Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-05 Thread Badru Ntege
Ali Thanks for highlighting the issues bellow. Some board members have claimed championing transparency but I think we all need to have the same definition of the word. The issue of publishing the minutes was a community mandate to the board not a board initiative. I also like the issue on

[Community-Discuss] Theresa May says the internet must now be regulated following London Bridge terror attack

2017-06-05 Thread Abdirashid Ibrahim Abdirahman
Dear All, Donald Trump please something similar to Theresa May about internet regulation. It seems that the world powers are now promoting actions against the internet freedem. This below piece was published by the independent.co.uk journal - see the below. "New international agreements

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-05 Thread Ali Hussein
Andrew This is noted. However, I stand by my assertions that transparency requires a public Organisation like Afrinic to publish said reports - redacted or not. It's imperative that the community understands the goings on in such interactions. Unless of course Afrinic claims 'National

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-05 Thread Andrew Alston
Hi Ali, Unfortunately due to constraints on the NDA – I cannot divulge the contents of the audit-co report – but I would also like these reports published, or at least, a redacted version of said reports. I could understand why an internal board report on audit may not be published in its

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-05 Thread Ali Hussein
Mark and all Let's raise the bar on transparency and proper reporting is super critical. For example a quick perusal of the Afrinic Website tells me that:- 1. The last minutes posted were in February this year. I see there was another Board meeting in April which has no minutes posted yet. Can

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-05 Thread Mark Elkins
I agree with you Ali. When Andrew first campaigned to be a Board member, one of his goals was increased transparency. I believe that he has helped, with the rest of the Board, achieve this. Transparency though is an ongoing process and its a pity that Andrew was not re-elected to continue

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

2017-06-05 Thread Ali Hussein
Andrew You raise pertinent and important issues. The rule of thumb for any public organization is that Transparency trumps (no pun intended) everything else. If I were asked and was a member of the Board, I'd advocate for FULL disclosure on financial and operational matters. How money was