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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.

 

 

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VERSION (En)

Wednesday 28 June 2017

Presentation

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  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 in 2019 by or before 2 years after implementation to reconsider their the rights and duties of unaffiliated members in light of the 2018 experience gained during initial trial.

FINAL VERSION (Fr)

Mercredi 28 Juin 2017

Présentation

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  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 réexamine en 2019 réexaminée 2 ans après la mise en oeuvre (ou avant) au vue de l’expérience de 2018la période d’essai.

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  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.

  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:

  • 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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