From comm-announce at afrinic.net Wed Mar 13 12:08:39 2019 From: comm-announce at afrinic.net (AFRINIC Communication) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:08:39 +0400 Subject: [Community-Discuss] Apply for ICANN Leadership Positions Message-ID: <99FAA8C7-692B-44AE-965A-E36290906F82@afrinic.net> Dear community, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites interested individuals to submit an application and/or recommend candidates in key leadership positions within ICANN and Public Technical Identifiers (PTI). ICANN NomCom is inviting applications and recommendations for the following positions: - Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors. - One member of the PTI Board of Directors. - Three regional representatives to the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) ? one from the Asia, Australia, and Pacific Islands region, one from the Latin America and Caribbean Islands region, one from the Africa region. - Two members of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council. - One member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Council. The deadline to submit your application is 22 March 2019 at 23:59 Universal Coordinated Time UTC. More information on applications submission at: https://www.icann.org/nomcom2019 ????????. Ch?re communaut?, Le comit? de nomination (NomCom) de l'ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) invite les personnes int?ress?es ? soumettre une candidature et / ou ? recommander des candidats ? des postes de direction cl?s au sein de l'ICANN et du Public Technical Identifiers (PTI). Le NomCom de l'ICANN invite des applications et des recommandations pour les postes suivants : - Trois membres du conseil d'administration de l'ICANN. - Un membre du conseil d'administration de PTI. - Trois repr?sentants r?gionaux du comit? consultatif At-Large (ALAC) - un de la r?gion Asie, Australie et ?les du Pacifique, un de la r?gion Am?rique latine et Cara?bes, un de la r?gion Afrique. - Deux membres du conseil de la GNSO (Generic Names Supporting Organization). - Un membre du Conseil de la ccNSO. La date limite de soumission de votre candidature est le 22 mars 2019 ? 23h59, heure UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). Plus d?informations pour soumettre une candidature ?: https://www.icann.org/nomcom2019 ????.. From harnthny at gmail.com Thu Mar 14 12:02:45 2019 From: harnthny at gmail.com (kolawole Adewale) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:02:45 +0100 Subject: [Community-Discuss] Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 433, Issue 1(Kolawole Adewale) Message-ID: Congratulations to the appointees. On 2 Jan 2019 13:00, wrote: > > Send Community-Discuss mailing list submissions to > community-discuss at afrinic.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > community-discuss-request at afrinic.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > community-discuss-owner at afrinic.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Community-Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. AFRINIC Board appointments to NRO NC/ASO AC and Governance > Committee (Alan Barrett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 13:15:09 +0400 > From: Alan Barrett > To: General Discussions of AFRINIC > Subject: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Board appointments to NRO NC/ASO > AC and Governance Committee > Message-ID: <79E744EF-3A17-4691-850E-CFF578CF9C42 at afrinic.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > [version fran?ais ci-dessous][?????? ??????? ?????] > > [english] > Dear AFRINIC members and community, > > I am pleased to inform you that the AFRINIC Board has made the following appointments: > > Wafa Dahmani is appointed as a member of the the NRO NC/ASO AC for a one-year term, from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. > > Justin Rugondihene is appointed as a member of the AFRINIC Governance Committee for a two-year term, from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020. > > Serge Ilunga is appointed as the Board liaison to the AFRINIC Governance Committee for a one-year term, from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. > > Regards, > > Alan Barrett > CEO, AFRINIC > > [fran?ais] > > Chers membres d'AFRINIC et de la communaut?, > > J'ai le plaisir de vous informer que le conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC a proc?d? aux nominations suivantes: > > Wafa Dahmani est nomm? membre du NRO NC / ASO AC pour un mandat d'un an, du 1er janvier 2019 au 31 d?cembre 2019. > > Justin Rugondihene est nomm? membre du comit? de gouvernance d'AFRINIC pour un mandat de deux ans, du 1er janvier 2019 au 31 d?cembre 2020. > > Serge Ilunga est nomm? en tant que liaison entre le conseil d'administration et le comit? de gouvernance d'AFRINIC pour un mandat d'un an, du 1er janvier 2019 au 31 d?cembre 2019. > > Cordialement, > > Alan Barrett > DG, AFRINIC > > [????] > > ?????? ????? AFRINIC ???????? ? > > ?????? ?? ?????? ?? ???? AFRINIC ?? ??? ?????????? ???????: > > ?? ????? ???? ???????? ????? ?? NRO NC / ASO AC ???? ??? ???? ? ?? 1 ????? 2019 ??? 31 ?????? 2019. > ?? ????? ?????? ???????? ????? ?? ???? ????? AFRINIC ???? ????? ? ?? 1 ????? 2019 ??? 31 ?????? 2020. > ?? ????? ???? ??????? ?????? ????? ??? ???? ????? ???? AFRINIC ??????? ???? ??? ???? ? ?? 1 ????? 2019 ??? 31 ?????? 2019. > > ?? ??????? > > ???? ????? > ?????? ???????? ? 