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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>
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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>
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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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