Please start a new thread if you want to discuss this further. This one is not about analysis of travel costs and meeting registration fees.
Boubakar On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Andrew Alston < [email protected]> wrote: > Actually Badru – it’s not. > > > > 171 trips taken to the end of Q3 – > > > > 62 Staff trips – excluding the 24 staff flown to AIS – totalling 86 trips. > > > > Average cost of a trip by the financials in Q3 - $2049.50 per trip – or > $176,247 in staff trips excluding board alone. In total we had spent > $350,504 on travel by the end of Q3 – considering AFRINIC’s current member > base that equates to (roughly): > > > > $117.50 per Member or to put that another way: > > > > 8.3% of an extra small LIR’s annual fees > > 5.3% of a very small LIR’s annual fees > > 1.8% of a small members fees > > > > And so it goes on – but those three categories make up the vast majority > of AFRINIC members in terms of numbers. > > > > By the time the year came to a close – those percentages had changed – > with the average rough travel cost totalling roughly $350 per member, which > again, using the small members where the base actually sits equates to: > > > > 25% of an extra small members fees > > 16% of a very small members fees > > 5.5% of a small members fees > > > > And in total – the travel expenses of AFRINIC racked up 10.7% of the total > expenses – and anyone who knows anything about business should know – > percentages like this – are not insignificant numbers. > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > *From:* Badru Ntege [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 18 May 2018 12:41 > *To:* Ben Roberts <[email protected]> > *Cc:* General Discussions of AFRINIC <[email protected]>; > AfriNIC Discuss <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Faulty result for > Western Africa in AfriNIC AGMM Elections > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 18 May 2018, at 12:10, Ben Roberts <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Noah, > > > > > > Yes one of the ways that Afrinic wastes lots of money flying people > around. This contributes to why our fees are so high compared to other RIRs > we are in. > > Sorry to get personal but for someone of your experience and looking at > the financials over the last few years taunting the above line is pure > misinformation. > > > > Secondly a company of your size what you pay AFRINIC is probably a > fraction of someone’s salary. > > > > Fees are based on your consumption if your business is growing and you > need more resources you not only make a justification to AFRINIC but also > to the Business. > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 18 May 2018, at 09:41, Noah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Ben Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > The election was run and winner declared. Majority of votes cast to have > none of the candidates join the board. > > > > So its pointless to have a nomcom in other-words and therefore AfriNIC > will be wasting members money to conduct elections which involves > facilitating members of nomcom to fly to meetings to conduct elections > where no candidate is elected. > > > > Come on folks... > > > > Noah > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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