Re: [Community-Discuss] Incorrect Public Listing of Members' Standing

2015-11-24 Thread Alan Barrett
tem that checks for unpaid invoices did not understand that some unpaid invoices are normal, when the invoices are not yet due for payment. It therefore marked almost all members as “not in good standing”. The software issue will be corrected as soon

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment

2016-06-17 Thread Alan Barrett
is by the members. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment

2016-06-17 Thread Alan Barrett
any member may propose a change, and it must be approved by 75% vote by the members. Board members are free to initiate policy proposals or bylaw chanegs, just like anybody else. I would argue that proposing sensible changes is part of their job. Alan Barrett

Re: [Community-Discuss] Annual Reports 2014 and 2015 Missing

2016-06-25 Thread Alan Barrett
but will also be published by the end of July 2016. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment

2016-06-17 Thread Alan Barrett
ovember 2016 for that purpose, and perhaps we’ll wait until May/June 2017. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Nominations for AFRINIC Board

2016-04-14 Thread Alan Barrett
d to plan according to past experience and I think that this > drastic variation (from more than 30 days to 8) is not helping. > I will suggest to extend for even 10 days. I agree that an extension would be a good idea. I have already suggested to NomCom that they con

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Council of Elders

2016-07-12 Thread Alan Barrett
y information that is out of date. There have been no changes to the CoE since the page was last edited. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Resolution 201604.274 about Set-Up fees

2016-07-15 Thread Alan Barrett
on to be impolite after that message was sent. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Council of Elders

2016-07-14 Thread Alan Barrett
een planned to be published) is ongoing. I expect it to be done by the end of 2016. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

[Community-Discuss] Reminder: NomCom 2017 volunteers

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Barrett
Dear community, This is a reminder that tomorrow (14 February 2017) is the last day to volunteer for the 2017 NomCom. See the call for volunteers at <http://afrinic.net/en/library/news/1979-nomcom-2017-call-for-volunteers>. Alan B

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-29 Thread Alan Barrett
ber of proxies per person. I don’t think that limit applies to anything else. I agree that we should discuss it. Let’s hear whether people think there should be limits, and if so, what the limits should be. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailin

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-29 Thread Alan Barrett
proxies per person applies to > all elections. > > === > 12.12 Proxies > > (viii) No member entitled to vote during an election held by the > Company shall carry more than five (5) proxies during the said election > =====

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-29 Thread Alan Barrett
situations (determining quorum, and any vote my Members). However, I am not convinced that there should be any limit. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-29 Thread Alan Barrett
n’t pick and choose > here. My belief is that we have been consistent: the rights assigned by the Act to shareholders apply only to Registered Members, unless the Bylaws also assign those rights to other categories of members. Alan Barrett ___ Com

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - committee

2016-09-21 Thread Alan Barrett
imum of > votes from 10% of the total eligible voters required. Thanks. There were some good ideas in your email, and I will work on converting some of them to bylaws changes for consideration. The current quorum requirement is 10 members

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - committee

2016-09-21 Thread Alan Barrett
es, I agree. It’s important to have wide consultation and agreement before there is a vote on bylaws changes. This discussion is part of that process. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.ne

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

2016-09-21 Thread Alan Barrett
f power among community, board of > directors and the secretariat. The off-list inputs consisted of people speaking to me in private, repeating things that had also been said on the list. I did not write down who said what. Alan Barrett signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP us

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - committee

2016-09-21 Thread Alan Barrett
general meeting coming up in November, and bylaws changes can be passed as special resolutions, needing a 75% majority). Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community

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

2016-09-22 Thread Alan Barrett
er how the selection of 5 is going to advance the regional diversity > when Afrinic has 6 regions Yes, it’s true that a committee of 5 members cannot include a representative from all 6 sub-regions. I don’t see that as a problem. Alan Barrett __

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

2016-09-22 Thread Alan Barrett
he GC will have the ability to suggest changes to its own terms of reference, so it will have tha ability to request an increase in its own size. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net

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

2016-09-17 Thread Alan Barrett
g to discussion on and off mailing lists. It’s quite possible that I made mistakes. Pointing out the mistakes will be much more useful than asking questions about what happens in my mind while I am attempting to assess the opinion of the community

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-10-03 Thread Alan Barrett
Dear Andrew, I ask that you use more diplomatic words to express your opinions. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

[Community-Discuss] Successful IANA transition

2016-09-30 Thread Alan Barrett
and press releases, you will probably not notice much difference. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-30 Thread Alan Barrett
> On 30 Sep 2016, at 18:59, Noah <n...@neo.co.tz> wrote: > > On 30 Sep 2016 15:26, "Alan Barrett" <alan.barr...@afrinic.net> wrote: > > > > Thank you for the advice. I suggest that the limit on pnumber of proxies > > should be removed.

