[rpd] Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Revised CEO Recruitment Time table/Tableau révisé PDG Recrutement Temps

Mon Feb 16 06:44:00 UTC 2015

On 15 February 2015 at 22:00, Douglas Onyango <ondouglas at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is my recollection that some members of the community raised issues
> around the tight CEO search timelines, something the board, after
> careful discussion decided wasn't an issue.
>
> It  therefore comes as a surprise when the board goes back on its own
> decision, and particularly cites community input.

++1, membre of the community indicate that the original timeline was
too short and were ignore. (since that concern about short duration
was never addressed).

> This move leaves me wondering how and why the board is second guessing
> itself in a matter like this and further diminishes my confidence that
> the new timetable will be kept.

and if new timetable cannot be kept, what then? come with a new
timeline? how about giving a more realistic timeline now? It is
possibly that this new propose timetable may be workable if some
heavy-lifting has already been done.

One thing still miss though is when new CEO should resume duty.

Thank you.

>
> The importance of the task at hand can't be overstated. I just think
> committing to completion within the set timelines is the least the
> community can expect from the board we elected.
>
> Regards,
>
> On 15 February 2015 at 20:29, Sunday Folayan <sfolayan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Douglas,
>>
>> Thank you for your condolences and wishes for my family. Quite appreciated.
>>
>> There is absolutely no change to the election schedule.
>>
>> Thanks and Regards ....
>>
>> Sunday.
>>
>> On Feb 15, 2015 5:56 PM, "Douglas Onyango" <ondouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Sunday,
>>> Sorry for your loss. I hope you and the rest of the family can find
>>> solace and hold onto the good memories of the late.
>>>
>>> That being said, I am concerned that the board is only reaching the
>>> conclusion on schedule late in the process, something can could, and
>>> should have been done a lot earlier.
>>>
>>> Whilst I am, even as we speak, still ambivalent about the changes in
>>> the election schedule, I feel the board's departure from its initial
>>> position/timelines is not exactly inspiring confidence right now.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> 2015-02-13 14:12 GMT+03:00 Sunday Folayan <sfolayan at gmail.com>:
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>>> >
>>> > Chers membres,
>>> >
>>> > Se il vous plaît pardonnez-moi pour le retard dans la mise à jour vous
>>> > sur le recrutement du PDG d'AfriNIC. Je espère que vous allez accepter
>>> > mes excuses.
>>> >
>>> > Le Conseil était très optimiste avec le calendrier initial, conscient
>>> > des difficultés dans la pratique, mais nous avons fait de notre mieux
>>> > pour le suivre. Cependant, les circonstances dictent que nous ajustons
>>> > maintenant, et si besoin est, nous allons ajuster de nouveau à l'avenir.
>>> >
>>> > Bien que je avais prévu de vous informer fréquemment, sort a joué une
>>> > main très cruel sur moi, un jour avant d'envoyer ma dernière mise à
>>> > jour pour vous. Mon père est mort. Comme la première Fils, et en ligne
>>> > avec notre coutume et la tradition, je ai dû organiser ses
>>> > funérailles. Je ai déménagé dans mon village, où je ai eu un accès
>>> > très intermittent et peu fiable à Internet. Je ai été coupée de mes
>>> > collègues pour la plupart du temps.
>>> >
>>> > Le Conseil dans ce délai, a continué à travailler selon notre plan
>>> > convenu. La nécessité d'adapter le calendrier aujourd'hui, provient du
>>> > fait que le Conseil a vu beaucoup de sens dans la demande de la
>>> > communauté à se impliquer dans le processus de sélection du directeur
>>> > général.
>>> >
>>> > Le Conseil et son comité de sélection directeur général a débattu
>>> > longuement et ont convenu d'avoir un comité d'entrevue qui comprend
>>> > des membres du comité de recherche, un représentant de la communauté,
>>> > un représentant du CdE et un représentant de la Communauté RIR.
>>> > Composition et obtenir la disponibilité des membres de l'extérieur ont
>>> > pris un certain temps, malheureusement, mais tellement.
>>> >
>>> > Le Conseil est cependant assuré que cette action permettra d'accroître
>>> > la transparence dans le processus d'embauche du nouveau directeur
>>> > général, quel que soit le temps perdu dans le processus, parce que
>>> > nous avons déjà un directeur général par intérim de gérer les affaires
>>> > de l'organisation, d'une manière appropriée.
>>> >
>>> > Tous ces facteurs ont conduit le Conseil de recalibrer le recrutement
>>> > temps-ligne comme suit:
>>> >
