On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 8:21 AM, ALAIN AINA <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Community, > > Recent developments at AFRINIC involving board chair and staff has raised > general indignation in this community which as individuals, stood up to > condemn and asked for the appropriate actions and measures be taken. As > expected, we saw resistance and interpretation of laws, morals and > behaviours. A resolution was proposed to demand vote of no confidence on > the whole board as board was seen as reluctant to invoke article 14.1(III) > of the bylaws, which is the only mechanism to remove a board member. > > Since then, former chair has resigned from the board, and folks think it > was time to turn the page of the resolution and focus on the issues raised > by the board and staff incident: > - investigate and clarify responsibilities, > - take actions against wrongdoers, > - take actions in favour of the victims, > - review board and management governance and practices to prevent this in > the future and > - restore good work ambiance at AFRINIC > > Apparently this view was not shared by all. Some still want the vote of > no confidence and the board decision to not include the point on the > agenda for the AGMM, invoking article 12.14(IX), created another > turbulence in the air. > > Why should we be selective in the application of the bylaws or the > company act ? is it not our collective responsibility to respect and > follow the bylaws which governs our operations? how long will it take for > us to learn that laws and regulations apply to all and we shall constantly > seek the best for the community and the organisation and not favour our > personal and direct interests ? > > Have we forgotten that bottom-up and community-driven were recently > always challenged and opposed to Bylaws and company act ? > > Before Tunis 2015 and following the Tunis incident, part of this community > has been asking for a complete review of AFRINIC accountability after > several years of operations and to adapt to new developments and comply to > current best practices. A major request is to review AFRINIC legal status > and give power and mechanisms to members to recall board members. > > AFRINIC accountability review : A long way, a structural problem to solve > > Late 2015 board engaged in an accountability review… a public summary of > the review results was published in may 2016. https://www.afrinic.net/ > images/AFRINICRIRAccountabilityAssessment-PublicSummary-20160518.pdf > > > In June 2016, some propositions( in 12 points) of amendments to the > bylaws based on the review were submitted to the community for > discussions by the board. https://lists.afrinic.net/ > pipermail/community-discuss/attachments/20160610/86196c1f/attachment.pdf > > As one can see, the point of giving power and mechanisms to members to > recall board members was not taken into account. > > After some long but interesting discussions, other points including the > recall of board members were added, making the total of proposed changes to > 17 from the 12 originally proposed by board. https://lists.afrinic.net/ > pipermail/community-discuss/attachments/20161104/cc58b033/attachment.pdf > > All suggestions for a consensual amendment of the bylaws as a whole were > ignored in favour of voting on 17 independent resolutions. > Unsurprisingly the results are what we got. The resolution on board > member recall was also rejected as was seen to target specific board > members. > > Afterwards, the community was told that the GC will be formed and one of > its 1st priority will be another accountability review with focus on > community requests which did not pass. Nothing has pop up since. > > We have seen enough developments to convince all that the new > accountability review is a must. Let create a favorable environment for it > and the required amendments to proceedings implemented as soon as possible. > I must say, you have broken down the issues in a very chronological manner and i couldn't agree more. > In the meantime, let us refocus. I call upon the board to show a clear > plan for the accountability review as well as for the reviews and actions > required from the recent board-staff incident. > +1 to this and I also look forward to the anticipated report on the board-staff matter as 30th April is around the corner. > > > === > Board web page can tell those were serving when this review and bylaws > changes were conducted, same as list archives available to tell how > things went or were managed. > > > Hope this helps > > —Alain > > Noah
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