Hi Douglas, valid points. One small "value addition" is of course the "priceless" association with AfriNIC. I trust that for "some, but only a few" entities this could be enough value.
But beyond that I think the question is: "how much more value does AfriNIC want to give and how many more associate members do we wish to get?" We probably have diverse answers to this. I personally prefer if we can find enough seats at the members' meeting ;-) About dropping the category altogether: I don't object. But maybe there are a number of entities that would want to become associate members, just because they like that, and without voting rights...??? (I don't know) Regards, Frank On 9/19/2016 11:05 AM, Douglas Onyango wrote: > Hi Frank, et al, > On 19 September 2016 at 06:49, Frank Habicht <[email protected]> wrote: >> I agree, with all of the above. Well said. >> Considering that someone could control many legal entities, and these >> could all become associate members, that could change voting outcomes >> very much into that someone's favour. > > My original intent, which I thought I had expressed clearly in > previous discussions, is a more fundamental issue with the Associate > Membership category: lack of value addition. This issue is a parent > issue to the proposed clarifying text. It must be addressed first to > pave way for, and inform any clarifying text on Associate Membership > in the bylaws. > > Now just to be clear, I am not advocating for voting rights per se. > What I am advocating for is value addition for every membership > category. The idea of a membership category that collects fees but > offers no value in return just doesn't sit well with me. > > My proposal is that we find substantial value for this category. If we > can't, I believe the membership category makes no sense and should > effectively be dropped all together. > > I hope this provides more clarity on my views. > > Regards, > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
