Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-28 Thread Dewole Ajao
Is hard-wiring the numbers really a good idea as opposed to a percentage (of something or the other)? Just thinking of a way to fix the quorum even if active membership were to double in a year or two. Dewole. On 28/09/2016 07:58, Alan Barrett wrote: On 26 Sep 2016, at 22:00, Alan Barrett

Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum

2016-09-28 Thread Dewole Ajao
and a number of onsite votes were probably proxies (although that would count towards a quorum) -Original Message- From: Dewole Ajao [mailto:dew...@tinitop.com] Sent: 28 September 2016 09:56 AM To: General Discussions of AFRINIC Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment

Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] Accountability assessment - PDP review?

2016-10-26 Thread Dewole Ajao
RINIC community at heart, we should seek to unite rather than divide. Operating in this manner, we would find that #3 and #4 as listed in the preceding emails are actually non-issues. Regards, Dewole Ajao. PDWG co-Chair On 25/10/2016 09:05, Omo Oaiya wrote: Dear Community, I am not sugge

[Community-Discuss] Regular updates on Number Resource Applications and Approvals

2016-11-07 Thread Dewole Ajao
olicy, right? Regards, Dewole Ajao. (in my capacity as a community member) ___ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

Re: [Community-Discuss] Regular updates on Number Resource Applications and Approvals

2016-11-07 Thread Dewole Ajao
ot give out the names of the organisations receiving the address space or the actual ranges themselves though. On 07/11/2016 16:29, Dewole Ajao wrote: Dear Community, I was wondering if anyone else thinks it would be useful to see weekly/daily details (in human readable format) of new applications an

Re: [Community-Discuss] Regular updates on Number Resource Applications and Approvals

2016-11-07 Thread Dewole Ajao
ocess legit requests. Dewole. On 07/11/2016 16:09, Mark Elkins wrote: On 07/11/2016 16:53, Dewole Ajao wrote: Once a week is good. ARIN has a daily issued feed but that's a bit different from what I'm suggesting. I agree the actual allocated/assigned ranges need not be disclose

Re: [Community-Discuss] Regular updates on Number Resource Applications and Approvals

2016-11-11 Thread Dewole Ajao
one would not support AfriNIC directly exposing the names of clients being allocated space, as I believe that it violates aspects of the MSA and violates the principles of trust. Andrew *From:*Dewole Ajao [mailto:dew...@tinitop.com] *Sent:* 07 November 2016 18:15 *To:* m...@posix.co.za;

Re: [Community-Discuss] Issue of AfriNIC illegality

2016-11-11 Thread Dewole Ajao
Hi Marcus, I'm not holding brief for the Chairman and/or CEO but since you have sent this to the community, I'm hoping I'm not the only whose curiosity has been stimulated to peak levels. Please share references to this "illegality" you speak of so we are better informed. Regards, Dewole.

Re: [Community-Discuss] Limit on the number of proxies

2016-11-14 Thread Dewole Ajao
Perhaps we could ask from the members what the concerns are with electronic voting that make them prefer proxies. These should be addressed (where possible) to make e-voting more attractive to them. While last-minute deciders may desire to keep e-voting open for a while longer than onsite pape

Re: [Community-Discuss] Update to Resources review policy proposal

2016-11-15 Thread Dewole Ajao
Thanks for working to apply the community's input to your proposal, Arnaud. To test the proposed re-wording, consider the following sequence of events: Member XYZ initiates self-requested review; Review is completed by AFRINIC in X weeks; After review, Member XYZ applies for "large chunk" of num

Re: [Community-Discuss] Update to Resources review policy proposal

2016-11-15 Thread Dewole Ajao
Thanks for working to apply the community's input to your proposal, Arnaud. To test the proposed re-wording, consider the following sequence of events: Member XYZ initiates self-requested review; Review is completed by AFRINIC in X weeks; After review, Member XYZ applies for "large chunk" of num

Re: [Community-Discuss] Update to Resources review policy proposal

2016-11-16 Thread Dewole Ajao
lear enough or shall we make it explicit ? Kind Regards. */Serge Ilunga/* */Cell: +243814443160/* */Skype: sergekbk/* */R.D.Congo/* ---- Original message From: Dewole Ajao Date: 11/15/2016 11:38 (GMT+01:00) To: Arnaud AMELINA , "rpd >> AfriNIC Resource Policy" , General D

