Hi All,
I decided to post this, because I am getting more and more confused by this
community every day.
1. This community cried for transparency - in response - they got the board
minutes. As I have pointed out in previous emails - those minutes do not
contain all the information - and in fact, under the Mauritian code of
corporate governance, the minutes of committee meetings should also be
published to create full transparency which is not happening. I have raised
this on the list - the community has remained silent - this makes me question
if it was really transparency this community was looking for - or was it
ammunition for perceived wrongs in the past?
2. This community is confronted with legal opinion - that clearly and
demonstrably shows that policy proposals put the organisation at risk - yet
members of this community continue to insist we ignore those concerns and
proceed anyway - in what would be a direct violation of the directors fiduciary
duties were they to pass it, yet the same community insisted on the creation of
a governance committee to ensure that AfriNIC was acting within the bounds of
solid corporate governance - this is a contradiction in terms
3. In the Mauritian meeting - the community was faced with 20 special
resolutions - they chose to vote against the vast majority of those - despite
having it clearly explained that those resolutions were largely tabled after a
review about areas that need to be fixed.
* To illustrate this point - one of those resolutions would have bound a
sitting director to returning his company membership when his directorship
expired - and while this was standard practice, the voting down of this special
resolution has now created a serious problem - should a director leaving the
board refuse to return his company membership - there is now a vote - from this
community - affirming the fact that he has no obligation to do so. In
effective - voting that down legitimized a director holding onto his registered
membership status into perpetuity. I might point out that the rights and
powers of a registered member also *FAR* outstrip the actual legal rights of
any normal member.
4. For years I sat and watched this community attack the board over the
financials - yet - now - when questions are asked specifically for detailed
information that is highly relevant to the organisations financials - the same
people who attacked for so long - sit silent and have not a word to say - again
- is this because they weren't actually after financial transparency and were
simply looking for ammunition? Or is there another reason for it?
Basically - what I see is various members of this community that want to make
selective demands on the company and the board - when it suits them - when they
need ammunition for whatever agenda they are pursuing - but once that agenda
fades - they go completely silent.
What I am saying is - if we want a fully functional RIR and a board that is
subject to this community who elects them - the only way we can do that is to
be consistent with our message and communicate clearly and without ambiguity -
rather than simply sending our messages when it suits us.
Really - I am deeply confused by what I am seeing from members of this
community - and I'd really like to better understand it.
Andrew
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