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URL: From harnthny at gmail.com Thu Mar 14 12:30:31 2019 From: harnthny at gmail.com (kolawole Adewale) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:31 +0100 Subject: [Community-Discuss] Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 420, Issue 1- topic 3 (Kolawole Adewale) Message-ID: Hopefully, the newly approved election process and guidelines will guide the board in decision making as well as ensure transparency during elections. On 8 Dec 2018 1:00 pm, wrote: > > Send Community-Discuss mailing list submissions to > community-discuss at afrinic.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > community-discuss-request at afrinic.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > community-discuss-owner at afrinic.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Community-Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: How are research projects selected at AFRINIC? (Sami Salih) > 2. Re: AFRINIC Board approves new election process and > guidelines (Sami Salih) > 3. Re: AFRINIC Board approves new election process and > guidelines (MoH E HaFez) > 4. Re: AFRINIC Board approves new election process and > guidelines (Andrew Alston) > 5. Re: Questions about AfriNIC Allocations (Alan Barrett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 16:15:30 +0300 (EAT) > From: Sami Salih > To: Amreesh Phokeer > Cc: community-discuss at afrinic.net > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] How are research projects selected at > AFRINIC? > Message-ID: > <2104889822.1135546.1544188530223.JavaMail.zimbra at tpra.gov.sd> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > Dear Amreesh, > > Thank you very much for this informative reply, I really appreciate what have be do in R&D, however as ex-Head of R&D at the Telecom regulatory of my country I want to see more engagement with policy oprganizations to fill the gap in policy related research studies. I may refer back to you with some ToR. > > BR > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: Amreesh Phokeer > To: sami at tpra.gov.sd > Cc: community-discuss at afrinic.net > Sent: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:37:13 +0300 (EAT) > Subject: How are research projects selected at AFRINIC? > > Dear Sami, > > Following our remote presentation on the Research and Innovation (R&I) Department update, you and some other delegates had some questions which I would try to answer on the list; perhaps this could spark more discussions/recommendations on the activities of AFRINIC Research. > > Questions from the audience at AFRINIC-29: > > #### What is the methodology for selecting research projects? #### > We try, as much as possible, to work on research projects that will help formulate policies that can have a positive impact on the development of the Internet ecosystem in Africa. Research projects are therefore selected based on the mutual interest from AFRINIC Research partners and on potential impact it can bring. > Example of a policy brief, based on a research study: > > > #### Whether AFRINIC Research team takes feedback from the community on research needed and how does the research benefit the community with regards to issues faced by the community? #### > We gather feedback based on the discussions we have during our meetings. For e.g. we presented a city-to-city latency analysis as a follow-up of the Africa Latency study at AFPIF, this year, based on requests we received on the microphone. In the future, we intend to run a survey to get more detailed feedback on the needs of the community in terms of research. The team will launch an ?Internet Measurement Awareness Survey? early next year to understand the ?Internet measurement needs" of the community. > > #### Is AFRINIC involved in research with regards to marketing and regulatory aspects? #### > AFRINIC is definitely interested in understanding the dynamics of the ISP market and how it is influenced by the regulations in different countries. We have not done any research work on this aspect as at now, but this is a topic in which Research ICT Africa has a good expertise, we may consider collaborate with them in the future. > > You will find all research output from the R&I team in the last two years at this link: > > > We also worked on a proof-of-concept of a data portal, which contains information such as IPv6 penetration, ISP market share, etc. Extending this platform is one of our main projects in 2019: > > World Internet Data ExplorER (WIDER) Project > > > Hope this helps. Please send any suggestions, research ideas, etc to AFRINIC Labs > > Kind regards, > > > -- > Amreesh D. Phokeer > R&D Manager, AFRINIC > t: +230 403 51 00 | f: +230 466 6758 | tt: @afrinic | w: > > www.afrinic.net > facebook.com/afrinic | flickr.com/afrinic | youtube.com/afrinicmedia > @amreesh > Skype: amreesh.afrinic > _______________________ > > > > -- > Dr. Sami Salih | Assistant Professor > Sudan University of Science and Technology > Eastern Dum, P.O Box 11111-407 > email: sami.salih at sustech.edu > Mob: +249122045707 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 17:00:09 +0300 (EAT) > From: Sami Salih > To: Alan Barrett > Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Board approves new election > process and guidelines > Message-ID: > <1108465741.1135687.1544191209924.JavaMail.zimbra at tpra.gov.sd> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > So exited to see my language in AFRINIC official announcement, this will definitely encourage more people to positivly contribute. > > Thank you Alan. