> On 5 Nov 2016, at 18:54, Andrew Alston <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > I’m kinda on the fence about the changes referred to below. > > Historically, we have said that regional representation means that at the > time of election, the individual must be domiciled in the region for each he > is standing. Looking at the bylaws, this seems to be a requirement that was > introduced through the election guidelines rather than the bylaws (which I > have no problem with, but it does need to be made clear) > > If we change it to reside in, this cleans this up and it means that should a > director relocate outside of the region, he would have to resign and his seat > would become vacant (other than in the case of independent directors) – I > think that would probably be a good thing, but it does further entrench the > concept of regional representation which is the exact thing that we are > attempting to change with the other change that says irrespective of the > region the director serves the entire continent. Yes, by the letter of the > wording there is no conflict here, but it would seem the spirit of the words > conflicts. > > At the same time, if we leave it unchanged, it could easily be argued that > regional representation is not defined by where an individual is domiciled, > but by where his nominators are domiciled. By the letter of the bylaws, > there would be nothing stopping individuals in a particular region nominating > an individual to represent their region even if that individual was resident > on the other side of the planet. I almost lean more towards this, since in a > true bottom up approach, I feel the electorate should have the right to have > whoever they want represent them, provided the individual passes the test of > being able to legally serve in that capacity.
I haven’t seen substantial discussion of this, so I will not propose changes around whether a Director must reside in the relevant sub-region, or be nominated from the relevant sub-region, for seats 1 to 6. Alan Barrett _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
