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<p>I agree with you Ali. When Andrew first campaigned to be a Board
member, one of his goals was increased transparency. I believe
that he has helped, with the rest of the Board, achieve this.
Transparency though is an ongoing process and its a pity that
Andrew was not re-elected to continue assisting in that process.</p>
<p>Regarding Andrews points:</p>
<p>a) Travel in Africa is not cheap. Rather than just a single line
for travel, I'd like to see it a bit more broken up though,
categorised something like;<br>
i) Training sessions 10, people 20, cost $10,000<br>
ii) Meetings 2, people 40, cost $20,000<br>
iii) Board Travel 8, trips 32, cost $20,000</p>
<p>(or something like that)<br>
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<p>b - d) Again, I'd like to see a bit more break down, especially
in the case of unaudited organisations. On d), the ASO/NRO fees
are proportionally paid by RIRs. AfriNIC does pay the lowest
proportion. <br>
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<p>e) I think the moratorium on Business class travel should be
maintained, but have the option to upgrade their flights at their
expense. When flying for AfriNIC, I was given a Priority Pass
card. That privilege should stay to give people access to
lounges. I'm happy the CEO flies business (at his discretion). If
it was a long flight (ARIN, USA) and overnight and that Board
member is the only AfriNIC representative and was presenting the
"AfriNIC" slides, let them fly business. I did that once (but
travelled economy).<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/06/2017 08:21, Ali Hussein wrote:<br>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">The rule of thumb for any public
organization is that Transparency trumps (no pun intended)
everything else. </div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">If I were asked and was a member of
the Board, I'd advocate for FULL disclosure on financial and
operational matters. How money was spent, how much, what was the
impact, who received it etc. That in my humble opinion is the
best policy. Let us err on the side of too much information as
opposed to too little information.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So – I want to open
a bit of a discussion about transparency, specifically,
financial transparency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In order to get this
started – let me ask a few questions of all of you –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">While we talk about
transparency and how it is required – can we analyze for
a moment as to the level of transparency we want. So,
to kick this discussion off, let me start by asking some
basic questions that we can use as the starting point
for this discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">How
much detail should the board and AfriNIC be supplying us
as regards how the money we pay towards IP resources is
spent. Is it sufficient to show an aggregated line item
that refers to travel expenses for example, or do we
want to see some kind of a breakdown on what that money
is being spent on (considering that travel makes up 10%
of the total revenue)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">How
much detail should the board and AfriNIC be supplying us
as members as regards other large scale line items –
specifically – we spend hundreds of thousands each year
on meeting expenses – should we be asking for a
breakdown on what those meeting expenses are – or are we
happy with the organization spending that kind of money
under a single large line item.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.)<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">When
AfriNIC is giving money to other organizations for
sponsorship – what level of transparency and
accountability should be required from those
organizations. Is it acceptable that AFRINIC makes a
decision to give money to organizations that have no
formal incorporation, no audited financial statements
and no board of their own, or should AFRINIC be
scrutinizing those that they give money to far more
closely, and asking for the same level of transparency
from those that they give money to that we require from
them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">When
AFRINIC is funding organizations such as the ASO/NRO –
how much transparency should be supplied back to the
members about how that money is being spent and what
that funding is actually being used for.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">When
AFRINIC is funding board travel to meetings around the
world – should board members be able to attend these
conferences without ever supplying reports about what
was accomplished at said meetings and what the purpose
of the expenditure was, or are we prepared to accept
that these meetings must be useful without further
questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Remember, every cent
spent by AfriNIC can have an impact on our fees, and
impacts the bottom line of the company. Over the last 3
years, we have come a long way to stabilizing the
company and its financial position, but in order to
maintain that, we probably need to discuss openly as a
community about the level of transparency we want into
those finances and then once we as a community come to
consensus, we can request the board supply the
transparency we agree is necessary. But let us have an
open and cordial discussion so that we get to the right
point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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