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<p dir="ltr">There are tools available to do this from a single board member to the collective. The important thing to note though is that the evaluation must come from an informed premise of what the goals were. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Ali Hussein <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 22, 2015 8:32 PM, "serge ilunga" <<a href="mailto:sergekbk@gmail.com">sergekbk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>+1 Ali ,<br>Mission (Goal) and Values are the key drivers of any organization.<br></div><div>In the case of AfriNIC, the BOD is to put in place a strategic plan.<br></div><div>This responsability being shared by the whole board, what can be the metric to evaluate BOD members performance.<br></div><div>Even the metrics are set, how can we evaluate the performance of a single BOD member while their terms don't start at the same time?<br><br><br></div><div>Kind Regards.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi All</div><div><br></div><div>I have just recently joined the list and have been following the discussions on the Afrinic Board with interest. Whilst I believe it's too early for me to provide an opinion I have one contribution to make.</div><div><br></div><div>Any Board has the fiduciary responsibility to drive the organization's goals as stipulated by its members /shareholders through its Memorandum and Articles which usually are broken down by period Strategic Plans. I believe Boards should ultimately be judged by whether an organisation is meeting/exceeding its mandate through the implementation of the above. </div><div><br></div><div>Do we have in place such reviews? And how are they structured? Are they public documents we can access? </div><div><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><a href="tel:%2B254%200713%20601113" value="+254713601113" target="_blank">+254 0713 601113</a> / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></p><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div><div><br>On 22 Dec 2015, at 10:47 AM, Mark Elkins <<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" target="_blank">mje@posix.co.za</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>The Board was put there by AFRINIC Members in good standing.</span><br><span>Ergo, AFRINIC Members suck at choosing Board Members.</span><br><span></span><br><span> ----</span><br><span></span><br><span>There is a reason why a Term only lasts three years... it allows the</span><br><span>Membership to correct their errors.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I personally think the Board does not suck and is actually pretty good.</span><br><span></span><br><span>On Mon, 2015-12-21 at 22:15 +0000, Keshwarsingh Nadan wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>the board sucks</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Owen DeLong [<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank">owen@delong.com</a>]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: 22 December 2015 1:50</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: General Discussions of AFRINIC</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] How to mesure performance of afrinic board</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>As a general rule, the only check and balance on a board is the voting members who can</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>choose to change out the board and the board itself who can (usually) remove a member</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>if it is necessary.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The method for measuring the effectiveness of the board is generally up to each voter</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to determine for his/her self and I don’t see any reason this should be different for AfriNIC.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I think the members of AfriNIC are perfectly capable of electing the board and that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>there is no reason we should dictate to them what criteria they should consider when</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>making their votes.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Owen</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Dec 20, 2015, at 05:14 , Chevalier du Borg <<a href="mailto:virtual.borg@gmail.com" target="_blank">virtual.borg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>i have been thinking about this for a while. there's a triangle of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>check and balance that make this system work</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>- board check and balance ceo (and staff?)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>who does check and balance on board? members only? or the community at large?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I also like to know, what are the thing used to measure whether a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>board being effective? should we clarifie this mesures so that its</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>self-evidence to everyone when board is doing good job or not? should</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>we add that check and balance formally to responsabilite of governance</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>committee? i belief good performance and good governance go hand in</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>hand.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>thoughts?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Borg le Chevalier</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>___________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Common sense is what tells 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