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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dear Mr Alston,</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thank you for your questions and please accept my apology for the delay in responding to you. 2nd October was a Holiday here in Nigeria.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kindly find hereunder the Board's answers to your questions:</span></p>
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Can the Board please commission an investigation into whether the lack of a bi-directional transfer policy puts AFRINIC at risk of running afoul of the Mauritius Companies Act of 2006, and in what areas, and exactly what the potential liability is?</span></p>
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style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">As you know, AFRINIC's ‘Board of Directors’ is bound by Section 143 of the Companies Act "to act in good faith and in the best interests of the company". In order to do so, the Board is bound by AFRINIC’s Constitution, policies and best practices of corporate governance. You, as an ex-board member know that AFRINIC Board of directors makes effort to keep away from interfering in policy discussions as a Board, irrespective of whether it is the in-bound transfer or the bi-directional transfer or any other policy to preserve the core principle of “bottom-up” process as indicated in AFRINIC PDP. It is not possible to assess whether there is a risk or a potential liability under the Mauritian Companies Act 2001 in the absence of a proposal about bi-directional transfers. Given that the policies for number resources are determined by the Internet Community, it is up to the Community to take the initiative to propose a bi-directional transfer policy if it believes that there is a need for such a policy.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">2. Can the Board please advise the time frames required to commence such an investigation, and once said investigation has been commissioned, advise on the time frames to complete said investigation, and once concluded advise the community of the full results of said investigation.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
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style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">If you see a potential or real risk on AFRINIC because of the absence of the bi-directional transfer policy with regards to the Mauritius Companies Act, let us know in which part or article in the Mauritian Companies Act you feel such risks may exist for AFRINIC Ltd.  The Board will ask the AFRINIC’s legal counsel to investigate it and prepare a detailed report about that risk to be published for the community. Right now, AFRINIC’s legal counsel is of the opinion that there is no current risk of the absence of such policy, in as much as the community is not approving such policy for the AFRINIC region.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">These sub-committees report to the Board as you know in each Board meeting and any report emanating from these committees come to the Board for actions thereon. These reports are discussed during Board meetings, and such discussions form part of the Board proceedings and are minuted.  The reports themselves remain internal Board documents.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
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style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The RSA is a contract between the individual member and AFRINIC. Modification thereto warrants the consent of both parties. It has always been the practice to cause amendments to the RSA to be (i) subject to public consultation (ii) community's approval. This is a very germane application of the laws of contract and there is no warrant for any investigation.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In  addition, please note that Article 1(b) of the Bylaws explicitly gives AFRINIC the right to change the RSA, and to terminate the services if the member does not consent to the change.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">5. In addition to my request this morning on the members list requesting the board to check if any procedures and policies required by any MOU to which AFRINIC is a signatory are missing, can the Board please investigate if there are any policies, procedures or committees that are required by a.) the CPM  b.)The Bylaws c.) the companies Act d.) any other source which binds the company and advise to the community of a.) the time frames to complete said investigation and b.) once known, the full list of outstanding policies / procedures/ committees and c.) the time frames to rectify these areas.</span></p>
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:
          36pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> For the CPM there are two committees mentioned in the PDP section of the CPM.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:
          36pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">i) The Appeal Committee, which is already in the process of being constituted.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:
          36pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">ii) The Recall committee which is only event driven and not a standing committee will be constituted by the Board whenever required.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"The Board is bound by Section 143 of the Companies Act. So long as funding organizations the Board is bound to go by theses provisions. Where the Board is satisfied that it has good and reasonable cause to fund any organization, the resolution authorizing such funding will reflect same. It is not within the Board's powers to require the details of the financial management of the funded organization." That said, AFRINIC board reports to members and the community how funds are being expended during the AGMM and the same is covered in our annual report. The Board may provide more details on any specific line items from such report if requested by members.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">7. The Board committed to a response on potential violations of section 143 of the companies act - can we get a time frame as to when this response will be forthcoming</span></p>
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Board sought legal advice on this issue, and it does not seem that there has been any case of directors having contravened Section 143 of the Companies' Act.</span></p>
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          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">8. Is the Board prepared to commit to providing this community with reports from any member of the Board attending conferences on AFRINIC's behalf as to what was done at the meeting and the advantage of having the board member there - this is simply so that we know that members money that is spent in a justifiable manner. (As a note - I am more than happy to provide this community with a full report from the RIPE trip that I took earlier this year that details exactly what was done there if so desired)</span></p>