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-30 Thread Alan Barrett
additional burden on the election committee and require additional controls. Actually, removing the limit will simplify logistics, in that it will remove the need for the election committee to check how many proxies each person is carrying. Alan Barrett _

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-30 Thread Alan Barrett
t have paper votes, but relied entirely on electronic votes. Alan Barrett signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

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

2016-10-03 Thread Alan Barrett
pointed to the Governance Committee by the Board. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-09 Thread Alan Barrett
an unspecified time >> period; (2) the Board finalises the fee changes; (3) there is at least 60 >> days notice before the fee changes go into effect. > > You are correct, I did misunderstand, as that’s not what I remember reading > in the proposal. > &

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-09 Thread Alan Barrett
> On 5 Nov 2016, at 16:06, Alan Barrett <alan.barr...@afrinic.net> wrote: >> On 5 Nov 2016, at 00:46, Andrew Alston <andrew.als...@liquidtelecom.com> >> wrote: >> I believe that section 16 is also in conflict with the companies act. The >> companies act

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-09 Thread Alan Barrett
ges under discussion are intended to prevent the Board from abusing the unusual process (Bylaws 11.4 and 11.5). My example (not quoted) was intended to illustrate why it is sometimes a good idea to let the Baord adopt policies that do not reach rough consensus. Alan Barrett

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-09 Thread Alan Barrett
ss. The Board has never exercised that power in the past, but the ability is there in the Bylaws in case a good reason appears in the future. We are talking about reducing that power so that the Board cannot abuse it. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Disc

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-09 Thread Alan Barrett
t; Only methods which are in accordance with the Act if we still think we are > only governed by the Act. We are not “only” governed by the Act. We are governed by both the Act and our Bylaws. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailin

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-10 Thread Alan Barrett
icy meeting. (b) In the event that such a policy submitted by the Board is not endorsed, the said policy shall not be enforced or implemented following its non-endorsement; however, any actions taken in terms of the policy prior to such non-endorsement shall remain valid. Alan Barrett ___

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-11 Thread Alan Barrett
Dear community, Here is another revision of the proposed Bylaws changes. This might be the final version, because the notice of meeting needs to be sent no later than Tuesday 15 November. Alan Barrett AFRINICProposedBylawsChanges-2016.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-04 Thread Alan Barrett
es, the intent is that no person may hold more than one of these positions, even temporarily. > 17. (Intro) typos > s/dign/sign/ > s/signatire/signature/ > s/Baord/Board/ Thanks. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-05 Thread Alan Barrett
quorum), it may be > good to clarify what would happen to the seats. I think it’s clear enough that the remaining Directors would have the right to fill the casual vacancies in terms of Bylaws article 13.14. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-05 Thread Alan Barrett
e no problem with the community being able to recall a > director, it must be through a dedicated meeting and not through the addition > of an agenda item at a regular meeting. I’ll check on that, and make a suitable chaneg if necessary. Alan Barrett

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Matters Arising - Further clarification

2016-11-14 Thread Alan Barrett
minutes of that meeting are published at <http://www.afrinic.net/about/bod/meeting/2016/1937-20160810>. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-14 Thread Alan Barrett
t; > Does this provide a way of codifying my idea which is compatible with the > existing structure and interrelation of bylaws and PDP? Yes, I think that works, but the notice of meeting needs to be sent tomorrow, with final text for all proposed changes to the bylaws, and I am not com

Re: [Community-Discuss] Limit on the number of proxies

2016-11-14 Thread Alan Barrett
efore the meeting, and to close e-voting at the same time as on-site voting is closed. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Limit on the number of proxies

2016-11-14 Thread Alan Barrett
> On 14 Nov 2016, at 14:54, Alan Barrett <alan.barr...@afrinic.net> wrote: >> On 14 Nov 2016, at 13:17, Dewole Ajao <dew...@tinitop.com> wrote: >> >> Perhaps we could ask from the members what the concerns are with electronic >> voting that make them pr

