[Community-Discuss] Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat for NRO NC and PDWG elections

2019-06-05 Thread AFRINIC Communication
[Version en français au bas] Dear colleagues, On behalf of the NomCom2019, AFRINIC is pleased to announce the following final candidate slate for the open seat on the Number Resource Organisation Number Council and Policy Development Working Group elections: Number Resource Organisation Numb

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

2019-06-05 Thread Alan Levin
Benjamin, When any board needs to formalise exactly how a CEO is to share a specific public document, that is micromanagement! I would go so far as to say it's so bad because: - when a CEO needs to formalise exactly how a Marketing Director is to share a specific public document, that is microman

[Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-05 Thread John Walu
I believe the deeper question is WHY is there an increasingly smaller candidate slate of those volunteering to serve on Afrinic board, year in year out. Two possible answers: A) Good candidates are avoiding the perceived 'challenging' board /management /community relationships that continue to per

Re: [Community-Discuss] Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-05 Thread Owen DeLong
Noah, The key issue that you are either missing or choosing to ignore is that there is a seat where nomcom slated only one candidate. The combination of board action to remove none of the above from slate and this singable candidate slate by nomcom creates a situation where members can either

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

2019-06-05 Thread Mc Tim
Benjamin, Complaining that a CEO publicized an already public document is, prima facie "micromanangement". As SS said, if you can't see that, then we can't help. Best Regards, McTim On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 6:56 AM Benjamin Ledoh wrote: > Hi Sander, > > It seems to me that you have not got my

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-05 Thread Frank Habicht
Hi Walu and all, The NomCom report shared with the invitation includes _some_ info. - It received 11 nominations. - one was withdrawn - 8 are remaining that means to me that 2 were "filtered". I requested them to disclose how many nominations *for each seat* were received. When this gets answere

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-05 Thread John Walu
Frank Habicht wrote: >>>The NomCom report shared with the invitation includes _some_ info. ..cant parse. Where is this report? What does it mean shared 'with the invitation'? Either way 11 applicants for 5 continent-wide seats may mean we are not making Afrinic board seats attractive. It would

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-05 Thread Mike Silber
Walu > On 5 Jun 2019, at 17:23, John Walu wrote: > > Frank Habicht mailto:ge...@geier.ne.tz>> wrote: > >>>The NomCom report shared with the invitation includes _some_ info. > > ..cant parse. Where is this report? What does it mean shared 'with the > invitation'? > > Either way 11 applicants f

Re: [Community-Discuss] Reform Nomcomm - was Announcement for Final Candidate Slate for Open Seat on AFRINIC Governance Committee

2019-06-05 Thread Mark Elkins
I've been involved with NomCom for a goodly number of years. The "Black Box" approach worked for me when I was involved. I think in all that time, only two nominations were dismissed. One because the person had no desire to stand - they were nominated kinda out of the blue. The other was similar

[Community-Discuss] Information about the nominations for the Board elections

2019-06-05 Thread Iyedi Goma
Dear community, Veuillez trouvez la version française ci dessous. On behalf of the nomination committee, I would like to provide some information about the nominations for the Board Elections. The nomination committee processed 11 nominations as follows: Northern Africa 3 Western Africa 2 S

Re: [Community-Discuss] Information about the nominations for the Board elections

2019-06-05 Thread John Walu
Thnx for the info. Quite insightful. rgds. walu. On Wed, 5 Jun 2019, 21:22 Iyedi Goma, wrote: > > > Dear community, > > Veuillez trouvez la version française ci dessous. > > On behalf of the nomination committee, I would like to provide some > information about the nominations for the Board El

Re: [Community-Discuss] Information about the nominations for the Board elections

2019-06-05 Thread Noah
Hi Nomcom Chair Thank you so much Goma for the information and clarification. Very insightful indeed. Noah On Wed, 5 Jun 2019, 21:23 Iyedi Goma, wrote: > > > Dear community, > > Veuillez trouvez la version française ci dessous. > > On behalf of the nomination committee, I would like to provide

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

2019-06-05 Thread Sander Steffann
Hi, Call to the chairs: can you please stop people on this list from making ad hominem attacks against me? I've been called Satan before, now I'm called evil. Despite the entertainment value this is getting a bit annoying... Cheers, Sander ___ Com

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

2019-06-05 Thread Sander Steffann
> Please take your time to read and don't let your emotion (as usual) takes > over your common sense. No worries Benjamin, at the moment my only emotion is laughter :) signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP ___ Community-Discuss maili

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

2019-06-05 Thread Benjamin Ledoh
Hi Sander, I have not said that you are evil. I said "This divisive tactic is evil ". . When I said "when you are defending evil, you will end up being evil". I mean defending what is wrong.* So no "hominem attacks".* Please take your time to read and don't let your emotion (as usual) takes over

Re: [Community-Discuss] Gratitude

2019-06-05 Thread Benjamin Ledoh
Hi Alan and Mc Tim, Sander, consciously or unconsciously, made fallacious statements in his endeavor to praise the outgoing CEO and his supporter, and disgrace those who want to stick to principles and procedures. This divisive tactic is evil and especially when it is coming from someone like Sand

[Community-Discuss] Complain to NoMCOM

2019-06-05 Thread ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE
Dear all I one of the those who have spent a considerable amount of time in preparing my application for the position of the AFRINIC policy chair, unfortunately, I didn’t get listed. Am sending this email just to clarify and correct the situation as I believe NOMCOM is out to a good job I checke