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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Oh, and I forgot to add, to all the statements I agreed with in the previous email about things that I did - +1, x 10000000 (since that seems to be the instruction given to others)<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">ALAIN AINA <aalain@trstech.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Saturday, 22 July 2017 at 01:28<br>
<b>To: </b>General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Community-Discuss] Confusion...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Andrew,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not so easy to forget. Even if you do some of us do remember and the archives are available:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">a) There was a Mr Alston before board mandate <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">b)There was a Mr Alston 2014 -2017<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">c) there is a Mr. Alston since AIS2017<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The a) was promising, full of energy, Mr Solution to everything, the anti-RPKI, etc….<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and b) came in and :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Promoted AFRINIC governance as Top-Down<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Promoted Trust-only, no-accontabiliy and no-transparency<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Company act evangelist <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Promoted AFRINIC as 8+1 people(registered members) private company. Other members have limited powers, Community has none<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Opposed most of the community proposals to improve accountability during the last accountability review<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Supported adopting changes to bylaws for accountability review by vote on multiple resolutions instead of working out a coherent consensual draft bylaws.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Opposed Board member recall by members and community<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Claimed to have rescued AFRINIC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Authored some controversial policy proposals<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* etc..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And now, welcome c) who seem confused and lost:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> *Dealing with simple community member position subject to past board member's NDA and reserve obligations<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Suffering from the Top-down governance enjoyed during b)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> *Want all the powers to members and even Community<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Want 300% transparency<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> *Want 400% accountability<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Want PDP appeal procedure put in place<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Want a ASO members recall procedure<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Want Mgmt audits published.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Describe the rescued AFRINIC as the financially weakest RIR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Concerned by the membership fees compared to RIPE NCC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Etc….<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I could easily understand your status and confusion. Welcome back inside the community. Hope you can manage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">—Alain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 12 Jul 2017, at 06:40, 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:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I realized after it was pointed out that this had not gone to the list - so re-sending<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Get<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef">Outlook for iOS</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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From: Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:andrew.alston@liquidtelecom.com">andrew.alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>><br>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 08:08<br>
Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] Confusion...<br>
To: Sander Steffann <<a href="mailto:sander@steffann.nl">sander@steffann.nl</a>>, Marcus K. G. Adomey <<a href="mailto:madomey@hotmail.com">madomey@hotmail.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">You say that I am in a different orbit - so let me state what orbit I am in -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I want total transparency - both on governance and financial issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I want to know how the money we as members is being spent and that it is well spent and justified - particularly considering that for large members the fees as in excess of 20 times the
costs paid by RIPE members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I want to be assured if our elected representatives are traveling on our dime - that the travel is justified and in the benefits of the members the organization is meant to serve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I want to be assured that the board and the executive are at all times adhearing to the bylaws which we, as members, approved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I want to be assured that the company operates to the letter of the law and to be assured that the actions they take do not create legal risk which may threaten the organization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I want to ensure that the policies of the organization actually contribute to the growth of internet penetration on the continent, and do not merely serve to protect isps, but actually
serve the general population of our continent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I want to ensure that the company is delivering on its mandate as clearly defined in section 3 of the bylaws.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">That my friend - is my orbit - so - if we are in different orbits - please - tell me yours and how it conflicts with the above - explain it to me - after all - do we not operate on a principal
that dialog solves problems and builds consensus?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Get<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef">Outlook for iOS</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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