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    <p>AFRINIC has what is called the "Delegation of Authority". It
      should be followed or repealed.</p>
    <p>See <a href="https://www.afrinic.net/services/1861-2016078">https://www.afrinic.net/services/1861-2016078,</a>
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    <p>Sunday.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/11/2019 8:20 AM, Mark Tinka
      wrote:<br>
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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 class="moz-cite-prefix">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"
              moz-do-not-send="true">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>
                <br>
                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>
                <br>
                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>
                <br>
                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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