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              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"It is the Board’s responsibility to ensure in the first place that the participation of any Board member in an event on behalf of the Board was worthwhile and that it was done in the best interest of the company. The Board has ensured that such responsibility is met. In the event that there is a significant outcome from a meeting, then the outcome will be reported to the community.  Also, when there is a meeting of the Board, like the retreat or any other strategic meeting, the board does update the community and will continue to do so.</span></p>
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        <p dir="ltr"
          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">9. Is the Board prepared to publish quarterly financial reports to the community so that all financial analysis does not have to be done immediately prior to an SGMM/AGMM</span></p>
        <br>
        <ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
          <li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">
            <p dir="ltr"
              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"The Board is already considering this and we will start with publishing Bi-Annual Financial Report so, please watch out for the unaudited financial report for the first half of the 2017 financial year".</span></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <br>
        <p dir="ltr"
          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">10. Is the Board prepared to publish minutes of the Board sub-committee meetings in line with the NCCG recommendations?</span></p>
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          <li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">
            <p dir="ltr"
              style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
              justify;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The National Code of Corporate Governance advocates transparency and the "apply and explain" principle. The Code specifies that Committees are “a mechanism for assisting the Board and its Directors in discharging their duties through a more comprehensive evaluation of specific issues, followed by well-considered recommendations to the Board.” The Code at page (18) makes it an obligation of these sub-committees to be transparent to the Board and to practice full disclosure (to the Board).  On page (19) there’s a requirement for Committee minutes to be submitted to the Board for noting.  There is no obligation in the NCCG for Committee minutes to be published.  The Board has no legal obligations to do so under the Companies' Act either. Also the Board Audit and Finance Sub-committees report and present their work to the community during the AGMM, and the floor is open for members/community questions </span></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
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        <p dir="ltr"
          style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Best Regards,</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:
          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sunday Folayan</span></p>
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          justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Chair, AFRINIC BoD</span></p>
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    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/09/2017 20:07, Sunday Folayan
      wrote:<br>
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      <p>Dear Mr Alston,</p>
      <p>2nd October 2017.</p>
      <p>Thanks and Regards ...</p>
      <p>Sunday.<br>
      </p>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/09/2017 22:58, Andrew Alston
        wrote:<br>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Sunday –
              let us be clear here – is that two weeks since the
              original expiry date 10 days ago?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Is that 10
              days from today?  Is that 14 days from today?  Sorry – but
              after you’ve missed your own deadline by 10 days and taken
              10 days to request the extension – it now becomes
              incumbent on you to give specifics as to exactly when we
              can expect the answers you committed to, so let’s avoid
              any ambiguity here – can we have a date please<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <div>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                    style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
                    lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                  style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-US"> Sunday Folayan [<a
                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                    href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com</a>]
                  <br>
                  <b>Sent:</b> 23 September 2017 00:52<br>
                  <b>To:</b> Andrew Alston <a
                    class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                    href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com></a><br>
                  <b>Cc:</b> General Discussions of AFRINIC <a
                    class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                    href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><community-discuss@afrinic.net></a>;
                  AFRINIC Board of Directors' List <a
                    class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                    href="mailto:board@afrinic.net"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><board@afrinic.net></a><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss] Requests and
                  questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
          </div>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p>Dear Mr Alston, <br>
            <br>
            Kindly accept my apology for a delayed response to your
            questions. <br>
            <br>
            The response is pending the final consideration of the
            Board. <br>
            <br>
            I will appreciate an extension of two weeks.<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p>With kind regards ... <br>
            <br>
            Sunday Folayan. <o:p></o:p></p>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">On 21/09/2017 23:32, Andrew Alston
              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Dear
                Sunday and Board of Directors,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">It
                concerns me greatly that the elected board of a
                community based organisation would make clear and firm
                commitments to reverting back to this community on some
                pretty serious questions – then miss the deadline they
                themselves set with no explanation to the community who
                is waiting for answers.  And then, when questioned as to
                when the commitments made by the board would be met –
                stay entirely silent and say nothing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">I
                understand that the board is busy, but a commitment is a
                commitment, and it is not this community that set the
                time frames here – it was the board who promised such. 
