Chair Thanks for the update. I note that the takeaways are very similar to requests that have been coming from the community over the last few years. In particular I note your item 3 which I urge the board makes a priority.
We the community and members (a subset of the community) wait in anticipation as you guide the board back to these values. Regards Badru Ntege > On 26 Jun 2017, at 11:52 pm, Sunday Folayan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Community, > > I bring you greetings from the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesbourg. > > This afternoon, I was privileged to lead the AfriNIC board members to meet > with the ICANN Board, led by Steve Crocker at the ongoing ICANN meeting. The > meeting centered on the efforts of the AfriNIC Board at learning best > practices, with a view to improving our processes and accountability to the > community. > > The Agenda of the meeting specifically was: > 1. Limits of Board Transparency and Board Confidentiality > 2. Management of open Board Meetings. > > The interaction was open, engaging and interesting. I note in no particular > order, the takeaways from the meeting as: > 1. ICANN membership is different from AFRINIC membership > 2. The multi-stakeholder model works > 3. Trust must be built. It does not just come > 4. It is important to engage in a structured way > 5. Accountability is key > 6. Resources are needed to stay ahead of the curve > 7. AFRINIC has made good progress since inception and there is room for > improvement > > This engagement is following on the heels of us also meeting the APNIC Board > at the recently concluded AIS'17 meeting in Nairobi. > > The Board is committed to ensuring that the organization is responsive and > accountable, and we do request the cooperation of the community as we seek > ways to improve the Board/membership/Community interactions. We seek your > continued support in this regard. > > Our appreciation to Pierre Dandjinou, Khaled Koubaa and Mike Silber for their > respective roles in the engaging meeting. > > Best Regards, > > Sunday Folayan > Chair, AFRINIC Board > > _______________________________________________ > 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