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Barrett > To: General Discussions of AFRINIC > Sent: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 08:13:20 +0300 (EAT) > Subject: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Board approves new election process and guidelines > > [version fran?ais ci-dessous] [?????? ??????? ?????] > AFRINIC Board approves new election process and guidelines > Dear AFRINIC members and community, > > The AFRINIC Board has approved a new election process and guidelines, which is published at >. > > These are the principal changes from the previous version of the Board election process and guidelines (as adopted in 2014 with minor changes thereafter): > > The process is started much earlier, with the call for NomCom volunteers in October of the year before the election, instead of January of the year of the election. > Additional time is allowed for some steps in the process. > Most of the guidelines previously provided to NomCom by the Board (in terms of Bylaws article 9.2) are incorporated into this election process. > The ?None of the above? option has been removed. > Disputes shall be resolved in terms of Article 10.2 of the Bylaws. > The NomCom chair is not a member of the Election Committee; that would violate Bylaws article 10?s requirement that the Election Committee be made up of staff. > Proxies may be validated up to 24 hours before the election, in accordance with past practice. > Electronic voting ends at the same time as voting by paper ballot ends, in accordance with past practice. > Electronic voting has only three trustees, not four, in accordance with past practice. > Results are announced with the full number of votes cast for each option. > > Regards, > Alan Barrett > CEO, on behalf of the AFRINIC Board of Directors > > -- > [version fran?ais] > > > Le conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC approuve un nouveau processus d'?lection et de nouvelles directives > > Chers membres d'AFRINIC et de la communaut?, > > Le conseil d?AFRINIC a approuv? un nouveau processus d??lection et de nouvelles directives, qui sont publi?s ? l?adresse : < https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126 < https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126>>. > > Voici les principaux changements par rapport ? la version pr?c?dente du processus d'?lection du conseil et des directives (adopt?s en 2014 avec des modifications mineures par la suite) : > > 1. Le processus pour l'appel ? volontaires du NomCom est lanc? plus t?t, en octobre de l'ann?e pr?c?dant les ?lections, au lieu de janvier de l'ann?e des ?lections. > > 2. Un d?lai suppl?mentaire est autoris? pour certaines ?tapes du processus. > > 3. La plupart des directives pr?c?demment fournies au NomCom par le conseil d'administration (conform?ment ? l'article 9.2 des statuts) sont int?gr?es dans ce processus d'?lection. > > 4. L'option ? Aucune de ces r?ponses ? a ?t? supprim?e. > > 5. Les diff?rends doivent ?tre r?solus conform?ment ? l'article 10.2 des statuts. > > 6. Le pr?sident du NomCom n'est pas membre du comit? des ?lections ; cela violerait l?article 10 des Statuts constitutifs qui exige que le Comit? d??lection soit compos? de personnel d?AFRINIC. > > 7. Les procurations peuvent ?tre valid?es jusqu'? 24 heures avant les ?lections, conform?ment aux pratiques ant?rieures. > > 8. Le vote ?lectronique se termine en m?me temps que le vote par bulletin papier, conform?ment aux pratiques ant?rieures. > > 9. Le vote ?lectronique ne compte que trois administrateurs, et non quatre, conform?ment aux pratiques ant?rieures. > > 10. Les r?sultats sont annonc?s avec le nombre total de suffrages exprim?s pour chaque option. > > Cordialement, > > Alan Barrett > CEO, au nom du conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC > > --- > [Arabic version] > [?????? ??????? ?????] > > ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ????? > > ?????? ?????????/ ????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ???????? > > ???? ???? ????... > > ????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ????? ?????? ??? ?????? ??????????? ????? ??????? ????? ?? ???? ?????? ??????: > https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126 < https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126> > ????? ??? ????????? ???????? ?? ?????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ????????? ???? (??? ??????? ?? ??? 2014 ?? ??????? ????? ???): > ???? ??????? ?? ??? ???? ???? ????? ????????? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ??? ?????? ?? ????? ?????? ???? ???????? ????? ?? ??? ????? ?? ??? ????????. > ????? ???? ????? ???? ??????? ?? ???????. > ???? ??????? ????????? ???? ?????? ?????? ????? ??????? ?????? (?? ??? ????? (9.2) ?? ??????? ?????????) ????? ?? ????? ???????? ???. > ?? ????? ???? "?? ??? ??? ???". > ???? ???????? ?? ??? ????? (10.2) ?? ??????? ?????????. > ?? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ?? ??? ????? ???? ????? (10) ??? ????? ???? ???????? ?? ???? ?????. > ???? ?????? ?? ????????? ??? ??? (24) ???? ?? ???????? ????? ????????? ???????. > ????? ??????? ?????????? ?? ????? ???? ???? ????? ??? ??????? ???????? ????? ????????? ???????. > ??? ??????? ?????????? ????? ?????? ???? ???? ????? ????? ???????? ???????. > ????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ?????? ??? ????. > > ??????? ????? ???? ???????? ????????? > ???? ????? > ?????? ????????? ?????