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    <p><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f26cccd4f36a03"><span
          class="_3oh- _58nk"><span>Presidence - whilst I was in charge
            of Elections (NomCom) - I allowed one person to proxy
            another - therefore Ashok is wrong.</span></span></span></p>
    <p><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f26cccd4f36a03"><span
          class="_3oh- _58nk"><span>I'm sick - with flu - and a bad
            voice - even then - I was not allowed to connect my Mic to
            the conference. Ernest also refused my phone call.<br>
          </span></span></span></p>
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                class="_3oh- _58nk"><span>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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    <p><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f26cccd4f36a03"><span
          class="_3oh- _58nk"><span>Its basically winter solstice on the
            southern tip of this continent and</span><br>
          <span>unfortunately Mark is in the midst of the flu season,
            which he has no</span><br>
          <span>wish to share.</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>So:</span><br>
          <span>Twenty years ago, Mark met Dr Nii Quanor at INET'99 in
            San Jose,</span><br>
          <span>California - where people were LOUDLY discussing the
            creation of an</span><br>
          <span>African regional registry so Mark's interest in and
            support for AfriNIC</span><br>
          <span>goes back a long way.</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>Mark was first part of NomCom in 2008 and has served on
            a total of</span><br>
          <span>seven NomCom's.</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>He became a Board member in 2009 - a position he held
            for six years.</span><br>
          <span>In this time period, he was both Chair (a short time)
            and Vice Chair of the Board.</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>He was the Boards ASO-AC representative when Alan
            Barrett became the CEO.</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>More importantly, Mark, at AfriNIC-5 (2006) presented
            his first Policy -</span><br>
          <span>which was later accepted. That is - PI space for IPv6
            "/48's"). He has</span><br>
          <span>been a Policy Contributor ever since.</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>Mark has also given many presentations at AfriNIC
            meetings.</span><br>
          <br>
          <br>
          <span>Some other dates include:</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>1992 - Started Posix Systems - a very early ISP</span><br>
          <span>1995 - acquired the CO.ZA zone file on behalf of
            UniForum SA and automated it</span><br>
          <span> so everyone could easily acquire domain names.</span><br>
          <span>1996 - qualified as a Cisco CCIE #1992</span><br>
          <span>1997 - started running IPv6 in January of that year</span><br>
          <span>2009 - gave IPv6 based presentations at the IGF on
            behalf of AfriNIC</span><br>
          <span>2010 - running DNSSEC at Posix</span><br>
          <span>2011 - became a member of the South African IoD
            (Institution of Directors)</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>He also:-</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>* Helped start UniForum SA (Member No. #1) - which is
            now the current ZACR</span><br>
          <span> (South African Central Registry) - the largest and most
            successful ccTLD</span><br>
          <span> in Africa</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>* Is a current member of the ICANN DNSSEC Program
            Committee</span><br>
          <br>
          <span>Mark has a great love for the Internet in Africa and
            that definitely includes</span><br>
          <span>a love and passion for AfriNIC. It would be wasteful to
            not use this person with such</span><br>
          <span>an institutional memory and passion for AFRINIC.</span><br>
          <br>
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Mark James ELKINS  -  Posix Systems - (South) Africa
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za">mje@posix.co.za</a>       Tel: +27.128070590  Cell: +27.826010496
For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ftth.posix.co.za">https://ftth.posix.co.za</a>
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