Re: [Community-Discuss] Congratulations to the new Chair & Vice-Chair of AFRINIC

Just so that people are clear... Page 30 of the AfriNIC Bylaws image cut from the PDF. Thus if there are at least three Board Members, if one leaves the room - the last two can call a meeting, see that there is no quorum, send notice to the third, adjourn the meeting and then after at

Re: [Community-Discuss] Message of Condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Serge Kabwika Ilunga

Ouch. Very sad. My condolences to the family. Serge was a valuable member of the community. Delta - I presume. This shows we must all be careful. May his soul Rest In Peace. On 12/23/21 2:22 PM, Eddy Kayihura wrote: Dear Colleagues, It is with profound sadness that we have learnt about the

[Community-Discuss] Resignation

Dear community, I've handed the Chair of the AFRINIC Board my resignation - effective immediate. I'm still under NDA so can't say much. I do disagree with what is happening and feel that I have been grossly mislead. The current situation has been brewing for months - long before I joined. I

Re: [Community-Discuss] Blog: A Comprehensive audit of the AFRINIC WHOIS Database

I completely agree with Ronald regarding Legacy Blocks. Obviously, if these entities no longer want their blocks back - stick them into the free-pool for general consumption - not that I expect (m)any organisations to no longer want them. On 2/13/21 11:22 AM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: In

Re: [Community-Discuss] Election process of ASO-AC representative

I agree with this. We have systems to run electronic voting for Board - so this should be scalable for non-board elections as well. The primary question is - what qualifies a person to vote. For this seat and the PDWG - we have traditionally just allowed "people in the room". This made sense

[Community-Discuss] Call for Nominations for open Board of Directors Seats

Dear AFRINIC Member, NomCom2020 is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC Board Nomination process is open for the following seats: - Seat 3 (Indian Ocean), to serve a three-year term from mid-2020 to mid-2023. This seat is currently held by Mr Subramanian Moonesamy - Seat 4 (Central

[Community-Discuss] Call for Nominations for an Open Seat on the NRO-NC

Dear colleagues, The AFRINIC NomCom 2020 is pleased to invite nominations for candidates for one NRO NC/ASO AC position, which is up for election by the AFRINIC Community, to serve a three-year term from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. The seat is currently held by Mukhangu Noah Maina.

[Community-Discuss] Call for Nominations - AFRINIC Governance Committee (GC) Members

Dear colleagues, The AFRINIC Governance Committee is a standing committee whose purpose is to advise the AFRINIC Board, AFRINIC Membership, and the community, on matters of governance. NomCom is hereby calling for nominations from the community for one Governance Committee position up for

[Community-Discuss] Call for Nominations for Co-Chair of the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) is Open

Dear colleagues, The AFRINIC NomCom2020 is pleased to invite nominations for 1 Co-Chair of the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) position up for election by the Policy Development Working Group. The seat is currently filled by Mr Abdulkarim Oloyede. PDWG co-chairs are volunteers

Re: [Community-Discuss] The Looting of AFRINIC

Totally agree with you Mike. It should have been almost impossible to manipulate the non-legacy space - yet it happened. In this case (looting of non-legacy space), the RSA has meant nothing. On 2019/12/05 14:46, Mike Silber wrote: Be that as it may - that seems to ignore the fact that there

[Community-Discuss] Call for Participation -- ICANN DNSSEC and Security Workshop at ICANN66, Montreal, Canada

tation to dnssec-montr...@isoc.org <mailto:dnssec-montr...@isoc.org>*by **Friday, 27 September 2019*** Thank you, Andrew and Kathy On behalf of the DNSSEC and Security Workshop Program Committee: Mark Elkins, DNS/ZACR Jacques Latour, .CA Russ Mundy, Parsons Ondrej Filip, CZ.NIC Yoshiro

Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] Lobbying Allegations against W

On 2019/07/06 01:40, Mirriam via Community-Discuss wrote: Hi Jordi I have already suggested a solution of AfriNIC taking a leadership role and providing a solution to the challenge presented by Larus Foundation a third party fellowship provider whose activities should be discouraged as they

Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] RPD Digest, Vol 153, Issue 140

I second Louis' request. Also: I was disenfranchised in the PDWG CoChair elections - as although almost dead from Flu for the past few days - I did write what would be my presentation to the community and had someone volunteer to read it on my behalf - that was refused (there was no relief

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

Hi Adiel. Good to see you around! On 2019/06/19 17:04, Chevalier du Borg wrote: Le mer. 19 juin 2019 à 15:49, Alan Levin > a écrit : Shocking! So sad... I can't see how this could be addressed, there is a toxic BOD and everything that leads down

[Community-Discuss] My election statement for PDWG CoChair

Presidence - whilst I was in charge of Elections (NomCom) - I allowed one person to proxy another - therefore Ashok is wrong. I'm sick - with flu - and a bad voice - even then - I was not allowed to connect my Mic to the conference. Ernest also refused my phone call.

