On the contrary Noah, No one is “throwing shade” – we are asking the board to confirm that the process was correctly followed. Which, considering the events of the AGMM and the blatant violations of the bylaws that occurred there – is a very fair question to ask.
And – if you dispute there were blatant violations of the bylaws in the context of the AGMM – Please, let me know – I will quote you chapter and verse as to exactly where they happened. Andrew From: Noah <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 1:39 PM To: Mark Elkins <[email protected]> Cc: AFRINIC Community Discuss <[email protected]>; AfriNIC Discuss <[email protected]>; Owen DeLong <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [members-discuss] [Community-Discuss] Congratulations to the new Chair & Vice-Chair of AFRINIC Hi Mark This is exactly what I was educating someone on a separate thread on members list but it seems we are a point where throwing shades at the board at any chance some folks get, is a thing now. Noah On Wed, 8 Jun 2022, 13:16 Mark Elkins, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Just so that people are clear... Page 30 of the AfriNIC Bylaws.... image cut from the PDF. [cid:[email protected]] Thus if there are at least three Board Members, if one leaves the room - the last two can call a meeting, see that there is no quorum, send notice to the third, adjourn the meeting and then after at least 24 hours, conduct a meeting in quorum assuming then that there are at least three Board members. If this happens - it must be minuted. On 6/8/22 6:36 AM, Andrew Alston via Community-Discuss wrote: Hi Owen, Well - it depends. If a non-quorate meeting was called and then adjourned for 24 hours and reconvened they would gain quorum under the bylaws. The question becomes - and this is where I am uncertain and believe it is open to debate - can a meeting be called knowing full well that quorum cannot be there and then adjourned for 24 hours to gain quorum - thereby deliberately exploiting a loophole. It is one thing to call a meeting thinking you would have quorum - not getting it - adjourning for 24 hours and then gaining quorum after giving notice to the absent directors. It is another thing entirely to call a meeting knowing full well quorum could not be met and having no one to give notice to. Either way at bare minimum a meeting would have had to be called - adjourned 24 hours - and then reconvened to be quorate. This would have to be minuted. The board has been silent on if this process was followed despite members asking the question. Once again we face a situation where this organization is not answering legitimate questions from its members - and to me that is even more troublesome than the quorum issue. Furthermore - last I checked the board of directors page online had updated the chair and vice chair but was still showing the old directors listed as current - why has that not been updated to show the vacant seats accordingly Andrew Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Owen DeLong via Community-Discuss <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 12:54:52 AM To: Ish Sookun <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Cc: AFRINIC Community Discuss <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]>; AfriNIC Discuss <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] Congratulations to the new Chair & Vice-Chair of AFRINIC How did the board hold a meeting given that they cannot field a quorum after the AGMM? Owen > On Jun 7, 2022, at 00:15 , Ish Sookun > <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Mr. Eshun & Dr. Omari, > > I congratulate both of you for your appointment as Chairman and Vice-Chairman > of AFRINIC respectively. > I wish you all the best and hope you will be able to navigate the > organisation through the rough waters. > > I also thank SM for his time, guidance and leadership. > > Regards, > > ——— > > Ish Sookun > > Systems Architect @ La Sentinelle Ltd > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss<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<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<https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss> -- Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Tel: +27.826010496<tel:+27826010496> For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za<https://ftth.posix.co.za> [Posix Systems][VCARD for MJ Elkins] _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss<https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss>
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