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<p>Dear Ish,</p>
<p>In regard to your email below, kindly be informed as follows:</p>
<p>1. By email dated 24 June 2022, AFRINIC's ex-CEO informed the
Community with respect to a 'Temporary emergency moderation'. The
said email is herewith attached for ease of reference.</p>
<p>2. By email dated 27 June 2022, AFRINIC's Communication informed
the Community, <i>inter-alia</i>, what triggered the moderation
of the Community list as well as the modality of the said
moderation. That email is also herewith attached for ease of
reference.</p>
<p>3. We are aware that, since then, several requests have been made
by Community members for the lifting of the aforesaid moderation.
However, as you may also be aware as a matter of good governance,
no staff has the authority to override a decision previously taken
by an executive - be it a CEO or ex-CEO. Consequently, in the
absence of both a quorate board and a CEO, it is regrettable that
the <i>status-quo </i>is being maintained. <br>
</p>
<p>4. In regard to the second part of your question, the established
protocol was that moderation would be of two-folds i.e; a legal
vetting followed by another vetting by a representative of the
Governance Committee (GovCom). <br>
</p>
<p>5. Unfortunately, the GovCom has also been dissolved on 31
December 2022 and is yet to be reconstituted, which consequently
impacts the whole of the aforesaid moderation process.</p>
<p>6. Prior to the dissolution of the GovCom on 31 December 2022,
the members thereof did consider the requests emanated from the
Community <i>viz </i>the lifting of the aforesaid moderation.
However, you will appreciate that I cannot disclose the
deliberations and/or recommendations of the GovCom's proceedings.
Accordingly, point #3 above is repeated. <br>
</p>
<p>7. In view of the above and pending AFRINIC having a quorate
board, all emails sent to the Community list are accessible and
being archived at: <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss-unmoderated/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss-unmoderated/</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""></span></p>
<p>We hope to see AFRINIC back in full swing soon.<br>
</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Kishna<br>
</p>
<p></p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/02/2023 01:42, Ish Sookun wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Dear Kishna,
Grateful if you could tell me whether the AFRINIC Community Discuss
mailing list is still being moderated and if so, by whom?
Regards,
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Kishna DHONDEE
Legal Officer, AFRINIC
11th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower
19 Cybercity, Ebene,
Mauritius.
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