Re: [Community-Discuss] Soft Landing Policy - Call for Sanity

2016-11-29 Thread Dewole Ajao
Here's a resource you might find useful: https://goo.gl/FDLmZF Dewole. On 30/11/2016 00:39, Mathew Chigwende wrote: Dear AFRIC faithful, As the morning dawns and the Afrinic community is going to vote on the policies, I hope sanity will prevail and everyone stays as far away from the origin

Re: [Community-Discuss] Soft Landing Policy - Call for Sanity

2016-11-29 Thread Dewole Ajao
k the community should commend them for being mature and moving to work together. Please join the RPD mailing list to follow and contribute to policy discussions better. https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd (r...@afrinic.net) Regards, Dewole. On 30/11/2016 06:53, Dewole Ajao wrote: Her

Re: [Community-Discuss] "Fighting Internet Shutdown" - Any Role for AFRINIC?

2017-04-14 Thread Dewole Ajao
Give this Borg a pint on me! The AFRINIC board (whose members are domiciled in different parts of the continent) is already strategically positioned to drive some of the hand-holding and lobbying that is needed. Can we update the Terms of Reference for board members to reflect same and measur

Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] Removal of a director

2017-12-19 Thread Dewole Ajao
Hi Badru Ntege, Your submission in the email below (regarded as disrespectful disagreement) are against the spirit of our discussions here and within the AFRINIC community as a whole. As a reminder, the code of conduct can be viewed at [ https://www.afrinic.net/community/code-of-conduct | ht

Re: [Community-Discuss] [pdwg] RPD post roles

2018-05-09 Thread Dewole Ajao
Thanks for your email, Kangamutima. As I assured you during our discussion which I assumed was very cordial on Monday, your posts were to have been unmoderated and moderation removed from your email address in line with the expired time (which I admit you had to remind us of). There was a tech

Re: [Community-Discuss] Internet shutdown in Africa

2019-04-30 Thread Dewole Ajao
Realistically, the only effective thing we can (attempt to) do is seek out the policy makers, educate them about how an uninterrupted Internet is really important to us, listen to their concerns, and help them formulate policies that address their concerns without shutting down the Internet.

Re: [Community-Discuss] Internet shutdown in Africa

2019-04-30 Thread Dewole Ajao
cking stuff. Regards, Dewole. On 4/30/2019 7:49 PM, Ish Sookun wrote: Hi Dewole, On 4/30/19 8:22 PM, Dewole Ajao wrote: Realistically, the only effective thing we can (attempt to) do is seek out the policy makers, educate them about how an uninterrupted Internet is really important to us, list

Re: [Community-Discuss] Internet shutdown in Africa

2019-04-30 Thread Dewole Ajao
initiative such as Benin IGF (if it exists in a multi- stakeholder fashion) would be a good platform for engaging with and educating the policy makers. Dewole. On 4/30/2019 9:01 PM, Ish Sookun wrote: Hi Dewole, On 4/30/19 11:25 PM, Dewole Ajao wrote: I wouldn't say any website should be bl

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

2019-06-16 Thread Dewole Ajao
Since we are on the topic of "reforming" NomCom, I wonder why our bylaws state that candidates for appointment to NomCom shall *not* be domiciled in a region where an open seat is being contested. I think a person resident within a region is more likely to know and have access to suitably quali

Re: [Community-Discuss] FUNDRAISING & DONATIONS - TO KEEP AFRINIC RUNNING

2021-08-17 Thread Dewole Ajao
This is a very good initiative. Can the organizers look at making this more like a crowdsourced loan? Is this something that's allowable? That way, AFRINIC is given interest free loans and then we can figure out how to repay the loans in the future. For example, I could opt to pay my 2022 and 2023

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cloud Innovation Ltd vs AFRINIC (SCR 5C/30/21) Court Update

2022-02-15 Thread Dewole Ajao
Thanks for the update which you seem to be celebrating (if I read you correctly). For those like me who are legalese-challenged, does this mean that Cloud Innovation's resources are now effectively revoked? If I remember correctly, all of this started with a notice that resources were to be revoked

Re: [Community-Discuss] Announcement of Final Candidate Slate for AFRINIC Board Elections

2022-05-11 Thread Dewole Ajao
My name is Dewole Ajao - I currently hold the position of Director at Access and Content Ltd - an ISP and AFRINIC resource member. I served as co-chair of the AFRINIC Policy Development Working Group for a full term of 3 years and I am also the Head of External Relations at the Nigerian Network

Re: [Community-Discuss] Don't sell your Vote!

