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[Nick Roy <>]

After a review of the application materials from the Albanian federation, 
eduID, I have voted to approve its membership in eduGAIN.

Best Regards,

Nick Roy
Director of Technology and Strategy
Internet2 Trust and Identity Services

Forwarded message:

> From: Brook Schofield 
> <>
> To: 
> 
> Subject: [eduGAIN-SG] Vote for Albania / eduID joining eduGAIN
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:15:40 +0000
>
> eduGAIN Delegates (and Deputies),
>
> tl;dr
> Voting has opened for Albania / eduID: <REDACTED>
>
>
> longer:
> I have the pleasure to announce that the following federation has 
> progressed through the assessment of their policy and responded to the 
> feedback by their peer federations.
>
> The Albanian Identity Federation (eduID) https://eduid.rash.al/ serving the 
> constituency of researchers and educators in Albania, is declaring itself 
> as a production federation is now seeking inclusion in eduGAIN. The 
> Albanian Identity Federation is operated by RASH which is a long time 
> collaborator with GÉANT and is also the eduroam Roaming Operator for the 
> .al ccTLD.
>
> You can review the supplied information which is accessible from the 
> eduGAIN Technical Status Page:
>    https://technical.edugain.org/status.php 
> <https://technical.edugain.org/status.php>
>
> These documents have been assessed by your peers and pending issues have 
> been resolved.
>
> And as per section 3 of of the eduGAIN Constitution, I believe that the 
> application by this federation meets all of the mandatory requirements for 
> eduGAIN membership and as such now provide that information to the 
> membership of eduGAIN to seek your confirmation via this vote:
>     <REDACTED>
>
> While there are 63 eduGAIN members at this point in time - only 54 members 
> have an active voting right (see: 
> https://wiki.geant.org/display/eduGAIN/eduGAIN+Votes 
> <https://wiki.geant.org/display/eduGAIN/eduGAIN+Votes> ).
>
> This will be a vote by simple majority from today (Tuesday 20 November 
> 2018) until Wednesday 5 December 2018.
>
> The vote can end early if 28 votes in the affirmative are received before 
> the deadline from the 54 active voting members. Otherwise more positive 
> than negative votes are required by the deadline. Note that only one (1) 
> vote is accepted from an eduGAIN participant and the delegate/deputy should 
> determine who votes on behalf of their federation.
>
> Votes cast by the nine (9) members that have been excluded from voting 
> (AFIRE, COLFIRE, WAYF, ArnesAAI, PEANO, Oman KID, YETKIM, eduID.ma and 
> CAFMoz) will restore their voting rights for future voting occasions but 
> will not affect the outcome of this vote. These members should select “I 
> wish to regain voting right” to restore their vote.
>
> I'll provide an update on the progress of voting (and a reminder) in one 
> (1) week from today.
>
> The OT is responisible for validating and accepting the metadata of these 
> federations if/once their status of member is accepted.
>
> Brook Schofield
> Project Development Officer
> GÉANT
> M: +31651553991
> Skype: brookschofield
>
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