[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC legacy space ownership manipulation

[Sunday Folayan]

AFRINIC has what is called the "Delegation of Authority". It should be 
followed or repealed.

See https://www.afrinic.net/services/1861-2016078, 
<https://www.afrinic.net/services/1861-2016078> item 4.0. *Resolution 
201607.292*

Sunday.

On 05/11/2019 8:20 AM, Mark Tinka wrote:

> Thanks, Dewole.

>

> Perhaps the CEO needs to be given more leeway and authority when 

> communicating with the community. I am sure the CEO can use his best 

> judgment to determine when any information toward the public needs to 

> go by the Board for review.

>

> I fear that if the CEO needs to run an inordinate amount of 

> operational matters via the Board (including communication), fatigue 

> will set in and little progress will be made.

>

> Mark.

>

> On 5/Nov/19 09:13, Adewole Ajao wrote:

>> Makes sense. Especially on operational and PR issues such as this. 

>> Letting the CEO communicate will also reduce the sense of 

>> non-responsiveness that members sometimes feel (although it's 

>> unavoidable because the board has to convene and agree before any 

>> response can be given - even on simple issues whereas the CEO will be 

>> able to respond authoritatively to a large extent on behalf of 

>> AFRINIC the company).

>>

>> Dewole.

>>

>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 8:00 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu 

>> <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>> wrote:

>>

>>     Don't know if it's just me, but curious why this update (and the

>>     investigations associated with it) are not coming from our CEO.

>>

>>     I've consistently said that I feel the AFRINIC Board are too

>>     involved in AFRINIC's day-to-day affairs, which, IMHO, need to be

>>     managed by the AFRINIC CEO and his team, both in front of and

>>     behind the scenes.

>>

>>     I am somewhat disturbed that this culture does not appear to have

>>     changed even on the back of the appointment of the new CEO.

>>

>>     Personally, I'd rather be hearing from the CEO and/or any of his

>>     staff, than the Board.

>>

>>     Mark.

>>

>>     On 4/Nov/19 22:45, Bope Domilongo Christian wrote:

>>>     Dear Community at large,

>>>

>>>     As the community may also, be aware, AFRINIC has attracted some

>>>     media coverage relating to suspicious activity in its WHOIS

>>>     database primarily a limited section of legacy resources.

>>>

>>>     

On behalf of the Board, I would like to assure both the AFRINIC

>>>     membership and the Internet community at large that the Board

>>>     has conducted some preliminary assessment of the matter, and

>>>     would like to let you know that investigations are progressing

>>>     well and will be concluded soon, most likely before or by the

>>>     end of the year. We cannot reveal much or go into further

>>>     details at this stage as we do not want to jeopardise the

>>>     investigations. However, you can rest assured that we will get

>>>     to the bottom of the matter. At the same time, we want to ensure

>>>     that the rights of any affected parties are respected and

>>>     protected as per the law. All said we are keen to ensure the

>>>     interests of AFRINIC members are safeguarded as we seek to

>>>     maintain stable, reliable and effective management of Internet

>>>     resources. Besides, the AFRINIC WHOIS database remains fully

>>>     operational with high standards of integrity.

>>>

>>>     Nevertheless, there is always room for improvement and AFRINIC

>>>     operations team is currently reviewing some of the

>>>     long-established processes relating to the management of

>>>     Internet resources under AFRINIC's ambit. The team is already

>>>     implementing some improvement measures at both the

>>>     IT Infrastructure and process level. As usual, the AFRINIC

>>>     membership will be appropriately apprised of the developments.

>>>

>>>     Best regards,

>>>     Dr Christian D. Bope

>>>     Chairman, AFRINIC Board of Directors

>>

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