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? > > > > -- > Dr. Sami Salih | Assistant Professor > Sudan University of Science and Technology > Eastern Dum, P.O Box 11111-407 > email: sami.salih at sustech.edu > Mob: +249122045707 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 16:36:23 +0200 > From: MoH E HaFez > To: Alan Barrett > Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Board approves new election > process and guidelines > Message-ID: > < CACfybsmd6nNXOERsXrXE7Nc_-+-_azErqfumUMXyqFtoDdfc3A at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > It is nice to see Arabic language. That would help for more and better > contribution. > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 7:15 AM Alan Barrett wrote: > > > [version fran?ais ci-dessous] [?????? ??????? ?????] > > AFRINIC Board approves new election process and guidelines > > Dear AFRINIC members and community, > > > > The AFRINIC Board has approved a new election process and guidelines, > > which is published at < https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126 > > >. > > > > These are the principal changes from the previous version of the Board > > election process and guidelines (as adopted in 2014 with minor changes > > thereafter): > > > > > > 1. The process is started much earlier, with the call for NomCom > > volunteers in October of the year before the election, instead of January > > of the year of the election. > > 2. Additional time is allowed for some steps in the process. > > 3. Most of the guidelines previously provided to NomCom by the Board > > (in terms of Bylaws article 9.2) are incorporated into this election > > process. > > 4. The ?None of the above? option has been removed. > > 5. Disputes shall be resolved in terms of Article 10.2 of the Bylaws. > > 6. The NomCom chair is not a member of the Election Committee; that > > would violate Bylaws article 10?s requirement that the Election Committee > > be made up of staff. > > 7. Proxies may be validated up to 24 hours before the election, in > > accordance with past practice. > > 8. Electronic voting ends at the same time as voting by paper ballot > > ends, in accordance with past practice. > > 9. Electronic voting has only three trustees, not four, in accordance > > with past practice. > > 10. Results are announced with the full number of votes cast for each > > option. > > > > > > Regards, > > Alan Barrett > > CEO, on behalf of the AFRINIC Board of Directors > > > > -- > > [version fran?ais] > > > > > > Le conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC approuve un nouveau processus > > d'?lection et de nouvelles directives > > > > Chers membres d'AFRINIC et de la communaut?, > > > > Le conseil d?AFRINIC a approuv? un nouveau processus d??lection et de > > nouvelles directives, qui sont publi?s ? l?adresse : < > > https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126>. > > > > Voici les principaux changements par rapport ? la version pr?c?dente du > > processus d'?lection du conseil et des directives (adopt?s en 2014 avec des > > modifications mineures par la suite) : > > > > 1. Le processus pour l'appel ? volontaires du NomCom est lanc? plus t?t, > > en octobre de l'ann?e pr?c?dant les ?lections, au lieu de janvier de > > l'ann?e des ?lections. > > > > 2. Un d?lai suppl?mentaire est autoris? pour certaines ?tapes du processus. > > > > 3. La plupart des directives pr?c?demment fournies au NomCom par le > > conseil d'administration (conform?ment ? l'article 9.2 des statuts) sont > > int?gr?es dans ce processus d'?lection. > > > > 4. L'option ? Aucune de ces r?ponses ? a ?t? supprim?e. > > > > 5. Les diff?rends doivent ?tre r?solus conform?ment ? l'article 10.2 des > > statuts. > > > > 6. Le pr?sident du NomCom n'est pas membre du comit? des ?lections ; cela > > violerait l?article 10 des Statuts constitutifs qui exige que le Comit? > > d??lection soit compos? de personnel d?AFRINIC. > > > > 7. Les procurations peuvent ?tre valid?es jusqu'? 24 heures avant les > > ?lections, conform?ment aux pratiques ant?rieures. > > > > 8. Le vote ?lectronique se termine en m?me temps que le vote par bulletin > > papier, conform?ment aux pratiques ant?rieures. > > > > 9. Le vote ?lectronique ne compte que trois administrateurs, et non > > quatre, conform?ment aux pratiques ant?rieures. > > > > 10. Les r?sultats sont annonc?s avec le nombre total de suffrages exprim?s > > pour chaque option. > > > > Cordialement, > > > > Alan Barrett > > CEO, au nom du conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC > > > > --- > > [Arabic version] > > [?????? ??????? ?????] > > > > ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ????? > > > > ?????? ?????????/ ????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ???????? > > > > ???? ???? ????... > > > > ????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ????? > > ?????? ??? ?????? ??????????? ????? ??????? ????? ?? ???? ?????? ??????: > > https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126 > > ????? ??? ????????? ???????? ?? ?????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ?????? > > ???????? ????????? ???? (??? ??????? ?? ??? 2014 ?? ??????? ????? ???): > > > > 1. ???? ??????? ?? ??? ???? ???? ????? ????????? ?? ???? ??????? ?? > > ??? ?????? ?? ????? ?????? ???? ???????? ????? ?? ??? ????? ?? ??? ????????. > > 2. ????? ???? ????? ???? ??????? ?? ???????. > > 3. ???? ??????? ????????? ???? ?????? ?????? ????? ??????? ?????? (?? > > ??? ????? (9.2) ?? ??????? ?????????) ????? ?? ????? ???????? ???. > > 4. ?? ????? ???? "?? ??? ??? ???". > > 5. ???? ???????? ?? ??? ????? (10.2) ?? ??????? ?????????. > > 6. ?? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ?? ??? ????? > > ???? ????? (10) ??? ????? ???? ???????? ?? ???? ?????. > > 7. ???? ?????? ?? ????????? ??? ??? (24) ???? ?? ???????? ????? > > ????????? ???????. > > 8. ????? ??????? ?????????? ?? ????? ???? ???? ????? ??? ??????? > > ???????? ????? ????????? ???????. > > 9. ??? ??????? ?????????? ????? ?????? ???? ???? ????? ????? ???????? > > ???????. > > 10. ????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ?????? ??? ????. > > > > > > ??????? ????? ???? ???????? ????????? > > ???? ????? > > ?????? ????????? ?????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Community-Discuss mailing list > > Community-Discuss at afrinic.net > > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/attachments/20181207/33571820/attachment-0001.