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Let’s not abuse the word “community “ there are 92 members from South Africa mostly which if I remember rightly you had influence on 65 members and I think you personally controlled 18 or was it 13 votes out of a membership of over 1500 members.
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<div>That does not tell me community. </div>
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<div>It smells like something else. </div>
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<div>Using technicalities to achieve some as yet unclear objective. <br>
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On 18 May 2018, at 13:42, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Oh Noah,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">That’s not at all the case – this is a case of – why would an individual want to spend years on the board when boards are dominated by majority vote – and if you are in the minority have your hands
tied and are unable to do a damn thing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Why would members want to sit on a board that has – in direct conflict of interest – refused to subject themselves to a vote of no confidence by the community – that has refused any semblance of
transparency – that dodged questions about financials being asked against the Q3 report saying they were only discussing the AFS – while knowing the AFS does not contain the breakdowns they were being questioned on (which by the way are not in the Q4 report)
– that has publicly stated that they are not bound by the Mauritian code of corporate governance because, since it’s not a legal requirement, its optional.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Why would members want to sit on a board that has lost the faith of the community, when the community has demonstrated (loudly and clearly during the last vote) that they view what is happening as
abhorrent – that my friend – doesn’t exactly add to your CV – in fact it’s the equivalent of putting a big black mark on your CV.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Until this board starts operating transparently, within the bounds of corporate governance, and acting in a manner that is consistent with accountability to members with an implicit acknowledgement
that the members fund, and own this organisation – you will continue to have problems finding decent board candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">That is my view on this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 18 May 2018 13:31<br>
<b>To:</b> Ben Roberts <<a href="mailto:Ben.Roberts@liquidtelecom.com">Ben.Roberts@liquidtelecom.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> General Discussions of AFRINIC <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>>; AfriNIC Discuss <<a href="mailto:members-discuss@afrinic.net">members-discuss@afrinic.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Faulty result for Western Africa in AfriNIC AGMM Elections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Ben Roberts <<a href="mailto:Ben.Roberts@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank">Ben.Roberts@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Nomcom are on a tough gig as Mark says. It maybe wasn’t their fault not to get more candidates. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nomcom work is only tough, if a certain segment of the membership decides not to support a certain candidate which is their right but then goes on to affect other qualified candidates.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think every region should elect their own candidate and when on the board, they serve based on their fiduciary duties.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know quite a few very qualified and good and reputable candidates who would love to stand and give leadership to Afrinic.
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<p class="MsoNormal">And who are these?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But those people don’t want to touch it given the state Afrinic is in right now. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They dont deserve to be. You can not claim to want to be part of the solution only when there are no challenges.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards. <o:p></o:p></p>
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