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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dear Marcus,Noah and members of the community,</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I apologize that the response is coming late, I have been off email for a couple of days. Please see the response to the issues raised:</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The AoB of the “Minutes of the Board Meeting Held on Thursday 11 May 2016 AT 15:27 UTC” on “Requirement to resign from other positions when accepting a nomination to the Board” is raising two questions that is raising eyebrows in the community and need to be addressed.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Not surprising. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Why this situation of conflict, well known to the Board, was not included in the TOR on which the NomCom2016 run the elections of Botswana?</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">There is no reasonable way to answer a question like “Why did the Board not do a better job of predicting the future?” The Elections TOR was approved before the call for nominations was made.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Since the board is directing the NomCom2016 to include this situation of conflict in their report to the community, could you please tell us whether NomCom2016 is now accountable to the community or not.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">NomCom is appointed by the Board, and reports to the Board in terms of the Bylaws section 9.2. The Board may instruct NomCom to present a report to the membership or the community. This is the spirit with which the Board discussed in </span><a
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Other matters that may be of interest to the community include:</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Is it OK for somebody to be a Director and also to hold a position in another committee or working group? Certainly not for a Director to also be a PDWG Co-Chair. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">If not, then when should they resign from other positions? On being nominated, or on the candidate slate being announced, or on being elected? </span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Who should decide the rules? Most reasonable to allow the Board to do this, in consultation with the Community.</span></p>
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<p>On 01/08/2016 08:19, Noah wrote:<br>
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Marcus K. G. Adomey <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear AfriNIC Board Chair,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The AoB of the “Minutes of
the Board Meeting Held on
Thursday 11 May 2016 AT 15:27 UTC” on
“Requirement to resign from other
positions when accepting a nomination to the
Board” is raising two questions
that is raising eye browse in the community and
need to be addressed.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Why this situation of
conflict, well known to the Board, was
not included in the TOR on which the NomCom2016
run the elections of Botswana?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since the board is directing
the NomCom2016 to include this
situation of conflict in their report to the
community, could you please tell
us whether NomCom2016 is now accountable to the
community or not.</p>
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<div>+1 Marcus<br>
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And did those to whom this was addressed get this
email.<br>
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