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 16:57:33 +0000 > From: Andrew Alston > To: Alan Barrett , General Discussions of > AFRINIC > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Board approves new election > process and guidelines > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > 1. The > 2. ?None of the above? option has been removed. > > 1. > So the board refuses to put to the floor a vote of no confidence in themselves ? Then ? the board refuses to call an SGMM to fix the quorum problems that resulted from members rejecting them because of their own actions ? now ? the board removes the right of the community to say NO to people they don?t want on their board ? the board of a ?community driven bottom up organization? ? or should I say ?an organization run by those who believe that power once given should never be relinquished? > > Wow ? and we wonder why the world looks at Africa and Afrinic the way it does ? when we make such mockery out of democratic process, deny the will of the members who fund the organization, and modify the rules to save our own skins. > > > * I say ? Cry the beloved continent > > Andrew > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/attachments/20181207/edb0b859/attachment-0001.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 12:13:00 +0400 > From: Alan Barrett > To: "community-discuss at afrinic.net" > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] Questions about AfriNIC Allocations > Message-ID: <7729BFA0-4C66-43D1-887A-2BEF36114025 at afrinic.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > On 4 Dec 2018, at 17:07, Andrew Alston wrote: > > > > That?s well interesting. > > > > Yesterday ? I pulled the afrinic-delegated-latest file ? and it seems the latest link wasn?t updated or something, because the stats in the delegated file that I pulled yesterday ? were VERY different from the latest file that I pulled today. > > > > I?m pulling all the actual dated files now rather than the linked ones and will re-run the stats > > Dear Andrew, > > AFRINIC has found no indication of a problem with publishing the stats files in recent days. > > We have checked several recent files from http://ftp.afrinic.net/stats/afrinic/2018/, and see the following numbers of ASN allocations: > > ~ grep -E "asn.*1.*2018" delegated-afrinic-20181201 | wc -l > 162 > ~ grep -E "asn.*1.*2018" delegated-afrinic-20181202 | wc -l > 162 > ~ grep -E "asn.*1.*2018" delegated-afrinic-20181203 | wc -l > 162 > ~ grep -E "asn.*1.*2018" delegated-afrinic-20181204 | wc -l > 163 > > The delegated-afrinic-latest file is a link to one of the numbered files, and the link is updated only after the new file has been put into place. > > Regards, > > Alan Barrett > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > Community-Discuss at afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 420, Issue 1 > ************************************************* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From comm-announce at afrinic.net Mon Mar 18 14:36:13 2019 From: comm-announce at afrinic.net (AFRINIC Communication) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:36:13 +0400 Subject: [Community-Discuss] Call for Nominations on the AFRINIC Board Now Open Message-ID: [Version en fran?ais ci-dessous] Dear colleagues, The Nominations Committee 2019 is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC Board Nomination process is open for the following seats: Seat 1 (Northern Africa), to serve a three-year term from mid-2019 to mid-2022. This seat is currently held by Habib Youssef, who was appointed by the Board in July 2018 to fill a casual vacancy. Seat 2 (Western Africa), to serve a three-year term from mid-2019 to mid-2022. This seat is currently occupied by Mr Ousmane Ly. Seat 5 (Southern Africa), to serve a two-year term from mid-2019 to mid-2021. This seat is currently held by Vika Mpisane, who was appointed by the Board in July 2018 to fill a casual vacancy. The two-year term instead of a three-year term is needed to re-establish the sequence given in Article 13.6 of the Bylaws. Seat 6 (Eastern Africa), to serve a two-year term from mid-2019 to mid-2021. This seat is currently occupied by Robert N Ford. The two-year term instead of a three-year term is needed to re-establish the sequence given in Article 14.7(i)(b) read in conjunction with Article 13.6 of the Bylaws. Seat 7 (non-regional), to serve a three-year term from mid-2019 to mid-2022. This seat is currently held by Seun Ojedeji, who was elected in 2016. We are pleased to invite nominations for candidates to fill the above seats to serve a term starting from Board of Directors? election-day in the Annual General Members? Meeting in 2019 till Board of Directors? election-day in the Annual General Members? Meeting for the period specified above. Responsibilities Some of the responsibilities of the Board as described in Article 15 of the current bylaws are: ? Determine the guidelines for the allocation of address space for Members ? Consider broad Internet policy issues in order to ensure that the policies and strategies of the company fully respond to the changing Internet environment ? Determine a financial budget for the activities of the Company for a given period ? Establish a ceiling for expenditures for a given period and from time to time to vary such ceiling as they deem fit ? Fill any casual vacancy in the office of the auditor of the Company ? Provide any general directives to the Chief Executive Officer regarding the staffing of the Company ? Determine the conditions of employment of the employees of the Company who are employed at an Executive level ? Reduce or waive fees payable by any person to the