2022-05-30 Thread Dewole Ajao
Thanks for raising the matter of vote buying/selling, Mr Amin. Clearly, some "network operations" are way more profitable than others. To be clear, I am not in support of monetizing votes. As a resource member, I was also cold-called and I feigned interest (even haggled terms and pricing:-D) in or

Re: [Community-Discuss] Don't sell your Vote!

2022-05-31 Thread Dewole Ajao
grand > fathers and ancestors stood against the ambush that was stripping our > continent of its Rights which in My view is an international security > Concern not just African > > > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 7:55 AM Dewole Ajao wrote: > >> Thanks for raisi

[Community-Discuss] Incorrect Public Listing of Members' Standing

2015-11-24 Thread Dewole Ajao [Bandwidth Consortium]
A few minutes ago, I was looking at http://www.afrinic.net/en/about-us/our-members and was shocked to find so many "reputable" organizations labelled "Not in good standing". After snickering at a lot of the big names, I scrolled down to find that my organization which has *never* fallen behind

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] AFRINIC Update 23rd November 2015

2015-11-24 Thread Dewole Ajao [Bandwidth Consortium]
In the interest of the primary business of developing/managing Africa's Internet Protocol resources and all else outlined at http://www.afrinic.net/en/about-us/origins , may I suggest that all (regardless of whatever privileged information we may possess) of us set aside any previously exhibite

Re: [Community-Discuss] [AFRINIC-Announce] Important Visa Notice for Africa Internet Summit 2016 (AIS'16) Delegates

2016-04-22 Thread Dewole Ajao [Bandwidth Consortium]
:-( That's going to put a damper on AIS participation for those from outside the region (especially when you throw in South African transit visa requirements). Would it be possible for Afrinic and Afnog secretariats to help the folks at BOCRA understand the part they can play to ease the visa

Re: [Community-Discuss] Fwd: [members-discuss] Legal update Aug 25th 2021 - with translation

2021-08-25 Thread Dewole Ajao [Tinitop Technologies]
It’s really good to hear this! “Shame to bad pipu!” as dem dey talk am for our side. 😏 Sent from a mobile device > On Aug 25, 2021, at 19:31, AFRINIC Communication wrote: > >  > Dear Community, > > Please see a message that was shared with members earlier. > > Kind regards, > > AFRINIC Com

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERS’ MEETING (AGMM)

2022-05-31 Thread Dewole Ajao [Tinitop Technologies]
Also, the quoted article 12.24 is a provision to prevent confusion about the representation of corporations by natural persons. AFRINIC members have staff with technical functions, staff with general administrative/finance functions, and possibly staff with legal functions. Which of them shoul

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERS’ MEETING (AGMM)

2022-06-01 Thread Dewole Ajao [Tinitop Technologies]
Hi Comms, I asked a simple question yesterday on the members’ list: What problem are you trying to solve by limiting full participation of member organizations to a single person? There might be a better solution to the problem you foresee. It’s disheartening that everything has to be so conten

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Call for Nominations for open AFRINIC Board of Directors Seat

2022-04-04 Thread Dewole Ajao via Community-Discuss
ed on - 02 April 2022", and explanation is in order from the Comms team or whomever it was that updated the content? Thank you NOMCOM, Board, and Comms as you respond to my requests for clarification above and below, please. Many thanks, Dewole. - Original Message ----- From: Dewole

Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Call for Nominations for open AFRINIC Board of Directors Seat

2022-04-05 Thread Dewole Ajao via Community-Discuss
on the website. Regards, Ashil Oogarah Communications Team Lead > On 4 Apr 2022, at 16:16, Dewole Ajao via Community-Discuss > wrote: > > I’ve taken this to the community-discuss list because apparently I can’t > email the Board email address unless a moderator approves of it

[Community-Discuss] Anomalies in AFRINIC 2022 Election Process

2022-05-11 Thread Dewole Ajao via Community-Discuss
/community-discuss/2022-May/005197.html [ https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2022-May/005198.html | https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2022-May/005198.html ] Thank you for your kind cooperation. Regards, Dewole Ajao

Re: [Community-Discuss] Anomalies in AFRINIC 2022 Election Process

2022-05-11 Thread Dewole Ajao via Community-Discuss
larify, Mr Chair: Are you saying there is no problem or are you saying it is not your problem to fix? Regards, Dewole Ajao. - Original Message - From: "chair" To: "dewole" Cc: "AfriNIC Discuss" Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 7:59:47 PM Subject: Re