<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px">>>On 15/04/2017, 12:14, "Alan Barrett" <<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28831">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28832">
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>> On 14 Apr 2017, at 22:39, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28835">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28836">com</a>> wrote:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28837">
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>> But it raises a question – and its one I’ve been debating at length online with multiple people.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28839">
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>> AfriNIC – completely neutral technical body<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28841">
>> AfriNIC – political organisation with a technical function<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28842">
>> AfriNIC – A hybrid of both of the above?<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28843">
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>> Because that impacts how we view things – and it impacts the role that the organisation should be playing.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28845">
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>> AFRINIC’s goals are stated in section 3.4 of the Bylaws <<a href="https://afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-2016?start=2" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-2016?start%3D2&source=gmail&ust=1492361277374000&usg=AFQjCNG4qa9-WcimwTKJoO3tSpjTQLkMSw" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28847">https://afrinic.net/en/about/<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28848">bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28849"> 2016?start=2</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28850">
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>> Alan Barrett<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28852"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28853">
</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28854">> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Andrew Alston <span dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28855"><<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28856">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>></span> wrote:</div>> Hi Alan,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28857">
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> Thanks – that’s actually a very useful reference – particularly if we dig into it deeper:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28860"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28861"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28862"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28863"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28864">Hello Andrew,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28865"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28866"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28867">I hope we are not just discovering the details of the Afrinic bylaws now, but please
dig deeper into these bylaws as one of our directors at Afrinic before attempting to author
policies next time as things are more complicated than you will ever
imagine....</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_29070"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28870">But we are on the right path as at now with this discussions...... <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28871"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28872"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_29165">Mirriam</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_29166">Python Developer<br></div></div></body></html>