Company, or to amend in any manner whatsoever the conditions relating to the payment thereof ? Appoint or remove the secretary of the Company and to determine the remuneration payable to such secretary ? Appoint such committees for such reasons and with such terms of reference as they shall consider necessary or desirable. Criteria and qualifications for eligibility A nominee shall be nominated by one (1) AFRINIC member in good standing and seconded by one (1) AFRINIC member in good standing or be formally endorsed by at least two (2) AFRINIC members in good standing (i.e. they must not have unpaid fees) in case of self-nomination. A member can nominate no more than one candidate and can second any number of candidate. As stipulated in Section 13.10 of the AFRINIC bylaws: No person shall be appointed or hold office as a Director if he is a person who: (i) is under 18 years of age; (ii) is an undischarged bankrupt; (iii) would, but for the repeal of Section 117 of the Companies Act 1984 of Mauritius, be prohibited from being a Director or promoter of, or being concerned or taking part in the management of, a company within the meaning of that Act; (iv) is prohibited from being a director or promoter of or being concerned or taking part in the management of a company under Sections 337 or 338 of the Act; (v) is not a natural person; or (vi) has been adjudged to have been of unsound mind A nominee shall: Have participated in at least one (1) AFRINIC activity (physically or online) in the past three (3) years. Have at least five (5) years professional and leadership experience in an area relevant to AFRINIC activities such as Internet resource management, ICT, policy development, finance, audit and Human Resources management; Be able to demonstrate that his/her activities are in the best interest of the African Internet Community. Be available for at least 25 hours monthly and be committed to actively participate in Board meetings and other AFRINIC activities (face-to-face and online). General Expectations Some of the skills and experience that would be beneficial to the AFRINIC Board are: Experience in a senior management role Financial management Compliance and risk management Strategic management Good knowledge of the Internet governance arena Legal understanding IT/technology expertise Ability to communicate effectively Anyone elected to the AFRINIC Board will be expected to fully take on the responsibilities of being a board member and carry out their duties to the best of their abilities throughout their term on the Board. Board members are expected to represent the interests of the AFRINIC membership and AFRINIC Ltd. Nomination Please complete the nomination form available at https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/board-nomination-2019 to nominate yourself or a person of your choice. The Closure of the Candidate Nomination period is 11th April 2018 at 20:00 UTC. Note: It is expected that proposed candidates should be able to attend physical or online the upcoming AFRINIC 30 Meeting, taking place in Kampala, Ouganda, in person on the day of the election, 20th June 2019, where they will have an opportunity to introduce themselves to the members and make a short presentation during the Annual General Members Meeting (AGMM). Details on the election process can be found at https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126 ????????????.. Chers coll?gues, Le Comit? des candidatures 2019 est heureux d'annoncer que le processus de nomination du conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC est ouvert pour les si?ges suivants : Le si?ge 1 (Afrique du Nord) servira un mandat de trois ans de mi-2019 ? mi-2022. Ce si?ge est actuellement occup? par Habib Youssef, qui a ?t? nomm? par le Conseil en juillet 2018 pour pourvoir un poste vacant. Si?ge 2 (Afrique de l'Ouest), pour un mandat de trois ans de mi-2019 au mi-2022. Ce si?ge est actuellement occup? par M. Ousmane Ly. Le si?ge 5 (Afrique australe) servira un mandat de deux ans de mi-2019 ? mi-2021. Ce si?ge est actuellement occup? par Vika Mpisane, qui a ?t? nomm? par le Conseil en juillet 2018 pour pourvoir un poste vacant. Le terme de deux ans au lieu de trois ans est n?cessaire pour r?tablir l'ordre indiqu? ? l'article 13.6 des statuts. Le si?ge 6 (Afrique de l'Est) servira un mandat de deux ans de mi-2019 ? mi-2021. Ce si?ge est actuellement occup? par M. Robert N Ford. Le terme de deux ans au lieu de trois ans est n?cessaire pour r?tablir l'ordre indiqu? ? l'article 14.7 (i) (b) lu conjointement avec l'article 13.6 des statuts. Si?ge 7 (non r?gional), pour un mandat de trois ans de mi-2019 au mi-2022. Ce si?ge est actuellement occup? par Seun Ojedeji, ?lu en 2016. Nous avons le plaisir d'inviter les candidats propos?s ? pourvoir les postes ci-dessus pour un mandat allant du jour de l'?lection du conseil d'administration ? l'assembl?e g?n?rale annuelle des membres en 2019 jusqu'au jour de l'?lection du conseil d'administration ? l'assembl?e g?n?rale annuelle des membres pour la p?riode indiqu?e ci-dessus. Responsabilit?s Voici certaines des responsabilit?s du conseil d?crites ? l'article 15 des statuts actuels: ? D?terminer les lignes directrices pour l'allocation d'espace d'adressage pour les membres ? Examiner les grandes questions de politique Internet afin de s'assurer que les politiques et strat?gies de l'entreprise r?pondent pleinement ? l'?volution de l'environnement Internet. ? D?terminer un budget financier pour les activit?s de la soci?t? pour une p?riode donn?e ? ?tablir un plafond de d?penses pour une p?riode donn?e occasionnellement afin de faire varier le plafond de votre choix ? Remplissez les postes vacants au bureau du v?rificateur de la soci?t?. ? Fournir toute directive g?n?rale au chef de la direction concernant la dotation en personnel de la soci?t?. ? D?terminer les conditions d'emploi des employ?s de la soci?t? qui sont employ?s ? un niveau ex?cutif. ? R?duire ou supprimer les frais payables par toute personne ? la Soci?t?, ou modifier de quelque mani?re que ce soit les conditions relatives ? leur paiement ? Nommer ou r?voquer le secr?taire de la soci?t? et d?terminer la r?mun?ration qui lui est due ? Nommer de tels comit?s pour les raisons et avec le mandat qu'ils jugeront n?cessaires ou souhaitables. Crit?res et qualifications d'?ligibilit? Un candidat doit ?tre propos? par un (1) membre d?AFRINIC en r?gle et second? par un (1) membre d?AFRINIC en r?gle ou ?tre officiellement approuv? par au moins deux (2) membres d?AFRINIC en r?gle (c.