>>> > entrevues pour les cinq premiers candidats seront effectués entre le
>>> > 15 février et le 28 février 2015.
>>> >
>>> > Le comité d'entrevue se compose de:
>>> > - - Sunday Folayan      Conseil AfriNIC
>>> > - - Badru Ntege                 Conseil AfriNIC
>>> > - - Paulos Nyirenda     Conseil AfriNIC
>>> > - - Pierre Dandjinou    Conseil AfriNIC des aînés
>>> > - - Boubakar Barry      Communauté Internet Africaine
>>> > - - Paul Rendek                 Autres RIR
>>> >
>>> > Le comité d'entrevue sera d'évaluer et de classer les cinq meilleurs
>>> > candidats sur la base des interviews en ligne, et de désigner les
>>> > trois meilleurs candidats pour la deuxième phase d'entretiens et de
>>> > l'évaluation à 360 degrés qui sera lors d'une réunion à l'Ile Maurice
>>> > en face-à-face entre le 9 et le 12 mars 2015.
>>> >
>>> > Le Conseil se réunira pour sélectionner le directeur général le 15
>>> > Mars 2015.
>>> >
>>> > Les négociations contractuelles seront entre le 16 et le 21 Mars 2015
>>> >
>>> > Le directeur général sera nommé le 27 Mars 2015.
>>> >
>>> > Les candidats ont été informés des ajustements à la fois en ligne et
>>> > nous mettrons à jour le site Web et d'autres documents dès que possible.
>>> >
>>> > Le Conseil sollicite votre compréhension à cet égard, et vous assurer
>>> > de notre engagement envers le processus.
>>> >
>>> > Cordialement,
>>> >
>>> > Sunday Folayan
>>> > Président du conseil d'AfriNIC
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>>> >
>>> > Dear members,
>>> >
>>> > Please pardon me for the delay in updating you on the recruitment of
>>> > the AFRINIC CEO. I trust you will accept my apology.
>>> >
>>> > The Board was very optimistic with the initial timeline, mindful of
>>> > the difficulties in practice but we did our best to follow it.
>>> > However, circumstances dictate that we adjust it now, and if need be,
>>> > we will adjust again in future.
>>> >
>>> > Though I had planned to notify you frequently, fate played a very
>>> > cruel hand on me, a day before sending my last update to you. My
>>> > Father died. As the first Son, and in line with our custom and
>>> > tradition, I had to arrange his funeral. I relocated to my village,
>>> > where I had very intermittent and unreliable access to the Internet. I
>>> > was cut-off from my colleagues for most of the time.
>>> >
>>> > The Board within that period, continued to work according to our
>>> > agreed plan. The need to adjust the timetable now, stems from the fact
>>> > that the Board saw a lot of sense in the request from the community to
>>> > be involved in the CEO selection process.
>>> >
>>> > The Board and its CEO Selection Committee discussed this extensively
>>> > and agreed on having an Interview Panel that includes search committee
>>> > members, a community representative, a CoE representative and a
>>> > representative of the RIR Community. Composition and getting the
>>> > availability of outside members took some time, regrettably, but so.
>>> >
>>> > The Board is however assured that this action will increase the
>>> > transparency in the process of hiring the new CEO, regardless of the
>>> > time lost in the process, because we already have an Interim CEO
>>> > managing the affairs of the organization, in a proper manner.
>>> >
>>> > All these factors have led the Board to recalibrate the recruitment
>>> > time-line as follows:
>>> >
>>> > interviews for top five candidates will be done between 15th Feb. and
>>> > 28th Feb. 2015.
>>> >
>>> > The Interview Panel consists of:
>>> > - - Sunday Folayan             AFRINIC Board
>>> > - - Badru Ntege                AFRINIC Board
>>> > - - Paulos Nyirenda            AFRINIC Board
>>> > - - Pierre Dandjinou           AFRINIC Council of Elders
>>> > - - Boubakar Barry             African Internet Community
>>> > - - Paul Rendek                Other RIR
>>> >
>>> > The Interview Panel will evaluate and rank the top five candidates
>>> > based on the online interviews, and nominate the top 3 candidates for
>>> > the second phase of interviews and 360 degree evaluation that will be
>>> > at a face-to-face meeting in Mauritius between 9th and 12th March 2015.
>>> >
>>> > The Board will meet to select the CEO on the 15th of March 2015.
>>> >
>>> > Contract negotiations will be between 16th and 21st March 2015
>>> >
>>> > The CEO will be appointed on the 27th of March 2015.
>>> >
>>> > The candidates have been notified of the adjustments to the time-line
>>> > and we will update the website and other documents as soon as possible.
>>> >
>>> > The Board seeks your understanding in this regard, and assure you of
>>> > our commitment to the process.
>>> >
>>> > Yours Sincerely,
>>> >
>>> > Sunday Folayan
>>> > Chair, AFRINIC BOARD
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