Re: [Community-Discuss] Limit on the number of proxies

2016-11-13 Thread Alan Barrett
ronic voting easy. I don’t understand how we could keep electronic voting open for a few days after the meeting. How could we count the votes and announce the result if voting is still open? Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailin

Re: [Community-Discuss] Issue of AfriNIC illegality

2016-11-15 Thread Alan Barrett
mu.org/English/Legislation/Pages/Companies-Act-2001.aspx> and claims to be THE COMPANIES ACT 2001 — ACT 5 of 2001, but I gather from the file name that it’s actually a version as amended in 2016. In the version that I have, the relevant part is the FIFTH SCHEDULE, section 6. Alan Barrett

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
rom other directors), so I am not proposing to add that to the bylaws. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
than sufficient to ensure that no one organisation or one sub-region has the majority of votes in the Board. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
e Board may decide that the conflicted Director should also be excluded from discussion of the matter. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Limit on the number of proxies

2016-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
ws do not conflict with the Companies Act; * Keep the bylaws unchanged, and deal with any legal challenges if they arise. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-13 Thread Alan Barrett
ve) as specified in Article 13.4(i) and 13.5, all Directors so elected, shall exercise their powers in accordance with the Act and always act in good faith and solely in the best interests of the company. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mai

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-11 Thread Alan Barrett
orsement shall remain valid. The text in (i) is already present in the bylaws. The text in (ii) is new. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-11 Thread Alan Barrett
untability improvement does not make it easy to follow and digest, but > other alternatives suggested were not accepted. I think you sugegsted a committee, and I said that the Governance Committee will be able to do this in future. The current rou

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-11 Thread Alan Barrett
give notification period to community when > they had no say in the decision. I believe all views should be welcomed Good point. I will make this change. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://list

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-11 Thread Alan Barrett
licy bypassing the PDP. That power of the Board should be subjected to oversight by the community and/or the members, but should not be removed. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
co-chair, and the requirement for (rough) consensus is a construct of the PDP, and can be changed by adopting a new version of the PDP. It would not be appropriate for the Bylaws to rely on something that can be changed outside the Bylaws. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

[Community-Discuss] Limit on the number of proxies

2016-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
r members or by individual people who are not members. The limit does not apply to proxies that are issued by Registered Members. The limit does not apply to proxies used during votes that are not elections. Again, the above is my current understanding of the situation, b

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-13 Thread Alan Barrett
ecessary restrictions to the chiuces made by future voters, so I do not intend to propose that as a rule for the Bylaws. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-11 Thread Alan Barrett
irector, there shall be a three-year period during which such person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to any of the seats referred to in Articles 13.4(i) or 13.4(ii). Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Bylaws changes

2016-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
erms for the purposes of any term limit? I don’t know the answer. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254

2016-10-13 Thread Alan Barrett
ess space), the Board may at its discretion and considering the demand and other factors at the time replenish the exhaustion pool with whatever address space (or part thereof) that may be available to AFRINIC at the time, in a manner that is in the best interest of

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

2017-04-15 Thread Alan Barrett
/bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-2016?start=2> My summary is that AFRINIC has a dual mandate, to allocate and register Internet number resources, and to promote the development of the Internet, focusing on Africa but not ignoring the rest of the world. Alan Barrett __

[Community-Discuss] Internet Shutdown session at AIS 2017

2017-04-13 Thread Alan Barrett
I intend to organise an open discussion about Internet shutdowns at the forthcoming AIS meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, form 29 May to 2 June 2017. I’d like some suggesitons about who to invite as speakers. Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC ___ Community-Discuss

[Community-Discuss] AIS meeting date - avoiding clash with Ramadan

2017-03-03 Thread Alan Barrett
like to hear opinions on which other meetings we should try to avoid clashing with. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] PROPOSITION DE TRADUCTION DU CONTENU EN LIGNE D'AFRINIC.NET

2017-08-09 Thread Alan Barrett
other languages, focusing first on French, and later Arabic and Portuguese. Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

[Community-Discuss] Closed members and recovered resources

2017-06-19 Thread Alan Barrett
space, you will also have to ignore these reservations. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Closed members and recovered resources

2017-06-21 Thread Alan Barrett
s (/32s) were reclaimed > >>> Here, a /32 simply means an IPv4 address. For example, there are 256 /32s in a /24. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] [AFRINIC-Announce] AIS'17 Challenges

