[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC 2019 AGMM quorum

2019-02-07 Thread Bope Christian
Dear community, As the community is aware, the results of the vote at the May/June 2018 AGMM led to an unprecedented situation where AFRINIC could not call and hold the June 2019 AGMM as the Company did not satisfy the provisions regarding quorum as provided for in Art 12.10 of its

[Community-Discuss] Resignation of a Director

2018-11-27 Thread Bope Christian
Dear community, Please be informed that the Board has received, on Monday 26th November 2018, a letter of resignation as Director of AFRINIC from Dr. Dorcas Muthoni Gachari. The Board would like to thank Dr. Dorcas Muthoni Gachari for her services on the Board and wish her well in her future

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Call for volunteers: NRO NC, Governance Committee

2018-10-24 Thread Bope Christian
pecifically the chair of the > board sending the announcement? > > Is NOMCOM unable to fulfill this part of its mandate. > > Regards, > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 09:41 Bope Christian <mailto:christianb...@gmail.com>> wrote: > [Version français ci dessous] > > Dear

[Community-Discuss] Call for volunteers: NRO NC, Governance Committee

2018-10-24 Thread Bope Christian
[Version français ci dessous] Dear AFRINIC members and community, The AFRINIC Board hereby calls for volunteers who wish to be considered for appointment to the following bodies: NRO NC/ASO AC. The purpose of the NRO NC / ASO AC is to review and develop recommendations on Internet Protocol

[Community-Discuss] AGMM Quorum issue

2018-09-25 Thread Bope Christian
Dear AfriNIC members and community, The AfriNIC Bylaws, article 12.10(ii), gives the requirements for a quorum an of AGMM. The requirements are: 12.10(ii) The quorum for an Annual General Member meeting shall be composed of minimum of ten (10) members in person comprising: a)Four (4)

[Community-Discuss] Dissolution of Fees Review Committee and Way Forward

2018-09-24 Thread Bope Christian
Dear AFRINIC members and community, The AFRINIC Board constituted a Fees Review Committee in January 2017. The Committee’s main task was to make recommendations to the Board regarding fees and related matters. The Committee made those recommendations in a report that was published in May

[Community-Discuss] Board appointments to fill casual vacancies

2018-07-23 Thread Bope Christian
[version français ci-dessous] Dear AFRINIC members and community, The AFRINIC Board has made the following appointments to fill vacant seats in the Board, in terms of Article 13.14 of the AFRINIC Bylaws: Habib Youssef is appointed to seat 1 (Northern Africa); Vika William Mpisane is appointed

Re: [Community-Discuss] Filling Board Casual vacancies: Call for Public Comments

2018-07-03 Thread Bope Christian
Dear Walu and community, As clearly stated in the process published at >, the candidate who doesn't consent will indeed be

[Community-Discuss] Filling Board Casual vacancies: Call for Public Comments

2018-07-03 Thread Bope Christian
[version français ci-dessous] Dear AFRINIC members and community, The AFRINIC Board has decided on a process for filling the vacant seats in the Board of Directors. The process is published at

[Community-Discuss] Board response to community questions

2018-06-29 Thread Bope Christian
Dear Andrew and Community, In your message on 22 June 2018 >, you asked several questions. Here is the reply from the Board to questions a,

[Community-Discuss] Filling of the casual vacancies-Update

2018-06-28 Thread Bope Christian
[version français ci-dessous] Dear AFRINIC members and community, The AFRINIC Board has decided on a process for filling the vacant seats in the Board of Directors. The process is published at

[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Investigation Committee Report

2018-06-26 Thread Bope Christian
[version français ci-dessous] Dear AFRINIC members and community, The Governance Committee made the following recommendations with respect to the allegations which were investigated by Benoit Chambers on the report submitted to the Board on 4 May 2018

[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC community at Large discussion on the list

2018-06-22 Thread Bope Christian
Dear AFRINIC Members and Community, The AFRINIC Board welcomes all comments, queries and suggestions from the community at large which improves the organisation. The Board will ensure that all requests are addressed appropriately. It is important however that we maintain a level of discourse

[Community-Discuss] Faulty result for Western Africa in AfriNIC AGMM Elections

2018-06-11 Thread Bope Christian
Dear AFRINIC Members and Community, There has been much discussion about the results of the elections held during the AGMM on 10 May 2018, and associated processes. I will try to answer these questions: What is the election process? What happened in previous years? What happened in 2018? What

[Community-Discuss] Publication of Strategic Plan 2016-2020

2018-06-02 Thread Bope Christian
[version français ci-dessous] Publication of Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Dear AFRINIC members and community, In September 2016, the Board published a “Strategy Document” at

[Community-Discuss] Appel aux commentaires sur les modifications proposées aux frais d'AFRINIC

2018-05-24 Thread Bope Christian
Chers membres et communauté AFRINIC, Le conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC a constitué un comité d'examen des frais en 2017 afin d'envisager des changements à la structure des frais d'AFRINIC. Le comité a présenté un rapport au Conseil le 9 mai 2018, avec des mises à jour le 23 mai 2018. Le

[Community-Discuss] Call for comments on proposed changes to AFRINIC fees

2018-05-24 Thread Bope Christian
Dear AFRINIC members and community, The AFRINIC Board constituted a Fee Review Committee in 2017 to consider changes to AFRINIC’s fee structure. The committee presented a report to the Board on 9 May 2018, with updates on 23 May 2018. The report is published at

[Community-Discuss] Filling of the casual vacancies

2018-05-17 Thread Bope Christian
Dear AFRINIC Members and community, The AFRINIC Board hereby calls for expressions of interest from persons who wish to be considered for appointments to fill casual vacancies in the Board, in terms of article 13.14 of the AFRINIC Bylaws. Any appointments to these vacant seats will be for a

[Community-Discuss] Remplissage des vacances occasionnelles

2018-05-17 Thread Bope Christian
Chers membres et communauté AFRINIC, Le Conseil d’administration d'AFRINIC appelle par la présente à l'expression d'intérêt des personnes souhaitant être prises en considération pour des postes vacants au sein du Conseil, conformément à l'article 13.14 des Statuts AFRINIC. Toute nomination à

[Community-Discuss] Joint AFRINIC/RIPE NCC Board meeting

2018-05-14 Thread Bope Christian
Dear AFRINIC members and community, On Friday 11 May 2018, the AFRINIC Board of Directors held an meeting with the RIPE NCC Board of Directors. We discussed the following topics: • Revenue models considering IPv4 exhaustion • Governance and transparency • Activity