[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Board meets the ICANN Board

[Sunday Folayan]

Dear Noah,

On 28/06/2017 09:14, Noah wrote:
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>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 11:50 PM, Sunday Folayan <sfolayan at gmail.com 
> <mailto:sfolayan at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Dear Community,
>
>
> Hello Sunday,
>
>
>     This afternoon, I was privileged to lead the AfriNIC board members
>     to meet with the ICANN Board, led by Steve Crocker at the ongoing
>     ICANN meeting. The meeting centered on the efforts of the AfriNIC
>     Board at learning best practices, with a view to improving our
>     processes and accountability to the community.
>
>     The Agenda of the meeting specifically was:
>     1. Limits of Board Transparency and Board Confidentiality
>     2. Management of open Board Meetings.
>
>
> The open board meetings are one way of demonstrating transparency but 
> this is normally not a one day AGMM meeting. How we improve this going 
> forward is of great significant if we are to succeed in being 
> accountable and transparent.
>
> We need to see more mechanisms in place for instance
>
>              - Board and organisation KPI's (as so many activities 
> happen but they are not measured to their effectiveness)
>              - Seeking recommendations from community on certain 
> issues where necessary
>              - Sound strategic plans for the organisation since today, 
> the 4 page document still doesn't cut it.
>              - Quarterly reports on the progress of the organisation 
> before even the annual reports
>
>
>     2. The multi-stakeholder model works
>
>
> That is what must prevail as its a model that saw ICANN itself become 
> global multistakeholder governance organisation today.
>
>     3. Trust must be built. It does not just come
>
>
> More transparency especially for a Not-for-profit public entity is 
> what can usher in more trust from bottom to the top.
>
>     5. Accountability is key
>
>
> And leadership is all about accountability. This is what this 
> community seeks.
>
>
>     The Board is committed to ensuring that the organization is
>     responsive and accountable, and we do request the cooperation of
>     the community as we seek ways to improve the
>     Board/membership/Community interactions. We seek your continued
>     support in this regard.
>
>
> It's also important for the board and the entire leadership to come to 
> the realisation that its the membership and the community that puts 
> you there to lead and manage the organisation and at any time, you can 
> be called out to be accountable and transparent no matter how bad or 
> good things might seem. If we have problems, we should be transparent 
> about them so that we seek solutions together to fix them. If we 
> succeed, we should be transparent about our success as well.
>
> Most importantly,  we seek that this words are followed up with real 
> action too.
>
>
>     Best Regards,
>
>     Sunday Folayan
>     Chair, AFRINIC Board
>
>
> Cheers,
> Noah

Thank you very much for all your comments. They will be put into 
consideration moving forward.

Best Regards ....

Sunday.
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