<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hello AFRINIC BoD,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Based on what has been going on for a while over the years, with liquid telecom an afrinic ressources member engaging in many actions which affect afrinic reputation and also expose the organization to legal risks, I want to encourage The board to propose a code of conduct for afrinic members. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Failure to comply to this code of conduct by liquid telecom or any other members, board shall invoke section 8.2(iii) of the bylaws and terminate their membership</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">8.2 The membership of a Resource Member shall terminate upon:</div><div dir="auto">(iii) the Board, acting reasonably and in good faith, determining that the Resource Member has refused or failed to comply with the provisions of this Constitution or any applicable rule made by the Board;</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Le mar. 19 juin 2018 22:52, Janvier NGNOULAYE <<a href="mailto:jnoulaye@gmail.com">jnoulaye@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Dear Andrew,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">I wonder about your motives that seem inappropriate to me this last couple of months, in such that, with all respect due to you, I wanted to tell you to stop paying your $50k annual fee, and go rent your resources to another RIR. Afrinic will not died.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Please tell here if your statements here and questions engage yourself or your company? Because it is inacceptable that a single member micromanages Afrinic, this is a lack of respect to the Afrinic body. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">I'm really shocked and got boring with your mails. The CEO should have never replied to it. I am not the one who have to ask you to wait for the financial annual report or the auditor's report at the AGMM to ask these multiple questions.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">I think you're crossed over the line at this point, do you forget the principle that the CEO reports to the Board, and that the Board reports to members at an AGMM? Where do you come from with the questions on the figures in the mid-year budget and particulary on sponsoring of the Cotonou event? </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">I also see that you're giving yourself too much liberty, to the point of asking ICANN if it is sponsoring the Cotonou event, this is again a lack of respect to the ICANN body.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">For the sake of the African Internet community, for the sake of the Afrinic members, and this is my recommandation to the Board: I am requesting the Board to put you under discipline because of these attitudes that tarnish the image of Afrinic and its members.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Warm regards,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:large">Janvier NGNOULAYE</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Afrinic Member</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Former Afrinic Board member </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Yaounde - Cameroon</font></div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Le mar. 19 juin 2018 à 22:09, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Just wanted to add – did you think I would be embarrassed by you leaking that? Or attempt to deny it?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dude – come on – get real – MANY people on that list that are on that group – if I was ashamed of that post – well – I wouldn’t have posted it where half this list could already see it – as plain as day.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I do find it very interesting that you choose to take stuff off a group that has strict rules about external posts – and post it here for your own purposes.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"">☺</span><span lang="EN-GB"> And I can guess who gave it to you – because its not hard to correlate members of this list to members of that group – but *<b>shrug</b>* who cares –
its as good as a public post – I don’t say things that I won’t stand by – I stand by that one<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Andrew<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 19 June 2018 at 23:19<br>
<b>To: </b>Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Alan Barrett <<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>>, AFRINIC Board of Directors' List <<a href="mailto:board@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">board@afrinic.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes we may not have attained all our goals but the truth must be told that we have made progress .<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">No matter how bitter one is, history of Internet in Africa cannot be changed based on someone’s whims and caprices. Indeed pioneers deserve commendation and not unbridled hatred as shown. Africa deserves encouragement rather than this reckless
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<p class="MsoNormal">I cannot wait to be in Cotonou. Let us all including friends of Africa join in the Celebration of IG 1998 - 2018 on July 6, 2018.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 19 June 2018 at 13:21, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Does this include the cocktail sponsorship – if it does – can we calculate as follows based on previous trips to work out the approximate cost of attendance:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Average cost per person in flights (based on previous financials) - $2049.50<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sponsorship $3000<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Accommodation while there since it’s a 2 day event - $500 odd dollars per person (conservatively)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">5 total people<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cost to the membership for this – roughly $16k?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I just wanna be sure I have the numbers straight here<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 19 June 2018 16:15<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> AFRINIC Board of Directors' List <<a href="mailto:board@afrinic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">board@afrinic.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting<span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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> On 15 Jun 2018, at 16:50, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> So AfriNIC Board / Management – can you please disclose EXACTLY what was sponsored for this event – how much – who is going – and what are the members paying towards an event that is not even listed on your events calendar? I’d like to know how much of our
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AFRINIC is not organising the event in Cotonou on 6 July 2018, but was invited to participate. AFRINIC is contributing $3000 in sponsorship, and will cover the costs for attendance by the CEO, one or two other staff, and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board.<br>
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