Arnaud,

Actually – firstly – you refer to former board members being “keen in violating 
the rules of separation of roles” – please – can you justify that and supply 
exact examples.  Because – that’s an unfounded statement with zero 
justification other than hyperbole.  So – I invite you to firstly – name the 
board members you believe did this – and justify it – put the evidence on the 
table – and let us have a discussion around that.  Im actually very curious to 
see what you come up with – but I strongly suspect there will be nothing 
forthcoming – or an answer of “I don’t have to show you anything or justify 
anything I say” – but – let’s see – walk the talk – put your evidence forward 
and lets debate that evidence – with specifics – not vague generalities.

Secondly – the community are responsible for appointing the auditors – and by 
LAW the auditors can only resign in the context of a special general meeting – 
that is the law – and the members who appoint those auditors – have every right 
to know why the auditors have resigned – because that is NOT a normal thing.

Andrew


From: Arnaud AMELINA <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2019 15:05
To: Mark Tinka <[email protected]>
Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC legacy space ownership manipulation

Hello,

Allow me to offer a different view.

Because we all want role separation which is normal and must be framed by the 
company’s constitution, we must agree  that the issue on the table is a matter 
for board. (Allegations  of malicious actions on to the public resources  which 
the organization is responsible for on behalf of the global internet community)

Let us focus more on the message than on the carrier which could have been the 
CEO, legal, communication department.

Separation of roles also encompasses that each party accept and respect the 
role and responsibilities of others.

May be when the organization solves its complex governance issues being 
addressed and occupying all our attention, board can go  back to routine work 
and ceo and staff will engage on the operations and we will enjoy again working 
and interacting with them.

It is curious to see that some former board members who were keen in violating 
the rules of separation of roles and always invoking company act, board 
fiduciary responsibilities are now asking for the separation...

We’ve won something... let’s make it continue.

--
Arnaud

Le mar. 5 nov. 2019 à 07:01, Mark Tinka 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
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

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