Re: [Community-Discuss] Target large communities (was: Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 252, Issue 1)

2018-01-21 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Owen, Mohammed, At 01:45 PM 16-01-2018, Owen DeLong wrote: Sources included a variety of wikipedia pages and other google searched locations. I'm the first to admit this is not a scientific survey and may have issues with accuracy. At 07:13 AM 18-01-2018, moham...@ntc.gov.sd wrote: At

[Community-Discuss] Target large communities (was: Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 252, Issue 1)

2018-01-16 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Mohammed, At 06:24 AM 16-01-2018, moham...@ntc.gov.sd wrote: I believe If we want to rebalance the language gap we have to target large communities and reach the largest segment of them. Arabic-speaking African countries are more than ten countries. So, it's of high importance that the site

Re: [Community-Discuss] Closed members and recovered resources (off-topic)

2017-06-30 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Sander, At 03:29 29-06-2017, Sander Steffann wrote: Indeed, it is worrying that insider knowledge is necessary to know what information to ask for. That already shows a lack of transparency. Afrinic (morally) belongs to its members, and I understand the desire of those members to know how

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-27 Thread sm+afrinic
Hello, At 06:13 AM 6/27/2017, Tutu Ngcaba wrote: Where are you based as i am today in township in Empangeni with the team we finish community work. It is unfortunately too far from where I am currently located. Regards, S. Moonesamy ___

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-27 Thread sm+afrinic
Hello, At 07:45 PM 6/26/2017, Chevalier du Borg wrote: So IF board member attending a non-AfriNIC meeting is not a perk/benefit of being a board member, THEN surely the board member should give us a short report on why the company is spend money on them to travel no? I'll consider providing

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-26 Thread sm+afrinic
Hello, At 04:02 AM 6/26/2017, Chevalier du Borg wrote: But there must be reason for which AfriNIC pay air flight, hotel and allowance for you (or any board member) to travel to a not-AfriNIC meeting right? It ok, if community agree that it's a benefit of being board member. Let just declare

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-26 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Ish, At 12:36 AM 6/26/2017, Ish Sookun wrote: I understand that Andrew is asking about transparency and not the usefulness of the meetings beforehand. The community will be in a better position to understand the usefulness of board members presence in the meetings if there are reports about

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-26 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Andrew, At 10:42 PM 6/4/2017, Andrew Alston wrote: e.)When AFRINIC is funding board travel to meetings around the world – should board members be able to attend these conferences without ever supplying reports about what was accomplished at said meetings and what the purpose of the

[Community-Discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy (was: [rpd] AFPUB-2016-GEN-001-DRAFT-04 - Internet Number Resources Review by AFRINIC)

2017-06-19 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Alain, At 05:51 15-06-2017, ALAIN AINA wrote: this case, how does AFRINIC BoD Conflict of Interest Policy( if there is any) address this? I am following up on your question. I'll comment about the public part only. The only information I found about "Conflict of Interest" is in the

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Annual Financial Statements 2016 (off-topic)

2017-06-18 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Ali, At 22:39 16-06-2017, Ali Hussein wrote: If the above is correct then basically what McTim is suggesting is akin to saying you can only use roads or contribute to governance issues if you pay your taxes? :-) I read the message [1] sent by McTim and what I understood from it is

Re: [Community-Discuss] plea for increase participation in v6ops/IETF

2017-06-16 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Jordi, At 02:52 11-06-2017, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote: At the last LACNIC event, I mentioned on a couple of occasions the need for ISPs in the region, especially small and medium-sized ones, to participate in the decisions taken in the IETF IPv6 Operations Working Group (v6ops). I'm

Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] Anti-Shutdown (off-topic)

2017-06-12 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Bill, [Cc as a courtesy] At 10:04 09-06-2017, Bill Woodcock wrote: Apropos this topic, a discussion of the issue (not the AfriNIC proposal, but the shutdown issue itself) is scheduled for an upcoming UN meeting: I'll quote something which Mr Alston wrote in another context: "enhances

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-09 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Andrew, At 05:23 06-06-2017, Andrew Alston wrote: I believe that the NRO actually already publishes a report - I don't know how detailed it is - but what I personally would like to see from AFRINIC is to say "We funded our I found the following:

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-06 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Andrew, At 05:23 06-06-2017, Andrew Alston wrote: I believe that the NRO actually already publishes a report - I don't know how detailed it is - but what I personally would like to see from AFRINIC is to say "We funded our ASO/NRO representatives to the tune of X, of which Y was travel

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-06 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Andrew, At 22:42 04-06-2017, Andrew Alston wrote: So – I want to open a bit of a discussion about transparency, specifically, financial transparency. In order to get this started – let me ask a few questions of all of you – [snip] d.)When AFRINIC is funding organizations such as the

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions from members (was [AFRINIC-Announce] AIS'17 Challenges)

2017-06-04 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Danny, At 11:15 04-06-2017, Danny wrote: If the board serves adequately this community-driven organization responsible for managing public ressources for the public interest, we'll perceive it in the leadership style. This is a call to each board member to act responsibly. Thank you

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions from members (was

2017-06-04 Thread sm+afrinic
Dear Danny, Lydea, At 03:02 04-06-2017, Danny wrote: Just to add to Simon's email that, we also hope the new board will show different leadership style and regain community trust. Thank you for your replies. I'll disclose that I am eligible for the seat on the Board for the Indian Ocean

Re: [Community-Discuss] Election Outcomes

2017-06-02 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Badru, Neriah, Jean Paul, I would like to thank you for your messages. Regards, S. Moonesamy ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] African governments that shut down the internet could lose it

2017-04-19 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Walu, At 23:01 18-04-2017, Walubengo J wrote: In an unprecedented policy suggestion, some members of the AFRINIC community have proposed denying internet to African governments that shut it down in their respective countries. Thanks for sharing the blog article. I was not aware that there

Re: [Community-Discuss] "Fighting Internet Shutdown" - Any Role for AFRINIC?

2017-04-15 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Ish, At 11:46 15-04-2017, Ish Sookun wrote: Are you referring to the tweet? Yes. On the ISOC member portal the Mauritius chapter is just a phone number, nothing more. There is no information about other members or a president. I see no ISOC activity in Mauritius. I read that you

Re: [Community-Discuss] "Fighting Internet Shutdown" - Any Role for AFRINIC?

2017-04-15 Thread sm+afrinic
Hi Andrew, At 14:39 14-04-2017, Andrew Alston wrote: But it raises a question – annd its one I've been debating at length online with multiple people. AfriNIC – completely neutral ttechnical body AfriNIC – political organisation with a technical function AfriNIC – A hybrid of both of thhe