Re: Proposal of the new .mu framework - legal entity

From: Ajay R Ramjatan <ajay.ramjatan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 23:43:52 +0400

Which person/s at the .mu registrar and reseller are not eligible for
board membership? Those who are on the board of directors? Majority
shareholders?

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 10:04 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> There has been discussions about the legal entity for .mu. Mohammad Nadim
> does not support having "board members to be nominated by ministers / ICT
> ministry - the government should not be involved; else the nominated board
> members shall (most probably) implement the agenda of the government and it
> may not be in the common interest or in favour of the general internet
> users". Ish Sookun and Loganaden Velvindron do not support having a
> government-managed entity. Benoit Gentil supports having a legal entity
> where "Citizens of Mauritius should be allowed to become a member of the
> organisation and have a voting right to elect the board members". Chittra
> supports the current proposed model in which two members of the .mu Council
> are designated by the government.
>
> I would like to suggest the following:
>
> (a) There will be fair treatment to everyone in Mauritius
>
> (b) The legal entity will be member-driven.
>
> Item (a) can be done by avoiding that groups are given special status,
> e.g. the government has the same status as everyone else. Item (b) is
> about having the members decide on how the legal entity should achieve its
> objectives. The following rules could be set to ensure that the Board is
> neutral:
>
> (i) Any two members of the Board cannot have the same affiliation.
>
> (ii) .mu registrars and .mu resellers are not eligible for board
> membership
>
> In order to ensure the interests of the local internet community, the
> legal entity will work in a transparent manner.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
>
Received on Sat Mar 28 2015 - 19:44:29 PST