<div dir="auto"><div>Going by the concerns that DRAKE shared it is apparent that the organizational and board structure of KENIC needs to be urgently reviewed. Perhaps other stakeholders need to be brought on board as well including online publishers, developers and possibly users as well. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 4 Oct 2018, 08:18 Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">The debate on revitalising KENIC will seek to tackle the following :</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1. Governance Issues</div><div dir="auto">2. Public /Stakeholder Engagements</div><div dir="auto">3. Operational Issues</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Today Day1, we will seek to address the Governance issues.</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">There is no restriction to debate the other two issues, or any other issue you feel is important, although we will strive to answer the other two issues tomorrow. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">How is the board currently constituted?</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">KENIC was licensed by CA in 2015 to manage the .ke namespace following gazzettement of new Information and Communication Regulations. Currently. The KENIC board comprises members from Kenya Education Network (KENET), Domain Registrars Association of Kenya (DRAKE), ICT Authority (ICTA), and Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK). There are associate directors comprising the immediate past Chairman of the board, and some three other organisations (Google, KO Associates, and ICEA Lion). More clarification on the current board is needed since their website is blank on this. The KENIC page on the board was last updated in 2014 <a href="http://kenic.or.ke/index.php/en/home/kenic-board-management" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://kenic.or.ke/index.php/en/home/kenic-board-management</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Questions that come to mind at this point are</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">a) Is a review of the governance structure at KENIC due? How would that structure look like?</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">b) Which Organisations should nominate Directors? Which stakeholder groups should be involved?<br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div dir="auto">c) What are the term limits for Directors?</div><div dir="auto">d) How should the Chairperson of the board be selected? </div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Additional questions are welcomed, as we get suggestions from the wider community on the best way to manage our .ke registry.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Take it away.</div></div></div>
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