-?-d. Qu'ils doivent ?tre en r?gle avec leurs frais) en cas d?auto-nomination. Un membre ne peut nommer plus d'un candidat et peut seconder un nombre quelconque de candidats. Comme stipul? ? l'article 13.10 des statuts d'AFRINIC: Nul ne peut ?tre nomm? ou occuper un poste d'administrateur s'il s'agit d'une personne qui: (i) est ?g? de moins de 18 ans; (ii) est un failli non lib?r?; (iii) serait interdit, sauf abrogation de l?article 117 du Companies Act de 1984 de Maurice, d??tre administrateur ou promoteur d?une soci?t?, de s?occuper de la gestion d?une soci?t? au sens de cette loi ou de prendre part ? la gestion de celle-ci; (iv) il est interdit d'?tre administrateur ou promoteur ou de prendre part ? la gestion d'une soci?t? en vertu des articles 337 ou 338 de la Loi; (v) n'est pas une personne physique; ou (vi) a ?t? jug? pour n?avoir ?t? sain d'esprit Un candidat doit : Avoir particip? ? au moins une (1) activit? d'AFRINIC (physique ou en ligne) au cours des trois (3) derni?res ann?es. Poss?der au moins cinq (5) ann?es d'exp?rience professionnelle et de leadership dans un domaine li? aux activit?s d'AFRINIC, telles que la gestion des ressources Internet, les TIC, l'?laboration de politiques, les finances, l'audit et la gestion des ressources humaines; ?tre capable de d?montrer que ses activit?s sont dans le meilleur int?r?t de la communaut? Internet africaine. ?tre disponible pendant au moins 25 heures par mois et s'engager ? participer activement aux r?unions du conseil d'administration et aux autres activit?s d'AFRINIC (en pr?sentiel et en ligne). Attentes g?n?rales Parmi les comp?tences et exp?riences utiles au conseil d?AFRINIC, citons: Exp?rience dans un r?le de direction Direction financi?re Conformit? et gestion des risques Gestion strat?gique Bonne connaissance du domaine de la gouvernance de l'Internet Compr?hension juridique Expertise informatique / technologique Capacit? ? communiquer efficacement Toute personne ?lue au conseil d?administration d?AFRINIC devra assumer pleinement la responsabilit? d??tre membre du conseil et s?acquitter de ses fonctions au mieux de ses capacit?s tout au long de son mandat au conseil. Les membres du conseil doivent repr?senter les int?r?ts des membres d'AFRINIC et d'AFRINIC Ltd. Nomination Veuillez compl?ter le formulaire de mise en candidature disponible ? l'adresse : https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/board-nomination-2019 pour vous proposer ou d?signer une personne de votre choix. La p?riode de cl?ture des candidatures est fix?e au 11 avril 2018 ? 20h00 UTC. Remarque : les candidats propos?s devraient pouvoir assister physiquement ou en ligne ? la prochaine r?union d'AFRINIC 30, qui se tiendra ? Kampala, en Ouganda, en personne le jour du scrutin, le 20 juin 2019, o? ils auront l'occasion de se pr?senter aux membres et faire un bref expos? lors de l?assembl?e g?n?rale annuelle des membres (AGMM). Des d?tails sur le processus d'?lection sont disponibles ? l'adresse https://afrinic.net/election-process/board/20181126. From comm-announce at afrinic.net Fri Mar 22 13:49:38 2019 From: comm-announce at afrinic.net (AFRINIC Communication) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 17:49:38 +0400 Subject: [Community-Discuss] Call for Nominations on the AFRINIC Governance Committee is Open Message-ID: [Version en fran?ais ci-dessous] Dear Colleagues, The Nominations Committee 2019 is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC Governance Committee Nomination process is open. One Governance Committee position is up for election by the AFRINIC Membership, to serve a three-year term from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022. The seat is currently held by Isatou Jah. Criteria for Governance committee Responsibilities Some of the responsibilities of the AFRINIC Governance Committee as described in its current terms of reference. Matters on which the Governance Committee may provide advice include, but are not limited to: ? The legal framework of AFRINIC, including the place and manner of company registration; ? Bylaws of the company; ? The election process for Board members, including eligibility requirements, nomination process, and voting process, but excluding the proceedings within any nomination committee, election committee, or similar body; ? Election or appointment process for persons appointed by the AFRINIC community, Membership, or Board, to any committees or other bodies, but excluding the internal proceedings within any nomination committee, election committee, or similar body; ? Creation, removal, and terms of reference, of any AFRINIC related bodies, including the Governance Committee itself, but excluding the Board, and excluding any bodies that are outside the Governance Committee?s scope; ? The general performance of the Board or any AFRINIC related body; Criteria and qualifications for eligibility A nominee shall be