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Interim CEO

I understand that one of the signatories required by AfriNIC to manage certain reserves is that of a CFO. Who in the company plays that role and provides that signature? Personally - I've always assumed that role was played by Patrisse. (If it looks like a CFO and acts like a CFO (etc) - it

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

Very nicely put Mike! On 2019/06/17 11:24, Mike Silber wrote: Hi Ish On 16 Jun 2019, at 23:41, Ish Sookun wrote: The Nomination Committee extended the call for nominations [1] to attract more nominations. I have served on a number of nominating committees. respectfully extending time

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

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

I've been involved with NomCom for a goodly number of years. The "Black Box" approach worked for me when I was involved. I think in all that time, only two nominations were dismissed. One because the person had no desire to stand - they were nominated kinda out of the blue. The other was

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

Thinking about the CEO, reading the minutes ( https://www.afrinic.net/ast/pdf/2019-minutes/20190305-minutes.pdf ) - I think the best way out for the AfriNIC community is if the whole board resigns - just leave the CEO. Andrew has got it right. On 2019/05/28 14:36, Andrew Alston wrote:

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

On 2019/05/28 14:56, Benjamin Ledoh wrote: Dear Sander, You could not point out the issue of micromanagement in the minutes and moreover, you have made another mistake. Can you prove that "all responsibility and autonomy of the CEO has been taken away"? ... and you then wonder why the

Re: [Community-Discuss] Remote access to the PDP day at AfriNIC

I'm assuming that "Community Discuss" is the most appropriate place for this discussion. On 11/29/18 11:10 AM, Willy MANGA wrote: > Hi, > > Le 29/11/2018 à 09:57, Mark Elkins a écrit : >> Yesterday - I connected to the remote-participation page for the c

[Community-Discuss] Remote access to the PDP day at AfriNIC

Yesterday - I connected to the remote-participation page for the current AfriNIC meeting. The YouTube channel worked quite well - as did the Transcript. You Tube was only about 15 seconds behind real time! The Audio channels did not work - but that might have been me. The "live Chat" was not

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

On 30/05/2018 19:20, Arnaud AMELINA wrote: > Owen,  > > 2018-05-29 22:34 GMT+00:00 Owen DeLong >: > > Arnaud, > > While I agree that additional clarity is needed and I agree that > there is some validity to the claim that none of the above MAY not > have

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

On 18/05/2018 23:11, Chevalier du Borg wrote: > > > Le ven. 18 mai 2018 à 13:34, Mark Elkins <m...@posix.co.za > <mailto:m...@posix.co.za>> a écrit : > > > Regarding Money and Meetings. > > I would like to propose to the community and membership th

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

I've no idea if you were in Dakar. I was. One person who was chatted to admitted she was a dress maker and was there for the free lunch. She otherwise had no interest in the conference - not even about putting up a web site to sell her products. She was not the only one. Yes, she was a local

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

the poor should not be allowed in.   > > Africa is not North America  nor is it Europe or Asia.  It’s Africa > with its unique challenges. Let’s stop these  comparisons.  > > Regards.  > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 18 May 2018, at 12:36, Mark Elkins <m...@posix.co.za > <ma

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

On 18/05/2018 11:07, Ben Roberts wrote: > Noah, > >> So its pointless to have a nomcom in other-words > > It may not be pointless to have a nomcom but they certainly can run > better elections. NomCom this year had a bad deal. I'm not sure that had NomCom been made up of any other people,

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

I disagree with your first paragraph. I was a Board Member when "None of the Above" was introduced. I was also often on NomCom. The simple idea behind "None of the Above" is simply that - None of the above - that's everyone (natural persons) listed on that ballot. It's not just for the case where

Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] proposition de politique

Totally agree with you. I believe that NIRs would potentially break (harm) the whole bottom-up approach. They could also have different policies and it also potentially breaks ISP's that have cross-border activities. I like it that AfriNIC currently has no NIRs. On 08/05/2018 13:23, Kossi

Re: [Community-Discuss] Complaint from staff member

Well said. I also agree with//Jean-Robert On 13/03/2018 22:11, Jean-Robert Hountomey wrote: > Dear CEO and BOARD, > The matter is sensitive and requires the highest standard of care. > We expect a statement and a commitment that AfriNIC is a safe working place > and an engagement to providing

Re: [Community-Discuss] [AFRINIC-Announce] NomCom Call for Volunteers

On 22/01/2018 10:19, AFRINIC Communication wrote: > [Version française ci-dessous] > > Dear AFRINIC community, > > The AFRINIC Board is required to appoint a Nomination Committee (NomCom) > every year, in terms of article 9 of the Bylaws >

Re: [Community-Discuss] How good was Afrinic-27 ?

I was unable to make the meeting but believed I was fully able to participate via the remote participation system. There were only two or three others logged remotely into the chat room, which I found disappointing. I guess other remote people may have just silently watched the stream. Anyway, the

[Community-Discuss] ICANN60 DNSSEC Workshop call for Participation

Russ Mundy, Parsons Ondřej Filip, CZ.NIC Yoshiro Yoneya, JPRS Dan York, Internet Society Mark Elkins, DNS/ZACR ps - My thanks to all Africans that attended the DNSSEC Workshop in Johannesburg! ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Closure: was: Board Statement on Board Member's Conduct

I'm sorry, but what is to investigate? Ben from Liquid stated that he was going to initiate a partial shutdown of the Internet for demonstration purposes (to demonstrate what it felt like) for the duration of his talk on "Internet Shutdowns" policy. He kept to his word. This was obviously planned

Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about transparency

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] [rpd] Controversial anti-shutdown policy discussed at RIPE

With regard to the damage a shutdown can do: Many of you will know that I am part of a team who has put together a Paper on behalf of ICANN - the project which we call the African DNS Market Study. This includes getting ccTLD stats from all African countries. Because of the difficulty of getting

Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] Controversial anti-shutdown policy discussed at RIPE

On 13/05/2017 21:52, Boubakar Barry wrote: > On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Ish Sookun > wrote: > > The debate seems to focus more on whether "this is our problem or not" > rather than improving the proposal to address the problem. > > >

Re: [Community-Discuss] Controversial anti-shutdown policy discussed at RIPE

this debate, so I don’t see how it’s a waist! > > > > Saul > > > > > > *From:*Mirriam [mailto:mirriamlau...@yahoo.com > <mailto:mirriamlau...@yahoo.com>] > *Sent:* 11 May 2017 08:24 PM > *To:* Tutu Ngcaba <pan.a

Re: [Community-Discuss] Controversial anti-shutdown policy discussed at RIPE

I downloaded the complete video from RIPE and watched it a few times. I was also watching live. Its large - but if you can do, download it and watch it. https://ripe74.ripe.net/archive/video/Andrew_Alston-Anti-Shutdown_Policies_-_The_Rationale-20170508-171822.mp4' Then again, when the

[Community-Discuss] ICANN 59 (Joburg) Tech talk panel on DNSSEC Deployment Challenges

ICANN-59 will be held in Johannesburg at the Sandton convention centre from 26-29 June, 2017. One of the technical days is shared between DNSSEC (morning) and ccTLD Technical Talks (afternoon). We (the DNSSEC Workshop Program Committee) are looking for a few people that would like to participate

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

On 20/04/2017 14:28, Noah wrote: > Hi Badru > > People are talking about targeting executive branches of governments > not knowing that most of the shutdown that have happened in the past > including the one in Cameroon has a lot to do with the local countries > politics, policies and

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

On 13/11/2016 17:13, Noah wrote: > On 13 Nov 2016 16:44, "Alan Barrett" > wrote: >> >> >> If you are merely looking for diversity, then as I said in another > message, experience and skill are also important and I believe that the >

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

On 13/11/2016 07:44, Badru Ntege wrote: > Alan > > > > > > > > > On 11/13/16, 7:05 AM, "Alan Barrett" > wrote: > >> >> I think that recusal from voting is important enough to be >> entrenched in the bylaws. Recusal from participation in discussion >> is

