Are we saying that the membership and community are too impatient that a message like this could not have waited a week or two until the new CEO is burned in?
I didn't see anyone from the membership harassing the Board or AFRINIC staff about needing urgent updates on legacy space ownership manipulation :-\. Mark. On 6/Nov/19 16:24, Alioune Traore wrote: > Bonjour, > dans une période de transition il est tout à fait normal que le Board > puisse donner > ces genres d'informations pour combler le vide du CEO. > J'approuve donc le message du Board à cet effet. > > Dr Ing. Alioune Badara TRAORE > > Membre du conseil de l'AMRTP en charge des TIC > > Président FEMAT > > Directeur Technique du CNOSM > > Ceinture Noire 7ème DAN > Arbitre Olympique de Taekwondo > +223 6678 58 31 > > > > Le mardi 5 novembre 2019 à 08:50:46 UTC+1, Adewole Ajao > <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > I agree, Mark. It's the current board-routed management mode that will > cause fatigue and a perception of non-responsiveness. I'm sure the > Board hears our concerns and will hasten the process of helping the > CEO settle down into his new role. Being volunteers as well, they > would/should be happy to have their AFRINIC management workload > reduced ASAP. > > Regards, > Dewole. > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 8:20 AM Mark Tinka <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Thanks, Dewole. > > Perhaps the CEO needs to be given more leeway and authority when > communicating with the community. I am sure the CEO can use his > best judgment to determine when any information toward the public > needs to go by the Board for review. > > I fear that if the CEO needs to run an inordinate amount of > operational matters via the Board (including communication), > fatigue will set in and little progress will be made. > > Mark. > > On 5/Nov/19 09:13, Adewole Ajao wrote: >> 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] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
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