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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>+1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> africann-bounces@afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net] <b>De la part de</b> Pierre Lotis NANKEP<br><b>Envoyé :</b> samedi 11 août 2012 22:29<br><b>À :</b> africann@afrinic.net<br><b>Cc :</b> isoc@orion.my.co.ke; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Objet :</b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Strange letter to ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>Dear Mr Brian<br><br>Do you really think that the community needs that? By making that some people hate others?<br><br>You'd better make an appointment with Ms Bekele in a television talk show. Or write also to ICANN to express your own opinion or your own position. Africa does not need this kind of debate you want to create. We are tired. We have other higher priority issues to be addressed.<br>A leader or someone who considers himself as leader should address some issues like the one you want to raise with wisdom and method.<br><br>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>--<br>Pierre Lotis NANKEP<br>IT Engineer / ANTIC<br>Web : http://www.antic.cm<br>Email (Pro) : pierre.nankep@antic.cm<br>GSM : +237 77 66 10 07<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com><br><b>À :</b> africann@afrinic.net; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>; isoc@orion.my.co.ke <br><b>Envoyé le :</b> Samedi 11 août 2012 21h28<br><b>Objet :</b> [AfrICANN-discuss] Strange letter to ICANN</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=yiv763641766><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I recently came across this letter written by Ms. Sophia Bekele to ICANN regarding the recently vacated position held by Anne-Rachel Inne at ICANN. <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/bekele-to-atallah-07aug12-en" target="_blank">Letter from Sophia Bekele to Akram Atallah</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>While everyone is entitled to have their own opinion I find it extremely distasteful that Ms. Bekele would go as far as to allege that AFRICANN and for that matter AFTLD, AFRINIC, AFNOG, AFRISPA, AFRALO are made up of people who have sinister agendas.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I take it as a personal affront that such an aspersion would be cast on myself as I not only consider myself an interested party in AFRICANN but I have also been involved in the founding and establishment of some of the above organizations and believe them and the individuals associated with them to be above reproach.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I continue to find DCA's sustained divisive and millitant attitude quite troubling,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>What do other community members think?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Brian<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>