<div dir="ltr">Hello Mr Alan,<div><br></div><div>I have a question: I heard the term bottom up a lot during the last AIS. So it occured to me that Afrinic is driven by the community wich decides , via consensus, on policies and such. This is such a refresher from real life and politicians who enforce their rules on us...</div><div><br></div><div>Then I'm wondering : is this the same for bylaws then? Community draft policies and ask members for approval? Going by the same tangent (bottom up model) is it wise for the board to participate? As this could lead to unfortunate situations (like what I mentioned with real life politicians)</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry that is two questions :-)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-06-17 7:35 GMT+01:00 Alan Barrett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" target="_blank">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">> I have gone through the document but before I can add my comments, do we know or have an overall process to follow for the bylaws changes?<br>
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> Basically, what is the overall process for the bylaws changes?<br>
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</span>We have not defined a timeline. Please comment as soon as you are ready to comment.<br>
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I hope that discussion will lead to rough consensus within the next one or two months, and then bylaws can be drafted to implement the result. Eventually, any bylaws changes will need to be approved by 75% majority at a members meeting. Perhaps we’ll call a special meeting in November 2016 for that purpose, and perhaps we’ll wait until May/June 2017.<br>
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