-Large a recommandé de promouvoir l'adhésion individuelle, et le rapport des examinateurs de la deuxième revue recommande de transformer At-Large en membres individuels uniquement par le biais de son modèle EMM.

Le groupe de travail a discuté de l'adhésion individuelle, en profitant de l'expérience des 3 RALO qui ont adopté ce concept. La majorité des membres du Groupe de Travail se sont fortement opposés pour les raisons suivantes:

• La mission principale d'un RALO est de:
  • Transmettre les opinions et intérêts de la communauté régionale des utilisateurs finaux à ICANN
  • Informer la communauté régionale des utilisateurs finaux de la mission, des politiques et des activités de l'ICANN.
• Les individus auront une capacité très limitée à assumer cette responsabilité par rapport aux ALS qui peuvent mieux l'assumer à travers leurs membres
• Un membre individuel n'est responsable devant personne que lui-même, alors qu'un représentant d’une ALS est responsable devant son ALS
• Un individu ne représente personne que lui-même. Un représentant d’une ALS représente des dizaines, des centaines ou des milliers d'utilisateurs finaux.
• En tant que membre individuel, n'importe qui peut venir demander à être membre d'AFRALO. Comment prouver qu'il n'est pas envoyé par une entité ayant des intérêts politiques (gouvernement), des intérêts financiers (industrie du DNS), etc.

Après un long débat, le GT a fini par accepter les membres individuels, mais a refusé de leur donner toute possibilité de prise de décision. Cela a été accepté pour être tenté pendant un an, puis reconsidérer le problème en fonction du résultat de l'expérience d'un an.

Recommandations

1. Des personnes non affiliées peuvent devenir membres d’AFRALO (Membre non Affilié)
2. Les membres non affiliés doivent soumettre au personnel d’At-Large une affirmation qu’ils remplissent les critères suivants :
   
   • Être résident permanent de l’un des pays Africain
   • Ne pas être membre d’une ALS Accréditée
   • Accepter les principes de fonctionnement d’AFRALO et les règles de procédure de l’ALAC
   • Être inscrit à la liste de discussion AFRI-Discuss
   • Être Actif dans la communauté locale des utilisateurs finaux de l’Internet
3.  Le fait de cesser de respecter l'un des critères ci-dessus met fin à l'adhésion non affiliée.
4. Les membres non affiliés sont encouragés à rejoindre l’une des ALS accréditées de leur pays ou à créer leur propre association et suivre le processus de certification des ALS
5. Les membres non affiliés sont encouragés à collaborer avec les ALS de leurs pays de résidence
6. Les membres non affiliés participent dans toutes les activités d’AFRALO comme :
   
   • Assister aux réunions physiques ou virtuelles d’AFRALO
   • Participer aux débats et/ou les initier
   • Proposer des opinions, des activités ou des projets
   • Etc.

   Cependant, ils ne participent à aucune forme de prise de décision au sein d’AFRALO

7. La question des droits et devoirs des membres individuels sera réexaminée 2 ans après la mise en oeuvre (ou avant) au vue de l’expérience de la période d’essai.

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Date: Friday 7 November 2014

1. Non Affiliated persons may become AFRALO members (unaffiliated members)
   
   
2. The unaffiliated members must submit an affirmation to At-Large Staff indicating that they meet the following criteria:
   
   • being a permanent resident of one of the African countries/territories
   • Being not a member of a certified ALS.
   • Accepting the AFRALO Operating Principles and the ALAC RoP
   • being subscribed to the AFRI-Discuss list,
   • Being active in the local Internet end users community
     
     
3. Ceasing to meet any of the above criteria terminates unaffiliated membership.
   
   
4. The Unaffiliated members are encouraged to join one of the certified ALSes of their country or create their own association and go through the regular process of ALS certification.
   
   
5. The Unaffiliated members are encouraged to collaborate closely with AFRALO ALSes in their country of residence.
   
   
6. The Unaffiliated members participate in all the AFRALO activities including but not limited to:
   
   • Attending the AFRALO face to face and virtual meetings,
   • Participating in and/or initiating debates
   • Proposing views, activities or projects
   • Etc.
     

    

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7. Attending the AFRALO face to face and virtual meetings,
   
   • Participating in and/or initiating debates
   • Proposing views, activities or projects
   • Etc.
   Nevertheless, they don’t participate in any kind of decision making in AFRALO
   
   
8. The individual membership issue will be reviewed in 2017 to better organize the participation of unaffiliated members in light of the 2016 experience.

LATEST VERSION 

Word version HERE !

First Draft Proposal on  "individual affiliation" - by Tijani Ben Jemaa

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1.Non Affiliated persons can become AFRALO members (unaffiliated members)

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• Do we accept the unaffiliated people to become AFRALO members

• If we accept them, Which model AFRALO chooses:

  • The one decided on recently by EURALO EURALO model

  • The model in the proposed text (latest version) that is also used by NARALO since long and adopted by APRALO recently https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Individual+Membership+-+AFRALO+ROP+Review

• If we choose the later,

  • Should the unaffiliated members group have the right to participate in the decision making (only one vote for the whole unaffiliated members whatever their number is)?

  • what is the minimum number of unaffiliated members to constitute the “unaffiliated members” group? Peters proposes 20 and Tijani proposes 5

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