Dear Colleagues, I am please to announce that AFRINIC's new Bylaws have been adopted by the Board and the new document is now available for consultation and download at http://www.afrinic.net/multimedia/download/bylaws_2013.pdf.
This is the third version of the Bylaws that govern AFRINIC as an organisation. This new document provides some critical changes to the way the organisation works and operates. The new Bylaws are the outcome of a natural evolution of both our community and organisation. It is imperative to note that the changes experienced in our region as well as by our community necessitated the changes to the Bylaws last adopted in 2007 (please see http://www.afrinic.net/en/about-us/bylaws/110-afrinic-bylaw for the 2007 version of the Bylaws). Some of the key changes in these new Bylaws include: o The restructuring of membership. We now have three categories of membership namely Resource Members, Registered Members and Associate Members. o The introduction of a formal Annual General Members' Meeting. o The formal provision for electronic voting. o The Introduction of a Nomination Committee with an extended scope of roles and responsibilities. o The reduction of the size of the Board from 13 to 9 o The creation of a Council of Elders. After going through a process that involved two phases of community input and review, the AFRINIC Board approved the final text on 8 January 2013. As per Resolution 201211.160, the new Bylaws come into effect on 1 January 2013 although the Board approved a gradual implementation of some aspects of Section 13, specifically Section 13.4 which defines the structure of the Board. In essence, Alternate Board Members will leave the Board gradually as their term expires as from 2013. It will hence take up to 2015 to have a Board that fully corresponds to the spirit of Section 13.4. We would like to thank the community for their contributions to this seminal document which marks a turning point in the life and operations of AFRINIC. ________________________________________ Adiel A. Akplogan Chief Executive Officer, AFRINIC t: +230 403-5101 | f: +230 466-6758 tt: @adielakplogan | wwww.afrinic.net _______________________________________________ announce mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/announce
