Re: [Community-Discuss] NomCom Chairs Private Message

2020-03-15 Thread John Walu
I am also struggling to understand the 'crime'. I served on several past Nomination Committees and my first line of advertising/recruitment was always *my own networks. *For the simple reason that I really didn't have access to *OTHER peoples networks.* AfriNIC has in recent times struggled to

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Borad Elections

2019-07-10 Thread John Walu
@ Owen GDPR territorial scope extends beyond Europe since its is EU citizen specific rather than geo-specific. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-3-gdpr/ In other words, anyone (Data controller/processor) handling EU citizen data is automatically subject to the GDPR in the event of a data breach -

Re: [Community-Discuss] FW: Everyone... meet Benjamin

2019-06-19 Thread John Walu
True @ Badru I have to agree with you. Proclaiming an AfriNIC shutdown and jumping RIPE as the better option simply reinforces 'Benjamin Ledoh' conspiracy theories. Very bad optics and doesn't look good. It should be resisted by the many who still believe there is some hope and a future for

Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] Intelligence for AIS-19 Kampala No 1

2019-06-18 Thread John Walu
Can someone confirm if this Benjamin Lendoh is an ACTUAL human being or some broken AI? A quick Google doesn't report much about the fellow - which is kinda wierd for someone *presumed* to be authoritative in the internet space. We could be dealing with an automated chatbox here and it maybe

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Interim CEO

2019-06-17 Thread John Walu
; That would be a very bad idea since the CFO is a key part of the check and > balance system to keep the CEO honest. > > I’m not staying or implying anything about anyone, but structurally and > optically, the CEO should never also perform the role of CFO. > > Owen > > &g

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Interim CEO

2019-06-17 Thread John Walu
Ok. I knew I was missing something...or something was brewing ;-) So Andrew, since you are so good at the defining problems, why not give us some suggested solutions ;-) walu On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 4:30 PM Andrew Alston < andrew.als...@liquidtelecom.com> wrote: > How does that gel with

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Interim CEO

2019-06-17 Thread John Walu
@Sander Maybe Patrisse Deesse can multi-task? As in be the Interim CEO while still overseeing Finance? Eventually, when the substantive CEO is recruited, Patrisse can go back 100% to his regular role. Unless he ofcourse becomes confirmed as CEO, in which case then his former role can be

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

2019-06-16 Thread John Walu
:31 PM Owen DeLong wrote: > > > > On Jun 4, 2019, at 11:34 PM, John Walu wrote: > > > > I believe the deeper question is WHY is there an increasingly smaller > candidate slate of those volunteering to serve on Afrinic board, year in > year out. > > > &g

Re: [Community-Discuss] Information about the nominations for the Board elections

2019-06-05 Thread John Walu
Thnx for the info. Quite insightful. rgds. walu. On Wed, 5 Jun 2019, 21:22 Iyedi Goma, wrote: > > > Dear community, > > Veuillez trouvez la version française ci dessous. > > On behalf of the nomination committee, I would like to provide some > information about the nominations for the Board

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

2019-06-05 Thread John Walu
ct nominees and then be allowed to make their > own choice. > > Regards, > Frank > > > On 05/06/2019 09:34, John Walu wrote: > > I believe the deeper question is WHY is there an increasingly smaller > > candidate slate of those volunteering to serve on Afr

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

2019-05-31 Thread John Walu
@Andrew I thot AfriNIC has a well-established mechanism for supporting or not supporting the current chair. I am sure you recall this used to happen every year after new members join the board and a vote is called to either extend or rotate the chairman position. Am not sure if there has been a

Re: [Community-Discuss] Board appointments to fill casual vacancies

2018-07-24 Thread John Walu
Congrats Muthoni and all, All the best in your new roles. rgds. walu On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 4:53 PM Bope Christian wrote: > [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

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

2018-07-04 Thread John Walu
s/afrinic-director-selection-process-20180628-en.pdf > >, the candidate who doesn't consent will indeed be disqualified. > > Best Regards, > Christian D. Bope, PhD > Chairman, AFRINIC Board > > > > > > > On 3 Jul 2018, at 5:33 PM, Noah wrote: > > > &g

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

2018-07-03 Thread John Walu
Thnx Chair for your continued guidance during this transition period. I am just a bit concerned about the candidates who chose NOT to disclose their Identity. What are the chances that they will actually be selected as Directors...given that the final decision is purely done by the Board and not

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

2018-06-13 Thread John Walu
+1. walu. On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 9:58 PM Bope Christian wrote: > 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

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Faulty result for Western Africa in AfriNIC AGMM Elections

2018-06-02 Thread John Walu
Just looking at this discussion thread and thinking: **Does AfriNIC have an election appeal process?* IF Yes-that should be invoked by the complainant and should kick in. IF NOT- then someone should propose one, so that we update our the Election Guidelines. Otherwise nominations were done,

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC and the GDPR

2018-04-11 Thread John Walu
Hi McTim, Thnx for posting the ARIN position. Obviously very detached - based on the valid reasons they give ;-) It may also be nice to read the RIPE position. I think it would be more relevant for Afrinic. Have a read.

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC and the GDPR

2018-04-11 Thread John Walu
Further, unless your in a silly country that was dumb enough to sign a treaty extending EU’s legal reach into your sovereignty, such as the stupid congress of the united States, then you can offer the EU a nice big Italian sign language gesture regarding their GDPR and continue on with business as

Re: [Community-Discuss] Allegation of Harassment

2018-03-22 Thread John Walu
Sorry, Someone remind me, what was the allegation against Hytham again? walu. On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Isabel Odida wrote: > Dear community members, > > I am in full agreement with you Barry! > Dear Sunday, > 1. You are tearing down the community. It is not