[rpd] Accountability assessment - PDP review?

[Dr Paulos Nyirenda]

On 1 Nov 2016 at 8:06, Alan Barrett wrote:

> ...
>
> > Can AFRINIC clarify if this unfortunate arrangement has now improved?
> 
> I don’t know what part of this arrangement you see as “unfortunate”,
> but if it’s simply the absence of a published guideline, then that can
> easily be fixed. 

Indeed this is the unfortunate part, my observation is that there are no set rules or
terms as you have just confirmed, so every case has been treated as new with staff and
co-chairs following no clear published guideline ending in variable results. I could say
that you have been lucky in the cases that you have sited, not everyone has been so
lucky, including your cited cases.

Publishing such terms and / or guidelines will help with accountability.

If the "usual practice" can be based on set published terms then that will improve the
situation for co-chairs and am sure that the PDP co-chair position can become more
attractive to potential applicants.

I do not believe this has to wait for a PDP review.

Regards,

Paulos
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Dr Paulos B Nyirenda
NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD
http://www.registrar.mw


On 1 Nov 2016 at 8:06, Alan Barrett wrote:
 
> > On 1 Nov 2016, at 05:47, Dr Paulos Nyirenda <paulos at sdnp.org.mw> wrote:
> > For example, when I was a Co-chair, there was not set rule on how or whether the
> > co-chair is funded by AFRINIC to attend the Policy Meeting or any other AFRINIC meeting.
> > The co-chairs have to make a request on a case by case basis, even then, there is no
> > rule on how the co-chair makes the request, to whom and for what they qualify.
> 
> It’s true that there is no written policy, but the usual practice is
> that AFRINIC funds the PDWG co-chairs’ travel to AFRINIC meetings. 
> The same applies to NRO NC/ASO AC representatives, and Board members. 
> To the best of my knowledge and belief, this has been the practice for
> as long as AFRINIC has been operating.  In my personal ?xperience, as
> a Board member from 2004 to 2009, and as an NRO NC/ASO AC
> representative fron 2004 to 201?, AFRINIC always paid my travel
> expenses. 
> 
> I know of only one instance where funding of travel for PDWG co-chairs
> was an issue.  In that one instance, at Abidjan in 2013, a PDWG
> co-chair wanted to travel from some place other than their usual
> country of residence, and AFRINIC asked them to pay the difference in
> airfare, but they were not willing or able to do so, with the result
> that they did not travel.  (I know about it because I asked AFRINIC
> staff at the time.) 
> 
> > It seems very weird that the co-chair has to apply for a fellowship.
> > 
> > I am aware that this issue persisted to co-chairs that succeeded me and my co-chair
> > colleagues.
> > 
> > Can AFRINIC clarify if this unfortunate arrangement has now improved?
> 
> I don’t know what part of this arrangement you see as “unfortunate”,
> but if it’s simply the absence of a published guideline, then that can
> easily be fixed. 
> 
> Alan Barrett
> 
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