Oh boy... Interesting AGMM awaits in Dakar, as it seems :) Cheers, Jan Žorž --- Sent from mobile phone, please excuse brevity and top-posting...
On Apr 11, 2018, 15:06, at 15:06, Andrew Alston <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Sander, > >Mark tabled the following motion (and has agreed to let me send this to >the community list on the phone just now) – this motion has also been >accepted in emails to the members list from the board > > >---- From Mark’s email to the member list ---- > >I have been watching the mailing lists where Sunday, whom I consider a >friend, has admitted to violating the NDA. He has stood down as chair >but not tendered his resignation. There was a Board Meeting last night >according to the mailing lists. The Board appear not to have ask Sunday >to stand down (there was no announcement along these lines, therefore I >request the following be tabled at upcoming AGMM in Dakar. As this is >not a vote to remove the directors, but rather to express the >communities lack of confidence in them, and to request their >resignations, I request that this be tabled as a standard resolution. > >Introduction: > >In 2014, the board of directors (I was a director at that time) passed >a resolution laying out the sanctions for NDA violations – that >violations of the NDA could be result in expulsion from the board of >directors. In 2014, during a meeting in Tunis, that resolution was >used to request, and subsequently gain, the resignation of two members >of the board of directors. > >During allegations made recently on an unrelated matter, it came to >light that the former chair of the board, Mr Sunday Folayan, wilfully >and blatantly shared information related directly to the company, with >a junior member of staff, and an admission in this regard was made to >the community in an email sent by Mr Folayan on the 16th of March 2018. > >It is my belief that the sharing of the information was a direct >contravention of the NDA – as well as a direct contravention of various >sections of the companies act relating to the duties and >responsibilities of a director. > >Since this time – there have been numerous calls for Mr Folayan to >resign from the board – something that as of now he has not done. >There have also been numerous calls for the board to act against Mr. >Folayan in this regard. The board has failed to do this – and is >acting outside of historic precedent regarding similar violations. > >As such, it is my belief that the entire board is in violation of its >duties and of the trust of the community – the degree of that loss of >confidence will be tested by this motion as is proper procedure. > >It is also acknowledged that the board has the right to defy this >motion and continue to claim legitimacy under strict legal >interpretation – hence – this motion is phrased as a request – with the >knowledge that should the board not adhere to this request if this >motion passes – they will lose all credibility and the ability to claim >legitimacy as representatives of the member base of AfriNIC – >irrespective of their legal standing. > >As a former Board member and the proposer of this resolution, I wish to >state that if this motion be passed and the request granted, I will not >be standing for any seat myself. >With this in mind: > >The members of AfriNIC here by RESOLVE: > >To state that the members of AfriNIC have lost all confidence in the >current board of directors to act in the best interests of the company >or its registered, resource and associate members. >To request the resignations of every member of the board of directors >with immediate effect >To request that Viv Padayachee act as caretaker director with the sole >purpose of appointing a NomCOM and convening an SGMM at which a full >election will be held to appoint a new board of directors >To elect a new board of directors by ballot at an SGMM within 90 days >of these proceedings – at which point directors elected will hold their >positions for the remainder of the specific term of the seat to which >they are appointed. > > >---- End of Mark’s email ---- > >On 11/04/2018, 16:00, "Sander Steffann" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > >> Considering that the board is facing a tabled and accepted motion of >no confidence in Dakar – which has been accepted to the Agenda > >Wait, what motion? I have seen the message from Sunday that he is >stepping down as chair, and I of course have seen the allegations. I >haven't seen a motion on this list though... > > Cheers, > Sander > > > >_______________________________________________ >Community-Discuss mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
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