<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Hi all</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Been following these conversations for the last few days with interest and dismay. We have become fractioned that we query and deem unnecessary such important events. We probably need to go back to the core reason Afrinic was created. let me recount our Vision and Mission:-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">V<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline">ISION</div></span><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"></div>"Be the leading force in growing the internet for Africa's sustainable development"</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(238,238,238);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline">MISSION</div></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(238,238,238);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"></div>"To serve the African Community by providing professional and efficient management of Internet number technology usage and development, and promoting Internet self-governance."</span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgb(238,238,238);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"><br></div></b></div><div><b style="background-color:rgb(238,238,238);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline">CORE VALUES</div></b></div><div><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><li>Community driven</li><li>Operational excellence</li><li>Passion</li><li>Innovation & Creativity</li></ul><div><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><li><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"><b>CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS</b></div></li><li><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"></div>People management (right people, competent, mindset, engaged, clear objectives, committed, etc)</li><li>Technical Infrastructure's reliability and resilience</li><li>Plans & Processes</li><li>Funding: <ul><li>Financial Sustainability</li><li>Infrastructure and space</li><li>Budget discipline</li></ul></li><li>Community Trust/Confidence</li><li>Continuous community engagement and support</li><li>Effective Operational Processes and Agile Organisational structure</li></ul><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="m_-1598897377712653481gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"></font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><b></b>Instead of being so pedantic and questioning every little thing the organization is doing I say let's go back to these core issues above. And let's ask ourselves:-</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><b><br></b></font></div><p></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"></font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Despite all the challenges we are currently facing what have we achieved? And when answering this let's not just speak about the paying members. Afrinic is much more than paying members! Afrinic is about the very Internet Ecosystem in the continent. Let us be circumspect lest we kill the baby with the bath water.</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><b><br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline">Regards</div></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 1:50 AM, Janvier NGNOULAYE <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jnoulaye@gmail.com" target="_blank">jnoulaye@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4">Dear Andrew,</font></div><div><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><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><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><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><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><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><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Warm regards,</font></div><div><span style="font-size:large">Janvier NGNOULAYE</span><br></div><div><font size="4">Afrinic Member</font></div><div><font size="4">Former Afrinic Board member </font></div><div><font size="4">Yaounde - Cameroon</font></div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div></div></div><div class="m_-1598897377712653481HOEnZb"><div class="m_-1598897377712653481h5"><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">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.c<wbr>om</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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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<b>To: </b>Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.c<wbr>om</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Alan Barrett <<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" target="_blank">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a><wbr>" <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a><wbr>>, AFRINIC Board of Directors' List <<a href="mailto:board@afrinic.net" target="_blank">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">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.c<wbr>om</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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Alan Barrett [mailto:<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" target="_blank">alan.barrett@afrinic.n<wbr>et</a>]
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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">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> AFRINIC Board of Directors' List <<a href="mailto:board@afrinic.net" target="_blank">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">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.c<wbr>om</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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