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
is by
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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.
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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
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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>.
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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.
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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
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situations (determining quorum, and any vote my
Members).
However, I am not convinced that there should be any limit.
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Dear Andrew,
I ask that you use more diplomatic words to express your opinions.
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> 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.
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.
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t have paper votes, but relied entirely on electronic
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Committee by the Board.
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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.
>
&
> 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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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/
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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.
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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.
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<http://www.afrinic.net/about/bod/meeting/2016/1937-20160810>.
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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
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> 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
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?
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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.
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am not proposing to add that to the bylaws.
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the majority of votes in the Board.
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the conflicted Director should also be excluded from discussion of the matter.
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ws do not conflict with the Companies Act;
* Keep the bylaws unchanged, and deal with any legal challenges if they arise.
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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.
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orsement shall remain valid.
The text in (i) is already present in the bylaws. The text in (ii) is new.
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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
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.
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subjected to oversight by the community and/or the members, but should not be
removed.
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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.
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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
ecessary restrictions to the chiuces
made by future voters, so I do not intend to propose that as a rule for the
Bylaws.
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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).
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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
/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.
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forthcoming AIS meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, form 29 May to 2 June 2017.
I’d like some suggesitons about who to invite as speakers.
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languages, focusing first on French, and later Arabic and Portuguese.
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s (/32s) were reclaimed
> >>>
Here, a /32 simply means an IPv4 address. For example, there are 256 /32s in a
/24.
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them. They pose no threat to the success of the meeting.
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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> 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
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
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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
o be
taken into account in any response from AFRINIC.
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===
[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
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
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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
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
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).
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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
hat does not meet our “Service Level Commitment” of 2 working
days.
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Vice Chair of the Board.
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total people
>
> Cost to the membership for this – roughly $16k?
That sounds plausible, though it's more likely to be 4 people, not 5.
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> 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
I
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> 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
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.
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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.
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[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)
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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.
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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.
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* 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,
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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.
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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,
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Dear Badru,
My response was from me as CEO.
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> 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
> 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
ir of the Board at
<https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2018-April/002093.html>.
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