[AFRI-Discuss] REview of the AFRALO Operating Principles

Barrack Otieno otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Mon Jul 21 08:03:04 UTC 2014


Dear All,

I agree with the president and Kivuva, i am sure we will find a
solution during the meeting.

Best Regards

On 7/21/14, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
> I support where Tijani is coming from.
>
> We can all see the problem of each ALS having a vote as opposed to per
> country voting. A single country that has 10 ALS would mean that the other
> countries voice is stifled because they will not have the numbers. All ALS
> in a single country can cast a vote, but all those votes within that
> country should be amalgamated into one single vote so that other regions
> within AFRALO are also heard, and their vote count. This will also prevent
> some individuals from registering ALSes as proxies for the sole purpose of
> influencing decisions in their favor.
>
>
> --
> What is the justification for individual members? Are these members that
> feel they are not adequately represented by existing ALSs?
>
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>
> "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on
> higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
>
>
> On 20 July 2014 15:00, Baudouin Schombe <baudouin.schombe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Fatimata and all,
>>
>> Fatima proposals deserves attention. However, it seems to me that we had
>> at
>> the time to discuss about individual membership. Is it possible that the
>> AFRALO
>> secretariat gives us the results of these exchanges and the culmination
>> of
>> these discussions!
>>
>> Regarding the vote, the proposal of Fatima can be a point of discussion.
>> It
>> is relevant but it will take into account certain parameters including
>> the
>> activities of ALs at local level, the linguistic problem, the
>> multiplicity
>> of
>> the information requested to be answered ...... and also professional
>> problems for some.
>>
>> Regarding the performance, again we must be careful and as Fatima
>> suggests,
>> we must refer to the ALAC indicators but also conduct a systemic
>> investigation
>> to ascertain why this ALs is not performing at AFRALO or ICANN. There may
>> be
>> justifications.
>>
>> That ultimately when there is no compelling reason, then we can decide on
>> the withdrawal of certification and that at the next general meeting.
>>
>> I have a supplementary reading by asking the following question: What are
>> the motivations for active Als?
>>
>>
>> 2014-07-19 20:05 GMT+02:00 Fatimata Seye Sylla <fsylla at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > Hi Tijani,
>> >
>> > Thank you for initiating this important discussion.  I read the
>> > document
>> > and this is what I think :
>> >
>> >
>> > ·       * Individual membership*
>> > I think we can create an AFRALO individual ALS to allow individual
>> members
>> > to join. The question is how.  This ALS should be regional and may be
>> > we
>> > can ask Afrinic to host it.  II am just thinking loud...
>> >
>> > ·        *Vote weighting*
>> > One active ALS, one vote? Of course we will have to define "active"
>> > with
>> > the Metrics of performance
>> >
>> > ·        *Metrics of performance*
>> > ALAC has its metrics of performance and we can go from there and set up
>> > a
>> > small working group to suggest a draft
>> >
>> > ·        *Decertification*
>> > This should derive from the Metrics of performance and may also be a
>> > consequence of  a "faute lourde" to be defined.
>> >
>> > May be we should look at the quorum for meetings too as we are above 30
>> ALS
>> > now. 7 members seem to little to take a decision in a meeting / General
>> > Assembly.  I think we should maintain 1/3 of the total members as a
>> > threshold and not give a fix number as the number of ALS will keep
>> > growing...
>> >
>> > My 2 cents
>> >
>> > Warmest greetings to all of you
>> > Fatimata
>> >
>> >
>> > Le 18 juillet 2014 16:17, Tijani BEN JEMAA
>> > <tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org.tn>
>> a
>> > écrit :
>> >
>> > > Français ci-dessous
>> > >
>> > > ------------------------
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Dear all,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > During the AFRALO General Assembly in London, I raised the issue of
>> > > the
>> > > AFRALO Operating Principles review, and gave some points that need
>> > > reflection:
>> > >
>> > > ·        Individual membership
>> > >
>> > > ·        Vote weighting
>> > >
>> > > ·        Metrics of performance
>> > >
>> > > ·        Decertification
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I'm attaching the current operating principles (French and English).
>> > Please
>> > > take a look and think about the mentioned points so that we can
>> > > discuss
>> > > them
>> > > later since we didn't find time in London.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ------------------------
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Chers tous,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Lors de l'assemblée générale tenue à Londres, j'ai soulevé le point
>> > > de
>> la
>> > > revue de nos principes de fonctionnement, et j'ai proposé quelques
>> > aspects
>> > > de la revue pour réflexion :
>> > >
>> > > ·        Affiliations individuelles
>> > >
>> > > ·        Vote pondéré
>> > >
>> > > ·        Critères de performance
>> > >
>> > > ·        Dé-certification
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > J'ai joins les Principes de fonctionnement actuellement en vigueur
>> > > (Français
>> > > et Arabe). Je vous prie de bien vouloir réfléchir aux points
>> mentionnées
>> > > pour qu'on puisse les discuter ultérieurement vu que nous n'avions
>> > > pas
>> eu
>> > > le
>> > > temps à Londres.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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>> > >
>> > > Tijani BEN JEMAA
>> > >
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