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

[Alan Barrett]

> On 22 Sep 2016, at 12:07, Benjamin Eshun <beshun at garnet.edu.gh> wrote:
> 
> Dear Alan, 
> 
> I have a question, will the GC be added to the bye-laws.

There is no need to add the Governance Committee to the bylaws.  It is a committee created by the Board in terms of the Board’s general powers, and the Bylaws section 15.3(x) “… the Directors shall be entitled to … appoint such committees for such reasons and with such terms of reference as they shall consider necessary or desirable."

> Special when it states
> 
> 5.1.2. All of the Board appointed members shall have their principal place of residence in different subregions of the AFRINIC service region.
> 
> And
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> 5.2.2. All of the elected members shall have their principal place of residence in different subregions of the AFRINIC service region.
> 
> I wonder 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