              </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Again I
                ask – when will the board meet its commitments to this
                community that are clearly stated below?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Andrew</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <div>
              <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1
                1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                      style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
                      lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                    style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
                    lang="EN-US"> Andrew Alston [<a
                      href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>]
                    <br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> 18 September 2017 09:54<br>
                    <b>To:</b> Sunday Folayan <a
                      href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><sfolayan@gmail.com></a><br>
                    <b>Cc:</b> General Discussions of AFRINIC <a
                      href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">
                      <community-discuss@afrinic.net></a>; AFRINIC
                    Board of Directors' List <a
                      href="mailto:board@afrinic.net"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"> <board@afrinic.net></a><br>
                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss] Requests and
                    questions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              </div>
            </div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Dear
                Sunday, Board of Directors.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">As per
                the below, we were told we would have a response within
                60 days – this is now 3 days overdue.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Can we
                please get an indication on when this commitment that
                was made will be met?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Andrew</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                      style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
                      lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                    style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
                    lang="EN-US"> Sunday Folayan [<a
                      href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com</a>]
                    <br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> 15 July 2017 09:03<br>
                    <b>To:</b> Andrew Alston <<a
                      href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>><br>
                    <b>Cc:</b> General Discussions of AFRINIC <<a
                      href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>>;
                    AFRINIC Board of Directors' List <<a
                      href="mailto:board@afrinic.net"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">board@afrinic.net</a>><br>
                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss] Requests and
                    questions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p>Dear Mr Alston,<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p>Thank you very much for your email and questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p>The Board will get back to you within the next 60 days.<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p>Regards ...<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p>Sunday.<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">On 14/07/2017 07:57, Andrew Alston
                wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Dear AfriNIC Board,<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">I have been advised that when I had
                questions or request, that I put them in simple, direct
                requests.  The following are a list of requests<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
              <ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="a">
                <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
                  level1 lfo3">Can the board please commission an
                  investigation into whether the lack of a
                  bi-directional transfer policy puts AFRINIC at risk of
                  running afoul of the Mauritius Companies Act of 2007,
                  and in what areas, and exactly what the potential
                  liability is.<o:p></o:p></li>
                <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
                  level1 lfo3">Can the board please advise the time
                  frames required to commence such an investigation, and
                  once said investigation has been commissioned, advise
                  on the time frames to complete said investigation, and
                  once concluded advise the community of the full
                  results of said investigation<o:p></o:p></li>
                <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
                  level1 lfo3">Can the board please investigate if the
                  proceedings of board sub-committees, under Mauritian
                  governance, form part of board proceedings, and if
                  they do, advise the community when the meetings of
                  said proceedings shall be published as per the
                  agreement to publish the minutes of board meetings.<o:p></o:p></li>
                <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
                  level1 lfo3">Can the board please commission an
                  investigation into the limits that the RSA can be
                  modified without member consent in the context of
                  Mauritian law and advise the community of the results
                  (Under Mauritian law, can a contract be changed
                  without the consent of both parties, to the detriment
                  of one, irrespective of what is already signed)<o:p></o:p></li>
                <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
                  level1 lfo3">In addition to my request this morning on
                  the members list requesting the board to check if any
                  procedures and policies required by any MOU to which
                  AFRINIC is a signatory are missing, can the board
                  please investigate if there are any policies,
                  procedures or committees that are required by a.) the
                  CPM b.) The bylaws c.) the companies act d.) any other
                  source which binds the company and advise the
                  community of a.) the time frames to complete said
                  investigation and b.) once known, the full list of
                  outstanding policies/procedures/committees and c.) the
                  time frames to rectify these areas.<o:p></o:p></li>
              </ol>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to hearing the results
                of the above.<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">Many Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">Andrew Alston<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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              <pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre>
              <pre>Community-Discuss mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre>
              <pre><a href="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" moz-do-not-send="true">Community-Discuss@afrinic.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
              <pre><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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                style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
            <pre>--------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></pre>
            <pre>Sunday Adekunle Folayan<o:p></o:p></pre>
            <pre>Managing Director<o:p></o:p></pre>
            <pre>General data Engineering Services (SKANNET)<o:p></o:p></pre>
            <pre>16 Oshin Road, Kongi Bodija, Ibadan - Nigeria<o:p></o:p></pre>
            <pre>Phone: +234 802 291 2202, +234 816 866 7523<o:p></o:p></pre>
            <pre>Email: <a href="mailto:sfolayan@skannet.com.ng" moz-do-not-send="true">sfolayan@skannet.com.ng</a>, <a href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">sfolayan@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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          <pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
          <pre>--------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></pre>
          <pre>Sunday Adekunle Folayan<o:p></o:p></pre>
          <pre>Managing Director<o:p></o:p></pre>
          <pre>General data Engineering Services (SKANNET)<o:p></o:p></pre>
          <pre>16 Oshin Road, Kongi Bodija, Ibadan - Nigeria<o:p></o:p></pre>
          <pre>Phone: +234 802 291 2202, +234 816 866 7523<o:p></o:p></pre>
          <pre>Email: <a href="mailto:sfolayan@skannet.com.ng" moz-do-not-send="true">sfolayan@skannet.com.ng</a>, <a href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">sfolayan@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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Community-Discuss mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" moz-do-not-send="true">Community-Discuss@afrinic.net</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss</a>
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Sunday Adekunle Folayan
Managing Director
General data Engineering Services (SKANNET)
16 Oshin Road, Kongi Bodija, Ibadan - Nigeria
Phone: +234 802 291 2202, +234 816 866 7523
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sfolayan@skannet.com.ng" moz-do-not-send="true">sfolayan@skannet.com.ng</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">sfolayan@gmail.com</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:board@afrinic.net">board@afrinic.net</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://board-list.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/board">https://board-list.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/board</a>
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Sunday Adekunle Folayan
Managing Director
General data Engineering Services (SKANNET)
16 Oshin Road, Kongi Bodija, Ibadan - Nigeria
Phone: +234 802 291 2202, +234 816 866 7523
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sfolayan@skannet.com.ng">sfolayan@skannet.com.ng</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com">sfolayan@gmail.com</a>
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