Thank you very much Alain for all this clarification. It is important that the legal status are respected.
The community needs to be attentive to that. Regards, Ramanou 2018-04-25 18:01 GMT+00:00 Noah <[email protected]>: > > > 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/AFRINICRIRAccountabilityAsses >> sment-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/pipe >> rmail/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/attach >> ments/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 > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > > -- *--BIAOU Ramanou**--* --www.biaou.net--
_______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
