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<div style="direction:ltr">Heh Mirriam,</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">What the bylaws said would not have changed what I authored and my co authors wrote - in any way shape or form.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">The policy process is what guides who gets space, how they qualify for it, and how it can be revoked - the discussion around the bylaws is a far deeper question - but I do not believe it changes the fundamental nature of the policy.
The policy however did act as a catalyst for a discussion that the community I believe really does need to have - to understand the nature of our organization as it exists today.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Andrew </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Mirriam <mirriamlauren@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 15, 2017 8:12:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> community-discuss@afrinic.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss] "Fighting Internet Shutdown" - Any Role for AFRINIC?</font>
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>>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" 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
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28854">> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Andrew Alston
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> Hi Alan,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28857">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28859">> Thanks – that’s actually a very useful reference – particularly if we dig into it deeper:</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28864">Hello Andrew,</div>
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<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>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_28870">But we are on the right path as at now with this discussions......
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492274537292_29165">Mirriam</div>
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