NiRA AGM and Election holds in April 2017.

The manager of .ng domain name, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has announced that it will hold its 9th Annual General Meeting on Friday, 28th April 2017.

The AGM which will hold at NiRA’s Office Complex, 8, Funsho Williams Avenue, Iponri, Surulere, Lagos at 11.00am would receive the Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 together with the report of the Auditor.

NiRa in a statement listed the agenda for the AGM to include to receive and approve the Business Plan and Budget for the financial year ending December 31, 2017, elect some Members of the Executive Board of Directors, elect some Trustees of the Association and consider such other business as any Member properly brings before the meeting.

Financial member may nominate another financial member for election to any of the vacant elected positions by completing the nomination form on NiRA website 21 days before the AGM. Members cannot propose their own nomination.

The nomination form can be accessed via the link below:
 www.nira.org.ng/agm

Nominations will close by 5.00pm on March 30, 2017 and shall not be permitted from the floor of the AGM.

Meanwhile, to be valid, the instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing and signed by the appointing member and must clearly state the scope of the voting power transferred to the Proxy. The signed instrument must reach the Secretariat not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting.

More details can be accessed on their website.

Krista Papac Named as ICANN Complaints Officer

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that Krista Papac, Director of Registry Services and Engagement for ICANN's Global Domains Division, has been named as ICANN's Complaints Officer.

"The Complaints Officer is an important new function within ICANN to help improve the ICANN organization," said CEO Göran Marby. "Krista is a long-time contributor to the ICANN organization and multistakeholder community. She is widely respected by her colleagues across the organization and has built extensive relationships with members of the community. I could not be happier with a candidate to fill this important role."

The Complaints Office will provide a centralized mechanism to track complaints received about the ICANN organization and is an additional way for the ICANN organization to be accountable for and transparent about its performance. The Complaints Officer will work with ICANN's various internal complaints processes to assist improvements and collect data about complaints received across the organization. The Complaints Officer will help ensure that any complaints about systemic issues or concerns about the organization are heard, reviewed, analyzed and resolved as openly as appropriate.

ICANN receives complaints through the Ombudsman, Reconsideration Requests and Independent Review Process filings and through various ICANN functions such as Contractual Compliance. All of these mechanisms and functions will remain the same and are not affected by this additional accountability process.

"I am honored to take on this new role for ICANN," said Krista. "My goal is to help build this new avenue for the community to have their voices heard. As the Complaints Officer, I can help give the organization better visibility into any possible systemic issues that may exist now or in the future, so we can proactively consider improvements."

The Complaints Officer will report directly to John Jeffrey, ICANN's General Counsel and Secretary. Krista will be transitioning away from her Global Domains Division role in the coming weeks, and will begin to build out the Complaints office.

Krista Papac is a seasoned executive with over 15 years of experience in the domain name industry holding a variety of roles including executive leadership and management, strategic planning, business process development, and business development. Krista joined ICANN in May 2013 as the Director of Registry Services & Engagement. During this time, she built a global team of relationship and service development experts by putting people, process and infrastructure in place to support the growth of the gTLD marketplace.

Source: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-10-en

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