[Chapter-delegates] Petition against the ChAC Steering Committee Elections Results 2026

[Karim Attoumani Mohamed]

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Dear Elections committee,
Dear Alphonce, colleagues,

I support Alphonce request for clarification as I also received the emails
he presented in this petition.
I support this petition for clarification as We must admit error when it
occurs, explain it and present what kind of measures will be taken to
prevent it in the future.

As proof, I attached the email I received also that brought a lot of
questions in the process.

Best regards,
Karim

Le dim. 16 nov. 2025 à 19:38, Alphonce Odhiambo via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> a écrit :

> Dear Elections committee.
> My name is Alphonce Odhiambo , ISOC Kenya Chapter President and Chapter's
> ChAC Representative.
>
> Kenya Chapter participated in the just concluded ChAC Steering Committee
> 2026 elections and based on the provisional results the following
> conflicting observations that requires clarification has been made
> as follows;-
>
> 1. The use of terms , *Appointed and Selected *as quoted below is in
> contrast to the expected terms like *Elected. *According to our
> observation this means that apart from Chapter participating in Elections,
> some backdoor exercises were done which include Appointing Selecting
> members in various positions without clear provisions.
>
> ---Ref 1
>
> *The polls for the 2026 Chapters Advisory Council Steering Committee (ChAC
> SC) elections closed on November 6, 2025. This election filled nine
> positions on the Steering Committee: one representative per region and
> three non-geographical representatives.*
>
> *To ensure diversity, the candidate with the most votes from each region
> has been appointed as the regional representative, while the three
> candidates with the next highest vote counts were selected as
> non-geographical representatives.*
>
>
> *--End ref 1*
> 2. The elections committee has not tabled before the ChAC members the
> election outcome that gave birth to the given names. We lack numbers and
> statistics that can describe the final results; the questions we are asking
> as very simple; How many many Chapters participated ? How many reminders of
> ballots were sent? How many ballots were opened? How many Chapters voted?
> How many did not vote?  What was the individual candidate score? At the
> start of the voting, how secure was the voting system (what can prove that
> it was transparent, verifiable and accountable and tamperproof) ?
>
> 3. We noticed that emails sent to candidates informing them that they did
> not win had errors and individual candidates received emails that were not
> meant for them - for instance, I received regret emails sent to other
> candidates. Another email was also sent claiming that it was a system error
> or confusion.
>
> ---Ref 2
> Hello,
> I want to apologize for a technical error in the previous message: the
> name in the greeting (“Dear [Name],”) was populated incorrectly due to a
> technical error. I’m sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
>
> Please note that the content of the message is still accurate: the
> election results as communicated remain correct.
>
> Thank you for your understanding,
> Rama
> --- End Ref 2
>
> ----------------Ref 3:
> Dear Abdou,
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Thank you sincerely for your willingness to serve on the 2026 Chapters
> Advisory Council Steering Committee.While we regret to inform you that you
> were not among the nine elected candidates this year, we deeply appreciate
> your commitment and interest in supporting the Council’s work. Your
> dedication to the community and to advancing our shared goals is valued,
> and we hope you’ll consider standing as a candidate in the future.The
> official announcement of the election results will be shared with all
> chapter leaders by 11 November.*
>
>
>
>
>
> *With gratitude,Agang K. Ditlhogo*
>
> *Chair, Nominations and Elections*
>
>
>
> *Rama Rejman*
>
> *Community Compliance and Governance Specialist, Community Engagement*
>
> *Internet Society*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Dear Alphonce,Thank you sincerely for your willingness to serve on the
> 2026 Chapters Advisory Council Steering Committee.While we regret to inform
> you that you were not among the nine elected candidates this year, we
> deeply appreciate your commitment and interest in supporting the Council’s
> work. Your dedication to the community and to advancing our shared goals is
> valued, and we hope you’ll consider standing as a candidate in the
> future.The official announcement of the election results will be shared
> with all chapter leaders by 11 November.*
>
>
>
>
>
> *With gratitude,Agang K. Ditlhogo*
>
> *Chair, Nominations and Elections*
>
>
>
> *Rama Rejman*
>
> *Community Compliance and Governance Specialist, Community Engagement*
>
> *Internet Society*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Dear Ashirwad,Thank you sincerely for your willingness to serve on the
> 2026 Chapters Advisory Council Steering Committee.While we regret to inform
> you that you were not among the nine elected candidates this year, we
> deeply appreciate your commitment and interest in supporting the Council’s
> work. Your dedication to the community and to advancing our shared goals is
> valued, and we hope you’ll consider standing as a candidate in the
> future.The official announcement of the election results will be shared
> with all chapter leaders by 11 November.*
>
>
>
>
>
> *With gratitude,Agang K. Ditlhogo*
>
> *Chair, Nominations and Elections*
>
>
>
> *Rama Rejman*
>
> *Community Compliance and Governance Specialist, Community Engagement*
>
> *Internet Society*
>
>
> *---End Ref 3*
>
> Generally we need to have ISOC which is transparent, inclusive and open
> with clear Standard Operation Standards especially at the higher levels
> (Regional and Global) so that local chapters can emulate best practices and
> standards set from the top levels.
>
> How we expect our local Chapters to behave and act otherwise if they can
> clearly see, copy and paste some of these gaps.
> As Kenya Chapter and in my position as Candidate, I do not acknowledge the
> results until the above concerns are addressed with utmost clarity and
> honesty based on factual data.
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
> ------------------------------------
> Eng. Alphonce Odhiambo.
>
> Founder,
> GONLINE AFRICA
> www.gonline.africa
>
> President,
> Internet Society  Kenya Chapter.
> *_____________________________________*
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>
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>
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