[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Council of Elders

[Honest Ornella GANKPA]

Hello Nishal

My comments are inline


2016-07-11 18:36 GMT+01:00 Nishal Goburdhan <nishal at controlfreak.co.za>:

> On 11 Jul 2016, at 18:39, Honest Ornella GANKPA wrote:
>
> and it seems that automatically every former chair become part of the CoE.
>> http://afrinic.net/en/about/our-structure/council-of-elders
>>
>
> the url that you reference says:
> “.. The AFRINIC Bylaw (Section 16) allows the Board to appoint..”
>
> “allow” is not the same as “automatic” to *this* native-english speaker.
>

If the position is not automatic, then on which criteria are the elders
selected? What is the process of selection ?
Aside from serving one full term as chair


>
> so, i looked up the bylaws.
> quoting: http://afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws?start=15
>
> “16.1 Membership to the Council shall be opened to such former
> chairpersons who served at least one full term in that capacity. “
> i read that[1] “shall”, as a SHOULD and not MUST (2119 style).
>

Does that mean some former chairs are barred from the selection process?
Again on which criteria?


> you might read that differently,
> —n.
>
> [1] though, of course, i don’t speak for the board   :-)
>

Honest Ornella GANKPA

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