[rpd] Re: [members-discuss] Board Chair and Vice Chair

[serge ilunga]

Hello Chair,

Thanks to take into account the issues raised and commit to work to get
them fixed.

In fact, our community has celebrated 10 years and we need to focus on what
should be done in order to capitalize what has been done so far to move
forward.

Beside, in the IANA transition the RIRs call for more community involvement
in place of stewardship

There will be issues to be solved and I think that the survival of our
community will depend on how this is handled.

Therefore leadership has to play a critical role in this as we need to
inspire future generations  in a way to deal with issues and keep the
values our community has been built on.

Kind Regards.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 5:29 PM, jnoulaye at yahoo.fr <jnoulaye at yahoo.fr>
wrote:

> @Mark: What is the purpose to focus now this discussion on the NomCom?
> I hope that you found the answers provided by Boubakar sufficient,
> +1 at Boubakar for his reply.  But the debate was on the elected Chair and
> Vice Chair. +1 at Sunday, who summarized the differents inputs of Serge in 4
> points and requested him to confirm.
>
> @Serge: Note that no bylaw is initialy ideal, and some organizations
> always set the duration for the implementation of their bylaws (5 years or
> 10 years ) before making any review or change.
>
> @Community: So I call upon the community to join the Board to help him
> rebuild the trust, as we can read through the Chair's Mail. And our
> community will continue moving forward in success and "en avant".
>
> Warm regards,
> /Janvier ngnoulaye
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *De :* Sunday Folayan <sunday.folayan at afrinic.net>
> *À :* serge ilunga <sergekbk at gmail.com>
> *Cc :* "members-discuss at afrinic.net" <members-discuss at afrinic.net>
> *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 26 juillet 2015 2h58
> *Objet :* Re: [rpd] Re: [members-discuss] Board Chair and Vice Chair
>
> Dear Members,
>
> First, a note of appreciation to all for the felicitations and sympathies.
> I must also thank my colleagues on the Board, for the trust and confidence.
> En Avant!!
>
> Thank you all.
>
> Dear Serge,
>
> I have personally taken note of the inherent conflicts that you
> highlighted in your note and it will guide my activities as the Chair of
> the Board.
>
> I do not need to rehash the fact that the community through the NOMCOM
> seeks out matured and responsible members to serve on the board, nor the
> existing safeguards in the by-laws.
>
> Please correct me if I made any wrong assumption with the following
> summary of your suggestion:
> 1) The Chair of the Board should serve for not more than 2 years to avoid
> conflicts.
> 2) In the year a Director is (probably) up for re-election, don't elect
> them Chair or Vice.
> 3)  1 & 2 should be noted and operated by the Board, though it is not in
> the by-laws.
> 4) 1 & 2 should be operated, with immediate effect.
>
> What this Board under my leadership (and Deputy Haitham) needs right now,
> is the support of the community, as we try to rebuild that trust.
>
> It can, and we will try our best.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sunday.
> PS: I removed the Copy to the rpd list. Kindly keep this off rpd.
>
>
>
> On 25/07/2015 23:39, serge ilunga wrote:
>
> Hi ,
>
> We can however, state how things actually work.  It seems that you are
> basing your judgement on how you think they work, not how they actually
> work.
> Is that way consolidating the trust we need in our community?
> After the events we have gone through last days (no need to go back), it's
> our responsability to see how we can ensure that the community keep trust
> in the BOD.
> I don't think it will be wise just to sweep it away.
>
> Kind Regards.
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:15 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Hi,
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 5:58 PM, serge ilunga <sergekbk at gmail.com> <sergekbk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Hello Andrew,
>
>
> We are a community and each one of us can bring his stone to build it.
>
> I humbly think that trust is critical to the survival of AfriNIC and the
> events we have gone through last days has affected this critical pillar.
>
> We don't have so much time to spend going back and forth on this but to
> prevent community members being shouted down or misled, here is a comment :
>
> A new board member can be as good or better chairs depending on their
> involvement in Afrinic so suggesting an issue exists with appointing new
> members as chairman is an attempt to exclude and create class structure
> among board members .
>
> Irrespective of what bylaws  say the board and it's chairs have
> oversight of all committees and all deliberations in practice even if it's
> in a hands off manner.
>
>
>  As a former NomCom Chair, I can tell you that this is not the case.  When
> I sat on the Nominating Committee, the Board had zero input into
> deliberations.  The elections and Nominations processes are reported to the
> Board, but the Board does not provide "oversight".
>
>
>
>
>
>  A sitting chairman with divided attention (board work and his election
> campaign) cannot be better than a chairman focused on only board work.
>
> It is constructive proposal to establish the governance committee and
> these discussions further illustrate the need.
>
> We can't sweep it away.
>
>
>  We can however, state how things actually work.  It seems that you are
> basing your judgement on how you think they work, not how they actually
> work.
>
> --
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
>
>
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