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</style><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">This is a reminder that the Nomination Period in the 2025 Election of AFRINIC’s Board of Directors is currently scheduled to</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><u>close on Monday 26 May 2025 at 23:59 Mauritius (MUT) time</u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.866667px;"><a href="applewebdata://56A836BC-04AF-419D-A789-4429175B59D0#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">[1]</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The 2025 Election presents an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals to contribute their experience, expertise and leadership to help advance AFRINIC’s mission and serve our community. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The available seats on AFRINIC's Board of Directors for the 2025 Election are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seat One: North Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seat Two: West Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seat Three: Indian Ocean</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seat Four: Central Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seat Five: Southern Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seat Six: Eastern Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seat Seven: Region-Independent</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seat Eight: Region-Independent </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Nomination Committee therefore strongly encourages <b><u>as many Nominations as possible</u></b> from a diverse range of people, covering all of the AFRINIC sub-regions and those from across the African Internet community. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For all the essential information about the AFRINIC Election Process, please visit: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://afrinic.net/election-process">https://afrinic.net/election-process</a> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">where you will find: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Call for Candidates; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Election Criteria; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Nomination Form for Nominees; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">4.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Declaration Form for Nominees; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">5.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Election Guidelines; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">6.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Three Official Communiqués (the first about the 2025 Election, the second about voting methods and requirements and the third about frequently asked questions). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In particular, please read the 2025 Election FAQs here: </span><a href="https://afrinic.net/ast/2025/Final_FAQ.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">https://afrinic.net/ast/2025/Final_FAQ.pdf</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Any general queries on the AFRINIC elections may be addressed to </span><a href="mailto:elections2025@afrinic.net"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">elections2025@afrinic.net</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br clear="all"><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><a href="applewebdata://56A836BC-04AF-419D-A789-4429175B59D0#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">[1]</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> If the Nomination Committee deems that insufficient Nominations are received by the close of the Nomination Period, then the Nomination Committee may exercise its discretion to extend the Nomination Period for a short period of time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">[On behalf of the Nomination Committee 2025]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p></div></div></body></html>