[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followed or repealed.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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