<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 July 2016 at 12:04, Nishal Goburdhan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nishal@controlfreak.co.za" target="_blank">nishal@controlfreak.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span>On 12 Jul 2016, at 11:32, Honest Ornella GANKPA wrote:<br>
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Hello Nishal<span><br>
If the position is not automatic,<br>
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in reading the text, this does appear to be the case.<span><br>
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then on which criteria are the elders<br>
selected? What is the process of selection ?<br>
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the bylaws do not specify. just like how they don’t specify criteria selection for nomcom. or a CEO. or ..<br>
that’s a level of operational detail that’s not useful in bylaws.<br>
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i voted in responsible people; i trust they can do this without my attempted micromanagement.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Let's get off this micromanagement train. The issues that are being raised are often cogent. </div><div><br></div><div>This is clearly a question of misunderstanding rather than an issue of micromanagement. The bylaws specify that </div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.2px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"><br></span></div>"There shall be a Council of Elders appointed by the Board comprising a maximum of six (6) former chairpersons of AFRINIC who have left the Board. Their advisory role is commensurate with their experience leading the organisation as former Chairs."</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">It goes further in 16.2 to describe how this is managed. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Shall is authoritative. Any other interpretation is disingenuous. In 16.3, the bylaws restricts the tenure of members to one term and forbids re-appointment. If it were not automatic, how is the board expected to comply?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Honest, you have asked a good question. Why is Mr Ntege not in the CoE? Are we complying with the requirements of the bylaws?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Omo Oaiya<br>CTO/Directeur Technique, WACREN <br>Mobile: +234 808 888 1571 , +221 784 305 224<br>Skype: kodion<a href="http:" target="_blank"></a><br><a href="http://www.wacren.net/" target="_blank">http://www.wacren.net</a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http:///" target="_blank"></a></div></div></div></div>
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