Dear All, On the basis of my association and experience during the last few
years, I appreciate and respect the processes and bottom up approach being
followed at APNIC and have been strongly advocating the same at various forums.
In the same spirit, I am confident that the call made for election reforms, at
the recently held meet at KL, would also be looked into with a positive and all
inclusive manner. Before any reforms are undertaken, one needs to understand the
past scenario and the composition of EC (given below) which can be a good
starting point:
The table is obvious on many unspoken but visibly glaring aspects
which, coupled with certain important excerpts of the by-laws reproduced
below, will help in understanding the areas of concern as well as the way
forward for the esteemed APNIC-TALK group: The
Executive Council: · .....the
Executive Council shall be composed of seven members elected at AGMs in
accordance with the provisions of by-laws. · Executive
Council members shall serve on the Executive Council in their personal capacity
and shall act in the best interests of the APNIC membership and not the Member
organisation to which that individual belongs. Only one individual per Member
organisation may be elected to sit on the Executive Council. Quorum · A
meeting of the Executive Council is duly constituted for all purposes if at the
commencement of the meeting there are present in person not less than one
half of the total number of Council members or their duly authorised
representatives. EC
Confidentiality · All
business undertaken by the EC is confidential to the EC. · All
EC members are requested to execute a formal non-disclosure undertaking with
APNIC · EC
members should respect this confidentiality by:
– not recording EC meetings
– not inviting other members to participate in, or
listen into EC meetings without the prior permission
of the Chair of the EC
– not circulating EC mail messages to any third party
without the express permission of the Chair
of the EC–not divulging any membership information of which they are
aware as an EC member. Regards and best wishes, Naresh Ajwani
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