Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-16 Thread Ish Sookun
Hi Owen, On 6/16/19 5:58 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > Personally, I think that we should simply eliminate the geographic > restrictions on board seats and have a single AfriNIC board elected from > qualified candidates from within the region, regardless of where in the > region they come from. The

Re: [Community-Discuss] Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 491, Issue 1

2019-06-16 Thread Kangamutima zabika Christophe
ation can shed some light on the deeper question above of whether indeed we have fewer applicants or our black-box nommcom process is simply kicking them out in order to eventually present a single candidate. My suspicion is that to some degree, both are occurring. Owen-- ne

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Interim CEO

2019-06-16 Thread Sander Steffann
Hi, > As Community are aware, Mr Alan Peter Barrett, the Chief Executive Officer of > AFRINIC, submitted his resignation on 27 April 2019 with effect from 26 July > 2019. > > At its meeting of 14 June 2019, the Board appointed Mr Patrisse Deesse, the > Finance Director, as Interim Chief

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-16 Thread Mark Tinka
That is simple. I like simple. A topic worth discussing. Mark. On 16/Jun/19 16:58, Owen DeLong wrote: > Personally, I think that we should simply eliminate the geographic > restrictions on board seats and have a single AfriNIC board elected > from qualified candidates from within the region,

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-16 Thread Mark Tinka
That is simple. I like simple. A topic worth discussing. Mark. On 16/Jun/19 16:58, Owen DeLong wrote: > Personally, I think that we should simply eliminate the geographic > restrictions on board seats and have a single AfriNIC board elected > from qualified candidates from within the region,

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-16 Thread Owen DeLong
> On Jun 16, 2019, at 4:09 AM, Mark Elkins wrote: > > Don't remember issues with NomCom when I was involved, not these types of > problems at least. Perhaps its time to not worry about which regions > volunteers come from any more. > > On 2019/06/16 12:54, John Walu wrote: >> On Sat, Jun

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-16 Thread Owen DeLong
Personally, I think that we should simply eliminate the geographic restrictions on board seats and have a single AfriNIC board elected from qualified candidates from within the region, regardless of where in the region they come from. Owen > On Jun 16, 2019, at 4:39 AM, Dewole Ajao wrote: >

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-16 Thread Dewole Ajao
Since we are on the topic of "reforming" NomCom, I wonder why our bylaws state that candidates for appointment to NomCom shall *not* be domiciled in a region where an open seat is being contested. I think a person resident within a region is more likely to know and have access to suitably

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-16 Thread Mark Elkins
Don't remember issues with NomCom when I was involved, not these types of problems at least. Perhaps its time to not worry about which regions volunteers come from any more. On 2019/06/16 12:54, John Walu wrote: On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 1:31 PM Owen DeLong > wrote: >>>

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-16 Thread John Walu
On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 1:31 PM Owen DeLong wrote: >>> In general, I agree with you. I will, however, note that it is possible that there are situations where “why” should be redacted to protect the confidentiality and dignity of the applicant who was rejected. For example, if the nominating