2017-05-29 Thread Alan Barrett
hen you don’t need to worry about them. They pose no threat to the success of the meeting. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] [AFRINIC-Announce] AFRINIC Annual Financial Statements 2016

2017-06-08 Thread Alan Barrett
o you use the penalties? Penalty fees go into the general funds, just like other fees. The general funds are used for AFRINIC’s operations. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Annual Financial Statements 2016

2017-06-17 Thread Alan Barrett
see a privacy concern in reporting the total amount of recovered space. > You are concerned about closed member privacy yet this is public information, > how many members have since closed? As I said, I am seeking legal advice on whether or not information about closed memebrs may

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Annual Financial Statements 2016

2017-06-17 Thread Alan Barrett
are the recovered space > and everything else? Some may be reserved for other reasons. If there’s a particular block you want information about, I can research it for you. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Annual Financial Statements 2016

2017-06-18 Thread Alan Barrett
w much ressources have been recovered since? > > 3. Where are the recovered ressources listed in Afrinic pool of ressources? Please be patient. I said that I would find out. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Annual Financial Statements 2016

2017-06-14 Thread Alan Barrett
On 14 Jun 2017, at 16:24, Alan Barrett <alan.barr...@afrinic.net> wrote: > Yes, resources from members who go out of business are recovered. The > recovered resources are quarantined for two years, during which time they are > marked as RESERVED in the WHOIS database. Afte

Re: [Community-Discuss] Call for Comments on a Revision to the RSA

2017-10-02 Thread Alan Barrett
misinterpretations I think it would be better to either not mention "or > transfers" here, or to explicitly include them in other places as well. Thanks. I think we may be able to move the idea that a transfer is a kind of allocation or assignment to the definitions in 1(c), inste

Re: [Community-Discuss] Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 225, Issue 1

2017-10-09 Thread Alan Barrett
ns, please send your message to fellows...@afrinic.net. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Annual Financial Statements 2016

2017-09-27 Thread Alan Barrett
se two documents, I hope that all your questions will be answered. Regards, Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Removal of a director

2017-12-19 Thread Alan Barrett
Companies Act of Mauritius <http://attorneygeneral.govmu.org/English/Documents/A-Z%20Acts/C/Page%202/COMPANIES%20ACT.pdf> as a company limited by guarantee. Such companies do not exactly have shareholders, they have members. The nine Directors are registered as membe

[Community-Discuss] NTIA Notice of Inquiry on International Internet Policy Priorities

2018-06-08 Thread Alan Barrett
o be taken into account in any response from AFRINIC. Regards, Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC === [français] Chers membres et communauté d'AFRINIC, La NTIA (qui fait partie du Département du Commerce du gouvernement des États-Unis) a publié un "Avis d'enquête sur les priorités de la pol

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting

2018-06-18 Thread Alan Barrett
rt for speakers at AFRINIC events:$ 4,457 AFNOG sponsorship:$10,000 Sponsorship of other events ($1k to $3k each):$17,000 TOTAL: $247,130 Regards, Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC ___ Com

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

2018-06-12 Thread Alan Barrett
tes for “None of the above”. That does not change the way the votes were counted. > All seems to concur to the facts that officers not on top of affairs leading > to issues. > > Ilegality, irrationality and procedural failure

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

2018-06-08 Thread Alan Barrett
t to the only candidate. See the first 40 seconds of the video at <https://youtu.be/HSJCRrKoOgs>. This obviously means that zero votes went to “None of the above”. I don’t know how you jump from that to “votes were not even counted” o

Re: [Community-Discuss] Raising concerns

2018-06-25 Thread Alan Barrett
day to Friday)? > 85 = ~12 calendar weeks (12 X 7 days weeks). > or > 85 = ~17 weeks of working days (17X5 working days weeks)? These statistics use calendar days (7 days per week), not working days (5 days per week except, minus holidays). Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting (off-topic)

2018-06-26 Thread Alan Barrett
o be to provide management overview and insight or a new system spec’d We specified such a system last year, and started implementing it earlier this year. I can’t give a commitment for when it will be finished, but the target is for late Q3 2018

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting (off-topic)

2018-06-25 Thread Alan Barrett
hat does not meet our “Service Level Commitment” of 2 working days. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting

2018-06-19 Thread Alan Barrett
staff, and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board. Regards, Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] [Board-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting

