Makes sense. Especially on operational and PR issues such as this. Letting the CEO communicate will also reduce the sense of non-responsiveness that members sometimes feel (although it's unavoidable because the board has to convene and agree before any response can be given - even on simple issues whereas the CEO will be able to respond authoritatively to a large extent on behalf of AFRINIC the company).
Dewole. On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 8:00 AM Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't know if it's just me, but curious why this update (and the > investigations associated with it) are not coming from our CEO. > > I've consistently said that I feel the AFRINIC Board are too involved in > AFRINIC's day-to-day affairs, which, IMHO, need to be managed by the > AFRINIC CEO and his team, both in front of and behind the scenes. > > I am somewhat disturbed that this culture does not appear to have changed > even on the back of the appointment of the new CEO. > > Personally, I'd rather be hearing from the CEO and/or any of his staff, > than the Board. > > Mark. > > On 4/Nov/19 22:45, Bope Domilongo Christian wrote: > > Dear Community at large, > > As the community may also, be aware, AFRINIC has attracted some media > coverage relating to suspicious activity in its WHOIS database primarily a > limited section of legacy resources. > > On behalf of the Board, I would like to assure both the AFRINIC membership > and the Internet community at large that the Board has conducted some > preliminary assessment of the matter, and would like to let you know that > investigations are progressing well and will be concluded soon, most likely > before or by the end of the year. We cannot reveal much or go into further > details at this stage as we do not want to jeopardise the investigations. > However, you can rest assured that we will get to the bottom of the matter. > At the same time, we want to ensure that the rights of any affected parties > are respected and protected as per the law. All said we are keen to ensure > the interests of AFRINIC members are safeguarded as we seek to maintain > stable, reliable and effective management of Internet resources. Besides, > the AFRINIC WHOIS database remains fully operational with high standards of > integrity. > > Nevertheless, there is always room for improvement and AFRINIC operations > team is currently reviewing some of the long-established processes relating > to the management of Internet resources under AFRINIC's ambit. The team > is already implementing some improvement measures at both the > IT Infrastructure and process level. As usual, the AFRINIC membership will > be appropriately apprised of the developments. > > Best regards, > Dr Christian D. Bope > Chairman, AFRINIC Board of Directors > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >
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