<div dir="auto">+1 to the Mark on this. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">AK</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, 08:48 Jean-Robert Hountomey, <<a href="mailto:jrhountomey@gmail.com">jrhountomey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Agree with you Mark.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Sections 15 and 17 of the Bylaws provide clarification of roles and expectations.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> </div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Unless the board disagrees with the bylaws and micromanages the CEO, the CEO oversees the day-to-day operations once the board approves annual plans, budgets and other macro strategies.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">One expects the CEO acting as the main point of communication.</div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> </p><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">(1). <span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/bylaws" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.afrinic.net/bylaws</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></div><div>Regards.</div><div><br></div><div>Jean-Robert.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Nov 5, 2019, at 1:20 AM, Mark Tinka <<a href="mailto:mark.tinka@seacom.mu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mark.tinka@seacom.mu</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
  
    
  
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    <font face="Tahoma">Thanks, Dewole.<br>
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      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.<br>
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      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.<br>
      <br>
      Mark.<br>
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    <div>On 5/Nov/19 09:13, Adewole Ajao wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">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).
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        <div>Dewole.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 8:00 AM
          Mark Tinka <<a href="mailto:mark.tinka@seacom.mu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mark.tinka@seacom.mu</a>> wrote:<br>
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          <div> <font face="Tahoma">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.<br>
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              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.<br>
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              I am somewhat disturbed that this culture does not appear
              to have changed even on the back of the appointment of the
              new CEO.<br>
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              Personally, I'd rather be hearing from the CEO and/or any
              of his staff, than the Board.<br>
              <br>
              Mark.</font><br>
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            <div>On 4/Nov/19 22:45, Bope Domilongo Christian wrote:<br>
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                  <div>Dear Community at large,<br>
                    <br>
                    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. <br>
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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. <br>
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                  <div>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.<br>
                    <br>
                    Best regards, <br>
                    Dr Christian D. Bope<br>
                    Chairman, AFRINIC Board of Directors</div>
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