Le mar. 5 nov. 2019 à 17:46, Jean-Robert Hountomey <[email protected]> a écrit :
> > > Unless the board disagrees with the bylaws and micromanages the CEO, the > CEO oversees the day-to-day operations once the board approves annual > plans, budgets and other macro strategies. > Cher Dr Bope and BoD, read above phrase with emphases on *approve*. ok? ..not *create* The day we hear that BoD are create budget or annual plan or macro strategy for AfriNIC, it will be trouble. > > One expects the CEO acting as the main point of communication. > > > (1). https://www.afrinic.net/bylaws > > Regards. > > Jean-Robert. > > On Nov 5, 2019, at 1:20 AM, Mark Tinka <[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]> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Borg le Chevalier ___________________________________ "Common sense is what tells us the world is flat"
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