2018-06-19 Thread Alan Barrett
total people > > Cost to the membership for this – roughly $16k? That sounds plausible, though it's more likely to be 4 people, not 5. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] [Board-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting

2018-06-19 Thread Alan Barrett
> On 19 Jun 2018, at 17:40, Andrew Alston > wrote: > > Sorry, > > Last question – why is this event not on the AFRINIC Event calendar (or the > ISOC event calendar) It is on the AFRINIC event calendar. It was added to the calendar within a few days of the event b

Re: [Community-Discuss] Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 252, Issue 1

2018-01-11 Thread Alan Barrett
I don’t have a date by which it will be completed. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 257, Issue 1

2018-01-18 Thread Alan Barrett
> tenue à la CONFERENCE D'AFRINIC27 A LAGOS de traduire intégralement le site > web d'Afrinic en Français dans des brefs délais. Yes, I stated that translation of the web site was a priority. That remains true. Also, as I stated a few days ago, I am not able to give a date by which the wo

Re: [Community-Discuss] Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 257, Issue 1

2018-01-19 Thread Alan Barrett
usually mean resource allocation policies, as defined through the Policy Development Process. Translation of documents and web pages is something that can be done, and is being done, without needing a policy. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss m

[Community-Discuss] NomCom call for volunteers

2018-01-19 Thread Alan Barrett
ovided for the NomCom Chair to attend the AGMM where the elections are held. How to Volunteer: If you are interested in serving on the 2018 NomCom, please send your expression of interest, including a short biography, by email to legalafrinic dot net by Friday 3 February 2018 at 20:00 UTC. Alan Barre

[Community-Discuss] NomCom appointment

2018-02-09 Thread Alan Barrett
[english] Dear AFRINIC community, The AFRINIC Board has appointed the following people to the Nomination Committee (NomCom) for the 2018 year: Kaleem Ahmed Usmani (Mauritius) Komi Elitcha (Togo) Wale Adedokun (Nigeria) Haitham El-Nakhal (Board representative, Egypt) Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC

Re: [Community-Discuss] Again broken links on Afrinic Website!

2018-02-08 Thread Alan Barrett
frinic’s comms staff tries to keep the Wikipedia page up to date. The small amount of time taken by that activity does not detract from improvement of the Afrinic web site. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrini

Re: [Community-Discuss] Incomplete Minutes of Meeting

2018-02-18 Thread Alan Barrett
st of my knowledge the minutes are accurate. However, there is something wrong with the formatting, with the result that some long lines are truncated instead of wrapping. This will be fixed later today. Regards, Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC ___ Community-

[Community-Discuss] Raising concerns

2018-06-22 Thread Alan Barrett
to . * If you have questions or concerns that you would like the CEO to deal with, please send them to . * If you have questions or concerns that you would like the Board to deal with, please send them to Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC ___ Community-Discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Raising concerns

2018-06-22 Thread Alan Barrett
you. I will pass some of these on to the Board, and I will answer the operational questions within two weeks. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Raising concerns

2018-07-05 Thread Alan Barrett
did not commit to providing a response to you, and I have had no dealings with the members of the “NAP list” beyond the fact that you said you were forwarding messages from that list. Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

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

2018-01-22 Thread Alan Barrett
ference in article 9.1 of the Bylaws to "a region whose seat is open for renewal”. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Complaint from staff member

2018-03-13 Thread Alan Barrett
Dear AFRINIC community, AFRINIC has received a complaint containing several allegations. It is a matter of concern, which will be investigated forthwith. A further communication will be addressed to the community in due course. Regards, Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC

Re: [Community-Discuss] Complaint from staff member

2018-03-13 Thread Alan Barrett
Dear Badru, My response was from me as CEO. Alan Barrett ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC and the GDPR

2018-04-11 Thread Alan Barrett
> On 11 Apr 2018, at 17:54, Mike Silber wrote: > > No issue with doing a proper information audit (what there is, where it is > stored, how it can be accessed and by whom). That is just good information > security practice. > > However I am still not certain that

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC and the GDPR

2018-04-11 Thread Alan Barrett
> On 11 Apr 2018, at 18:19, Mike Silber <silber.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Mauritius DPA is actually aligned with the old EU Data Privacy Directive > and not the GDPR. There’s a 2017 revision to the Mauritius Data Protection

Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC and the GDPR

2018-04-17 Thread Alan Barrett
ir of the Board at <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2018-April/002093.html>. Alan Barrett CEO, AFRINIC ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

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