[rpd] Board Composition

[ALAIN AINA]

Dewole,

> On May 6, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Dewole Ajao [Bandwidth Consortium] <dewole at forum.org.ng> wrote:
> 
> I noticed the concluding part of the quote from the soft-landing policy at http://www.afrinic.net/library/policies/697-ipv4-soft-landing-policy <http://www.afrinic.net/library/policies/697-ipv4-soft-landing-policy> reads "...in a manner that is in the best interest of the community." 
> When AfriNIC can no longer meet any more requests for address space from the last /8 pool because the pool is either empty or has no more contiguous blocks, the board will based on the demand and other factors at the time exercise the prerogative to replenish the         exhaustion pool from the reserve pool in a manner that is in the best interest of the community.
> 
> Given the amount of time we have spent on ambiguous wording in recent times, we should update policies to be less contentious (whenever we discover them). It is either we are saying the board shall use its prerogative to replenish (and end the statement there) OR we say the community shall use a process XYZ to determine the manner in which the exhaustion pool shall be replenished in the best interest of the community.
> Some more digging reveals that policy update under discussion at http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/1625-soft-landing-bis-draft-02 <http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/1625-soft-landing-bis-draft-02>- is more explicit about community consultation:
> When AFRINIC, can no longer meet any more requests for address space (from the Final /8 or from any other available address space), AFRINIC in consultation with the community via the Policy Discussion Mailing list and considering the demand and other factors at the time replenish the exhaustion pool with whatever address space (or part thereof) that may be available to AFRINIC at the time, in a manner that is in the best interest of the community.
> 
> Would be nice if we can tidy this up in Gaborone.


Good Catch. The discussions around this policy proposal focussed on IPV4 block size allocations, IPv6 clause and category of reserves, etc. The policy proposal also deals with this point.

The FAQ  ( http://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/1627-softlanding-bis-policy-faq-v2 <http://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/1627-softlanding-bis-policy-faq-v2>) presents the differences and the major changes between the policy and the policy proposal.

Regards,

—Alain



> 
> Dewole.
> 
> On 5/5/2016 8:55 PM, sm+afrinic at elandsys.com <mailto:sm+afrinic at elandsys.com> wrote:
>> Hi Viv, 
>> At 12:17 05-05-2016, Viv Padayatchy wrote: 
>>> If we look at board governance, there are three main areas where a board member can impact afrinic's business: 
>>> 
>>> 1. Policy Development 
>>>         The board has little influence here. It cannot alter a policy but it can refuse to ratify it and send the policy back to the RPD. One might say that the board could use this power as a delaying tactic. However, it will expose itself to tremendous criticism if it refuses to ratify a policy, which has gone through the proper policy development process, without good reasons. To me, this is a natural check against possible attempt by the board to derail the policy development process. 
>>> 
>>> 2. Resource Allocation 
>>>         Here again, resource allocation is performed by the executive, and not the board, according to predefined sets of policies. It is true that the board could have the last word on matters of resource allocation where the request is unusual and the policies are not clear cut enough for the executive to make a decision. This is possibly an area that needs to be looked at. 
>> 
>> This community agreed to the following several years ago: 
>> 
>>   "When AfriNIC, can no longer meet any more requests for address space 
>>   (from the Final /8 or from any other available address space), the 
>>    Board may at its discretion and considering the demand and other 
>>    factors at the time replenish the exhaustion pool with whatever 
>>    address space (or part thereof) that may be available to AfriNIC at 
>>    the time, in a manner that is in the best interest of the community." 
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> S. Moonesamy 
>> 
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