Hi Andrew,
At 05:23 06-06-2017, Andrew Alston wrote:
I believe that the NRO actually already publishes a report - I don't
know how detailed it is - but what I personally would like to see
from AFRINIC is to say "We funded our ASO/NRO representatives to the
tune of X, of which Y was travel based, Z was whatever based
etc." This way the community can also look at the numbers and tell
if they are happy with them. I point out that at one point, ARIN
asked their members about half a million dollars being spent on
something (can't remember what), and the members were fine with it -
but the members were given the choice.
Basically - I just want to know how the money is being spent.
Thank you for explaining the above as it helps me to understand what
you would like to know.
In this regard - I refer specifically to AFRINIC board members
travelling to and attending meetings like RIPE conferences, ARIN
conferences, APNIC conferences, ICANN meetings, IGF meetings etc. I
would like to see that if board members are travelling there on
AFRINIC dime, that they produce a report as to what happened at the
meeting, how they contributed, what they learnt etc. This helps to
justify the amount of money it costs to have board members at these
meetings and at the same time enhances the communities understanding
of what is happening in the wider scope of things globally. AFRINIC
and its community is part of a much larger system, and I personally
welcome any information I can get about everything going on in the
rest of the world, and I just feel that if board members are going
to be travelling there using member fees to pay for it - there is no
harm in requesting that said board members produce a report to the
community at large that we can all benefit from. There is nothing
confidential that needs to be reported - just information that may
be useful in enhancing the members knowledge of what is going on out
there in the world.
There is a public part to those conferences and that is already
available only. Are you arguing for more information about that part?
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
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