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

On 09/11/2016 13:14, ALAIN AINA wrote: > >> On Nov 9, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Alan Barrett >> wrote: >> >> >>> On 9 Nov 2016, at 16:16, ALAIN AINA wrote: >>> Hmmm. Are we moving the PDPWG powers in board hands? I do not >>> understand the concept of

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

On 07/11/2016 20:14, Seun Ojedeji wrote: > Sent from my LG G4 > Kindly excuse brevity and typos > > On 7 Nov 2016 11:26 p.m., "Owen DeLong" > wrote: >> >> Really, if there is such overwhelming desire by the community to > remove the CEO that it reaches

Re: [Community-Discuss] Regular updates on Number Resource Applications and Approvals

any suspicious applications. This would probably make the whole assignment process take longer - which should be less of an issue then. > > Dewole. > > > On 07/11/2016 16:09, Mark Elkins wrote: >> >> On 07/11/2016 16:53, Dewole Ajao wrote: >>> Once a week is

Re: [Community-Discuss] Regular updates on Number Resource Applications and Approvals

trict - its extremely difficult to get things done (according to the entities moaning at me). I therefore trust the Hostmasters - they are doing the right thing. > > Dewole. > > > On 07/11/2016 15:35, Mark Elkins wrote: >> Interesting. I think though a once-a-week sta

Re: [Community-Discuss] Regular updates on Number Resource Applications and Approvals

Interesting. I think though a once-a-week stats figure would be sufficient - perhaps with a projected end date? I've seen that before somewhere AFRINIC should not give out the names of the organisations receiving the address space or the actual ranges themselves though. On 07/11/2016 16:29,

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

t;" >> <community-discuss@afrinic.net <mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net>> >> *Subject: *Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum >> >> >> >> Talking about Board Members election (1) and (2), why d

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

nshrined in every company >> act I’ve ever read. >> >> It’s the same way with shareholder meetings – a shareholder may give a proxy >> to someone. >> >> A member may issue a proxy and that person then 100% represents the person >> who gave it to them.

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

On 28/09/2016 15:20, Badru Ntege wrote: > Ultimately percentage of members is the logical and sustainble way to > achieve a representative outcome. However this opens another > question when it comes to “representative” and actual votes. > > We need to explore a way that also addresses

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Accountability assessment - bylaws changes

I've taken a look at the suggested outcome (The proposed amendments) and generally I believe the suggested amendments to be very acceptable. Thank you for taking the time and doing this Alan. My only disappointment is the outcome regarding the non-voting status of Associate Members, whom I

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Council of Elders

Badru stopped being the Chair of AFRINIC at the last Mauritius meeting. Badru left the Board over a year ago in Tunisia. He resigned after the Board had an impromptu meeting on stage during the meeting. I believe that one can guess he was asked to resign by the Board. There were a number of ugly

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Appointment oc Chair and Vice Chair

Congratulations to Sunday an Haitham on their re-appointments as Chair and Vice-Chair. I believe that this continuation of responsibility is good for the stability of the AFRINIC Board and by extension good for AFRINIC, the AFRINIC membership and broader AFRINIC community. On 12/07/2016 17:43,

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] AFRINIC - Matters Arising

On 11/07/2016 17:35, ALAIN AINA wrote: > Hello, > >> On Jul 8, 2016, at 4:10 PM, Sunday Folayan > > wrote: >> >> Dear Members and the Community at large, >> >> Further to my email of 30th June 2016, I will like to share some thoughts: > > Thanks

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Council of Elders

On 11/07/2016 20:02, Honest Ornella GANKPA wrote: > Hello Nishal > > My curiousity was objective and as such I will still request that > someone who speaks for the board guide me on why the former Chair > (Mr Ntege) was not appointed to the CoE.? I believe it to be an honorary position. >

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability Assessment

I have no wish to pick upon anyone but in answering some of the questions, please consider the background to the question. This is not a closed book exam but I believe needs thinking and research. For example - if you do not know whether an Associate Member currently pays anything - perhaps check

Re: [Community-Discuss] Improving participation of Francophone and Arab countries

On Sat, 2016-01-02 at 03:06 +0400, Chevalier du Borg wrote: > > > 2016-01-01 23:57 GMT+04:00 Hytham El-Nakhal : > Hi Borg and All, > > > Happy New Year for All :) > > > @Borg, Let's continue our brain-storm on how to