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

2016-09-19 Thread Noah
On 19 Sep 2016 13:28, "Douglas Onyango" wrote: > > Adding any such language would make the Independent Director no > different from Regional Directors, which would make it cease to be > unique/relevant. > Is there anything unique with any of the independents who have been

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

2016-09-19 Thread Seun Ojedeji
On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Douglas Onyango wrote: > Hi Seun, > > However, given the realities on the ground -- like the scenario we had > during out last election -- I would support making this an > additional/optional criteria for NomCom to use when enough candidates

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

2016-09-19 Thread Seun Ojedeji
On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Alan Barrett wrote: > > > On 19 Sep 2016, at 13:08, Seun Ojedeji wrote: > > > > Remember that Bylaws changes need a 75% majority. Would adding > geographical restrictions to the non-geographical seats have

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

2016-09-19 Thread Andrew Alston
Ok, We need to stop for a moment and look at reality – not wishful thinking. Firstly – I am hearing talk of rough consensus – and while consensus is applicable in many areas, I am far from convinced this is one of them. The ONLY place consensus has in this regard is to get a vague indication

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

2016-09-19 Thread Douglas Onyango
Hi Seun, On 19 September 2016 at 12:08, Seun Ojedeji wrote: > One point I observed has not been captured in the summary (which i also > suggested), was to limit the Independent Director seat to "at most" one per > region at any given time. This will address a possible

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

2016-09-19 Thread Arnaud AMELINA
+1 @Alain Regards Arnaud 2016-09-19 19:56 GMT+00:00 ALAIN AINA : > Hi, > > Let’s fix the process and better organise this critical review of the > bylawsl. I do support the idea of a committee . > > —Alain > > > On Sep 19, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Bope Domilongo Christian < >

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

2016-09-19 Thread Andrew Alston
I agree with the sentiments as echoed by Boubakar below. Thanks Andrew From: Mike Silber Reply-To: General Discussions of AFRINIC Date: Monday, 19 September 2016 at 10:39 To: General Discussions of AFRINIC

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

2016-09-19 Thread Mike Silber
> On 18 Sep 2016, at 23:44, Boubakar Barry wrote: > … > We can of course think of advantages we can give to associate members to > acknowledge their commitment and support. But I would not support giving > voting rights to associate members. I would rather be for

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

2016-09-19 Thread ALAIN AINA
Hi, Let’s fix the process and better organise this critical review of the bylawsl. I do support the idea of a committee . —Alain > On Sep 19, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Bope Domilongo Christian > wrote: > > Dear CEO, > > [speaking as a member of the community] > >

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

2016-09-19 Thread Abibu Ntahigiye
+1 to Frank. The PRIMARY value to Associate members should be reflected in the association with Afrinic and not Voting. The PRIMARY value to resource members are the resources from Afrinic. rgds - Eng. Abibu R.