[rpd] RE : Larus foundation and Afrinic PDP

[Eva Nadege N'Cho]

Salut à tous,
Après lecture des termes et conditions du programme de bourse Larus, je reste perplexe quant à l’impartialité de certains critères notamment ceux mentionnés à la « Page 5 ».

Je ne voudrais pas m’étaler sur ce point mais je pense que le fait d’avoir d’autres programmes de bourses pour participer aux réunions de l’AFRINIC est louable mais si cela crée des suspicions dans la communauté alors je trouve que la proposition de @Jordi est judicieuse. 

Les bourses offertes par AFRINIC , LARUS ou toute autre organisme sont pour la communauté alors je ne vois pas le mal à créer un cadre de concertation sur les clauses des programmes de bourses.
Je crois qu’au final c’est toujours la communauté qui en sortira gagnante.

Merci 

Eva Yedidja

De : Arnaud AMELINA
Envoyé le :dimanche 12 janvier 2020 12:25
À : rpd >> AfriNIC Resource Policy
Objet :[rpd] Larus foundation and Afrinic PDP

Dear community,

You may remember the  recent discussions about Larus  Foundation fellowship in respect to  educational documents provided to fellows as meeting background material(*) and which  intended to condition their views on proposals and their contributions at the PPM and after..

 https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2019/009734.html

I came across the actual agreement  which defines the terms and conditions under which  the fellowship program work.

The agreement signed by each fellow stipulated the followings:

Page 1
Larus Foundation  obligations to offer the fellowship program and payments are subject to terms and conditions and  *fellow performance*

Page 2
Fellow is expected to meaningfully participate in the meeting, not just sit in the meeting room. This can include voicing opinions, responding to comments, participate in Hallway conversations.....


Page 5
Upon fellow completion of the fellowship program at Larus  foundation satisfaction... Larus will offer stipends... the final decision for the disbursement of the stipends is subject to Larus’s sole discretion...

Value of the stipend: There are two parts that form the total value of the stipend as the followings:
First part(advanced payment): in the form of airfare, hotel, other transportation costs for the meeting paid up front  by Larus.

The second part: the remainder will be paid after the meeting... the value is in the range of 0 to 500$. Stipend payment is contingent to fellow attendance and participation and conformance to the fellowship terms and conditions  herein....

Larus judgment on fellow participation will be final and binding to the parties

At Larus sole discretion, in the event that fellow fails to actively participate in fellowship program and in the meeting or violate this terms and conditions, the stipend will not be offered.  In addition, Larus is entitled to seek indemnify for all costs pay up front  by Larus and any cost associated to the collection of such compensation, including but not limited to court  costs, collection costs and attorney.
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The following questions come to mind:

1-  From the educational material given to fellows which is purely based  on Larus views on each proposals, positions to defend, what are the objectives set  for each policy meeting and how are the objectives aligned with the general community interest?

2- Would Larus assume under these terms and conditions that opinions expressed  by fellows during policy meetings are Larus opinions  and do not represent fellow individual opinions? 

3- how is fellow performance measured as it is at Larus sole discretion? What are the metrics and values used to determine the performance level?

4-how is the reward (0 to 500$) applied  based on the fellow performance?

Regards 
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