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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi Nishal, <br><br>Why respond to this email when it is specifically addressed to the CEO and the Chair? <br><br>Do we have to be a non - native English speaker to understand that? <br><br><br>Marcus<br><br><br><div>> From: nishal@controlfreak.co.za<br>> To: community-discuss@afrinic.net<br>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:36:44 +0200<br>> Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] AFRINIC Council of Elders<br>> <br>> On 11 Jul 2016, at 18:39, Honest Ornella GANKPA wrote:<br>> <br>> > and it seems that automatically every former chair become part of the <br>> > CoE.<br>> > http://afrinic.net/en/about/our-structure/council-of-elders<br>> <br>> the url that you reference says:<br>> “.. The AFRINIC Bylaw (Section 16) allows the Board to appoint..”<br>> <br>> “allow” is not the same as “automatic” to *this* native-english <br>> speaker.<br>> <br>> so, i looked up the bylaws.<br>> quoting: http://afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws?start=15<br>> <br>> “16.1 Membership to the Council shall be opened to such former <br>> chairpersons who served at least one full term in that capacity. “<br>> i read that[1] “shall”, as a SHOULD and not MUST (2119 style).<br>> <br>> you might read that differently,<br>> —n.<br>> <br>> [1] though, of course, i don’t speak for the board :-)<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Community-Discuss mailing list<br>> Community-Discuss@afrinic.net<br>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss<br></div> </div></body>
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