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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Mirriam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I was speaking in my personal capacity – firstly - and I stand by my right to do that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Secondly – What was the point? Let me tell you a story – In Djibouti there was an attempt to block several proxies using an argument of company stamps. That argument went on for many
days – it was eventually invalidated – because it was determined that it would disenfranchise the members who had no company stamps and was invalid. However, it was a direct attempt to stop certain things through the change of the rules (well, that is my
impression).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I take serious issue with this statement specifically:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">One would expect the debate to stay at the community level and not involve the Act. The community to discuss and agree on how to manage this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">You cannot ignore the act – I am not a lawyer – my reading of the act is in laymans terms – and there are many lawyers that can contradict what I’m saying and I’m ok with that. I was
NOT arguing from the perspective of proxies here – look at the holistic essence of my email – the only place I referenced proxies was as a specific example of how the companies act can restrict the bylaws from overriding it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">What I was saying is that leaving the act out of an argument about the bylaws doesn’t make sense and is – in my view – irresponsible. The act is supreme and overriding, and ignoring it
can have serious consequences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I stand by the position that ignoring the law is dangerous.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">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">Mirriam <mirriamlauren@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Mirriam <mirriamlauren@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, 2 October 2016 at 10:36<br>
<b>To: </b>Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>General Discussions of AFRINIC <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" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">On 1 Oct 2016 19:07, "Andrew Alston" <Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com> wrote:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475392259520_25867">
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> Alain,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475392259520_25869">
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> Quite frankly – I think what you have said here is, at best, extremely naive and at worst incredibly irresponsible.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475392259520_25871">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Hi Andrew,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">You need to calm down. No one here is naive or irresponsible so mind how you respond to others and have some respect else Afrinic code of conduct
comes into play and i hope the CEO and Chair will caution you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">In fact your message is full of exaggeration. What exactly is your point considering following this discussion you seem to have jumped arguments
from company bylaws to company act?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Everyone herein is well aware that our " Afrinic is a private company registered in Mauritius with a Community Oversight through its Bylaws
and remains a community/resource members driven organisation" otherwise we would not all be here deliberating on how to improve the organisation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">You are one of the directors elected to the board to respresent the very resource members who elected you and as such you are answerable to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">So what exactly is your point with that long email as what was being discussed was plain simple proxy limits?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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