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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">And just to clarify – the reason I want the proxy limitation rule removed is because I do believe that our bylaws need to be consistent with the jurisdictional rules in which we operate
– not the hypothetical juristriction we may operate in one day if we can ever find sufficient majority to vote for a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I have long believed that rule is illegal – I have long believed it is unfair on the members – and unlike bylaw changes proposed now – there was *<b>NEVER</b>* a formal vote to insert that
clause that meets the bylaw change requirements as they stand today – and I question if it would have ever passed the threshold when it was inserted – but we will never know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I also point out that there is precedent for us to change rules that have been found to be legally dubious or been found to disenfranchise members. Please refer back to the debate that
was had over company stamps being required on proxies. After it was proved that this would eliminate the ability of companies who had no stamps – because their jurisdictions did not require such – the rules were changed and the requirement for such stamps
was removed from the election guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Let us try to be more inclusive – and not attempt to use things to influence results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 30 September 2016 at 20:36<br>
<b>To: </b>Badru Ntege <badru.ntege@nftconsult.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"community-discuss@afrinic.net" <community-discuss@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Badru – </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I am very aware there are many jurisdictions and I’ve heard this argument from you sooooo many times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">You’re welcome to try and get consensus to move AfriNIC to another juristriction and under the bylaws you could probably even pass a special resolution to do it if you could get those kinda
numbers – but I know how I would be voting in this regard – but of course if you get a 75% majority for it – great.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">What amuses me however is the view that people want to restrict what members can and can’t do because they didn’t like the outcome of a particular scenario – I have yet to see a single
shred of conclusive evidence of proxies being used in any way that is outside of the rules – I have seen plenty of whining that its impacted things in ways that certain people didn’t like – but they are very different things.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I associate this type of changing of the rules and adding restrictions in my mind with what we have seen in so many parts of the world when an incumbent or someone doesn’t want to accept
the will of a clear majority vote – change the rules…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">It’s all the same thing in my eyes – pure and unadulterated hegemony – and I’m sick of it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">If a member wishes to give his proxy to someone – anyone – he has a right to do so.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">If that person uses that proxy in a way the member never intended – the member can take that up with the person holding the proxy – it is the members responsibility.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">If 90% of the members choose to trust one individual carry their votes – because that is where their faith lies – that is their choice – their right – and their responsibility to deal with
the outcomes.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">That is democracy – this blatant and transparent attempt to restrict a member’s rights in the name of “stopping abuse” – when there is no concrete evidence is a joke. It is undemocratic,
it is an insult to the intelligence of the members who sign those proxies, it is transparent manipulation of the system to attempt to achieve a result through the influencing of who can do what – and it is a joke.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">This is how I see it – others my disagree – but these are the views that I stand by</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Andrew</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Badru Ntege <badru.ntege@nftconsult.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 30 September 2016 at 20:13<br>
<b>To: </b>Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Omo Oaiya <Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net>, "community-discuss@afrinic.net" <community-discuss@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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On 30 Sep 2016, at 5:30 pm, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">No Omo, </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Please read what Ashok said – the limitation *<b>WILL NOT SURVIVE LEGAL CHALLENGE</b>*
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<p class="MsoNormal">Afrinic is a regional organisation if we are being shackled by jurisdiction of registration we have 52 other jurisdictions. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have options. Let's remain very open and objective to what is best for members. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Consensus not legal shackles is what the Internet is built on. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">The companies act does not ALLOW the limitation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Andrew</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Omo Oaiya <<a href="mailto:Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net">Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 30 September 2016 at 17:29<br>
<b>To: </b>Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Jean-Robert Hountomey <<a href="mailto:jrhountomey@gmail.com">jrhountomey@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you have repeated but that is by the way. What is clear is that electronic voting has solved the issue with proxies so we don’t need them. If the companies act is restrictive and does not support better accountability, proxies can be
limited to one per member to balance things out. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Jean-Robert because proxies are enshrined in the companies act and the act explicitly states that they cannot be removed irrespective of what a company’s bylaws
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">See fifth schedule section 6</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri">Jean-Robert Hountomey <<a href="mailto:jrhountomey@gmail.com"><span style="color:purple">jrhountomey@gmail.com</span></a>><br>
<b>Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Friday, 30 September 2016 at 17:22<br>
<b>To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net"><span style="color:purple">community-discuss@afrinic.net</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net"><span style="color:purple">community-discuss@afrinic.net</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - quorum</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre style="background:white">Talking about Board Members election (1) and (2), why do we want to keep Proxies While we have Electronic voting ?<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre style="background:white">Proxies make sens when a member cannot attend the meeting in person, isn't what we wanted to solve with electronic voting?<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre style="background:white">(1) <a href="http://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process"><span style="color:purple">http://afrinic.net/en/community/elections/bod-election/process</span></a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre style="background:white">(2) <a href="http://afrinic.net/en/about/agmm/participate-vote"><span style="color:purple">http://afrinic.net/en/about/agmm/participate-vote</span></a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre style="background:white">On 30 Sep 2016, at 02:26, Mark Elkins <a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za"><span style="color:purple"><mje@posix.co.za></span></a> wrote<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre style="background:white">The only time the Proxy Restrictions are enforced is for the Board<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre style="background:white">elections. Traditionally, the elections for the PDP Co-Chair is hands at<o:p></o:p></pre>
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