nominated by one (1) AFRINIC member in good standing and seconded by one (1) AFRINIC member in good standing or be formally endorsed by at least two (2) AFRINIC members in good standing (i.e. they must not have unpaid fees) in case of self-nomination. A member can nominate no more than one candidate and can second any number of candidate. No person shall be appointed as a member of the Governance Committee if he or she is a person who: (i) is under 18 years of age; (ii) is an undischarged bankrupt; (iii) is not a natural person; or (iv) has been adjudged to have been of unsound mind In-line with 5.2.3 of the Governance committee charter, Governance committee members shall be resident in the AFRINIC service region. In-line with 5.2.7 of the Governance committee Charter, none of the elected members may be an AFRINIC Director or an AFRINIC employee. A nominee shall: Have participated in at least three (1) AFRINIC activity (physically or online) in the past three (3) years. Be familiar with the legal framework of AFRINIC and its Bylaws; Be able to demonstrate that his/her activities are in the best interest of the African Internet Community. Be available for at least 10 hours monthly and be committed to actively participate in Governance Committee meetings (online). Nomination Please complete the nomination form available at https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/govcom-nomination-2019 to nominate yourself or a person of your choice. The Closure of the Candidate Nomination period is 15th April at 20:00 UTC. Note: It is expected that proposed candidates should be able to attend physical or online the upcoming AFRINIC 30 Meeting, taking place in Kampala, Uganda, in person on the day of the election, 20th June 2019, where they will have an opportunity to introduce themselves to the members and make a short presentation during the Annual General Members Meeting (AGMM). Details on the election process can be found at https://afrinic.net/govcom/election ?????????????. Chers coll?gues, Le Comit? des candidatures 2019 est heureux d'annoncer que le processus de nomination du comit? de gouvernance d'AFRINIC est ouvert. Un des membres du comit? de gouvernance doit ?tre ?lu par les membres d'AFRINIC, pour un mandat de trois ans du 1er janvier 2020 au 31 d?cembre 2022. Ce si?ge est actuellement occup? par Isatou Jah. Crit?res pour le comit? de gouvernance Responsabilit?s Certaines des responsabilit?s du comit? de gouvernance d?AFRINIC sont d?crites dans son mandat actuel. Les questions sur lesquelles le comit? de la gouvernance peut donner des conseils comprennent, sans toutefois s'y limiter: ? le cadre juridique d'AFRINIC, y compris le lieu et les modalit?s d'enregistrement de la soci?t?; ? les statuts de la soci?t?; ? le processus d'?lection des membres du conseil d'administration, y compris les conditions d'?ligibilit?, le processus de nomination et le processus de vote, ? l'exclusion des d?bats au sein d'un comit? de nomination, d'un comit? d'?lection ou d'un organe similaire; ? ?lection ou processus de nomination des personnes nomm?es par la communaut?, les membres ou le conseil d'administration d'AFRINIC ? tout comit? ou autre organe, ? l'exclusion des proc?dures internes au sein d'un comit? de nomination, d'un comit? d'?lection ou d'un organe similaire; ? la cr?ation, la suppression et le mandat de tout organe li? ? AFRINIC, y compris du comit? de gouvernance, mais excluant le conseil, et excluant tout organe ne relevant pas du mandat du comit? de gouvernance; ? la performance g?n?rale du conseil d'administration ou de tout organe li? ? AFRINIC; Crit?res et qualifications d'?ligibilit? Un candidat doit ?tre propos? par un (1) membre AFRINIC en r?gle et second? par un (1) membre AFRINIC en r?gle ou ?tre officiellement approuv? par au moins deux (2) membres AFRINIC en r?gle (c.-?-d. qu'ils doivent ?tre un membre en r?gle pour les cas d?auto-nomination). Un membre ne peut nommer plus d'un candidat et peut seconder un nombre quelconque de candidats. Aucune personne ne peut ?tre nomm?e membre du comit? de gouvernance si elle est une personne qui : (i) est ?g? de moins de 18 ans; (ii) est un failli non lib?r?; (iii) n'est pas une personne fiable; ou (iv) sain d?esprit Conform?ment ? l'article 5.2.3 de la charte du comit? de gouvernance, les membres du comit? de gouvernance doivent r?sider dans la r?gion de service AFRINIC. Conform?ment ? l'article 5.2.7 de la Charte du comit? de gouvernance, aucun des membres ?lus ne peut ?tre un administrateur d'AFRINIC ou un employ? d'AFRINIC. Un candidat doit: Avoir particip? ? au moins trois (1) activit?s AFRINIC (physiquement ou en ligne) au cours des trois (3) derni?res ann?es. Conna?tre le cadre juridique d?AFRINIC et ses statuts; ?tre capable de d?montrer que ses activit?s sont dans le meilleur int?r?t de la communaut? Internet africaine. ?tre disponible au moins 10 heures par mois et s'engager ? participer activement aux r?unions du comit? de gouvernance (en ligne). Nomination Veuillez compl?ter le formulaire de candidature disponible ? l'adresse https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/govcom-nomination-2019 afin de vous d?signer ou de d?signer une personne de votre choix. La p?riode de cl?ture des candidatures est fix?e au 15 avril ? 20h00 UTC. Note: Les candidats propos?s devraient pouvoir assister physiquement ou en ligne ? la prochaine r?union d'AFRINIC 30, qui se tiendra ? Kampala, en Ouganda, en personne le jour du scrutin, le 20 juin 2019, o? ils auront l'occasion de se pr?senter aux membres et faire un bref expos? lors de l?assembl?e g?n?rale annuelle des membres (AGMM). Des d?tails sur le processus ?lectoral sont disponibles ? l?adresse https://afrinic.net/govcom/election.