[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Council of Elders

Wed Jul 13 09:30:33 UTC 2016

Dear Community,

In fact, the purpose of the email of Honest was to smartly draw the attention of the CEO and the Chair of the board of the job they have not done yet. The chair has understood this and has promised to take it to the board for discussion.

The delay in considering the appointment of Mr. Ntege to the CoE, whether intentional or not, whether at discretion of board or not, it is showing the dysfunctional characteristic of the board. The consequence of this delay of a year is in bad taste which does not build trust. Moreover, this delay has also generated on this mailing list some unpleasant acrobatic interpretations of the section 16.1 of the bylaw, which understanding is obvious. 

Let us wait for the outcome of the board meeting which we hope will accord former chairs due respect for sacrifices

I hope this time the report of the chair will not display the syndrome of “sweep under carpet”.

Thank you,

Marcus

From: evelyngeek at gmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:31:17 +0300
To: community-discuss at afrinic.net
Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Council of Elders

Owen,

Your latest submission is evidence enough that you personally have a problem with Badru being on the CoE and thus are trying to justify for the board why they should or should not appoint him. I get it, this is your personal opinion. I also would like you to respect other people's opinions such as Omo's suggestion that since we don't yet have 6 appointed members to the CoE, leaving Badru out is merely discrimination. 

All I'm saying is, don't elevate your points and try to minimize other people's inputs.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

On Jul 12, 2016, at 22:01 , Omo Oaiya <Omo.Oaiya at wacren.net> wrote:

On 12 July 2016 at 21:03, Mike Silber <silber.mike at gmail.com> wrote:
Nishal +1

Maybe a hypothetical if I may: what if a former Chairperson were to pass, or to be unable or unwilling to serve on the CoE, or even if they were to be convicted of an offense after their term that would disqualify them as a director. 

I don't think the community would want an unable or unwilling CoE member, or a convict.

No community would.  We want them because of their experience as former Chairs I read the 'open to' in 16.1 as former chairs are willing to consider or be considered.  So some might decline or be denied

So I cannot see how automatic appointment could be implied.
This is what bothers me.  We don't yet have 6 past chairs and we are discriminating without reason on appointment to CoE? How does this improve trust?
Omo,
You are claiming facts not in evidence.
The board chair clearly stated that the matter has not yet been considered by the board. This is not discrimination, it is a lack of action in either direction, positive or negative. He further noted that it will be on the agenda at the next board meeting.
Claiming discrimination when there clearly isn’t any such thing going on is nonsensical.
Finally, appointment to the CoE is at the discretion of the board. They are free to invite a past chair or not entirely at their discretion and nothing requires them to explain their reasoning to the community. If you don’t like their decision, vote for different board members next time there is an election.
Personally, given the manner in which Badru stepped down from the chairmanship and the subsequent incidents leading to his departure from the board, I would say that the board has more than ample reason if they choose not to invite him to join the CoE. However, I respect that this is a decision entirely at their discretion and I will accept whatever decision they make.
The purpose of the CoE is to advise the board. The board must be free to choose who it does or does not want to receive advice from.
Owen

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