<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Dear Mr Jehovahseun,</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We hope you are doing well. </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Following some statements you made in the trail of emails exchanged below, kindly allow us to bring a clarification on these matters. </span></div></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Third, you did not include that fact that some of the mentors appointed by AFRInIC are authors of policies and they used the fellows to push their polices and agenda. </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you are referring to Mr Elitcha Komi, please note that this latter </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> was an AFRINIC fellow in <b class="">2015</b>. During his fellowship and thereafter, Mr Elitcha Komi, enriched of his experience at AFRINIC Public meeting, has been involved in the PDP (Policy Discussion Process) and had been a co-author of the IPv4 Resources transfer within the AFRINIC Region, which was adopted by the community and being implemented. </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As such, AFRINIC considers this achievement as an example of fruitful AFRINIC’s engagement with its community and that is reason Mr Elitcha was appointed returning fellow in 2017 to share his experience with new AFRINIC Fellows.</span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Then you never included the fact that Afrinic fellows via the whataps group were told to vote for a particular Candidate as the PDP chair. </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">There is Whatsapp group for new and Returning Fellows group where they exchange their experiences and opinions on any matter they find relevant. Under no circumstances AFRINIC gave instruction to vote for any candidate or support any policy. Keeping our position of neutrality, we, however, encourage fellows, be they returning or new, to be active and always be constructive on the community discussion mailing lists.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">AFRINIC fellows were used by some to achieve thier aim. </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are not aware of such situations. We will be grateful if you can share more information and evidences so we will take appropriate actions to address same. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">There is a serious need to review how fellows emerge and the criteria used in appointing mentors( A story for another day). Some candidates were provided access to the candidates for the PDP chair under guise of being an ex fellow. Anyway don't let me digress too much the discussion here is about WAFA's conduct and we leave other issues for another day.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Please find below the criteria being used by AFRINIC Fellows Committee to select AFRINIC Returning Fellows. </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><ol class=""><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Be a former AFRINIC fellow (with no limitation)</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Be a former returning fellow (with no limitation)</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demonstrate participation on the draft of any policy proposal</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demonstrate participation on the draft on any public comments on any AFRINIC document</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Participate remotely and/or live to at least 2 policy meetings after being selected AFRINIC's fellow</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demonstrate clear and referenced contribution toward his country and Africa (a blog would be a good start)</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demonstrate useful contribution and permanent presence on the AFRINIC mailing list</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demonstrate how you shared what you've learnt during the program he has attended</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demonstrate useful contribution over the fellowship social group</span></li><li class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Demonstrate willingness to help the fellowship comity over social media and all </span></li></ol><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">However we are open to any suggestions that may help to improve the process. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Some candidates were provided access to the candidates for the PDP chair under guise of being an ex fellow.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">As PDP chair is a position any member of AFRINIC community including AFRINIC fellows may apply for , we encourage any AFRINIC fellow willing to serve this community to apply to any open position at the AFRINIC governance structure.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Thanking you for your cooperation</span></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 4 Jul 2019, at 00:21, 94cm4n . <<a href="mailto:ezekielj20@gmail.com" class="">ezekielj20@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Sorry I meant to post to the community-discuss.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Jehovahseun<br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 3 Jul 2019, 9:18 PM 94cm4n ., <<a href="mailto:ezekielj20@gmail.com" class="">ezekielj20@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Dear Caleb,</div><div dir="auto" class="">I think Taiwo decided not to respond to you cos just like your questions to all the PDP chair candidates in Kampala (in which none of them responded too),it does not worth a reply. However i think I can dignify you with a response so that you don't think too much as to why people don't respond to you and start thinking too much of the fact that it seams you live in another planet. </div><div dir="auto" class="">First of all, you don't work for Afrinic and not the spokespersons for AFRINIC. </div><div dir="auto" class="">Secondly, Taiwo didn't talk about the fellows and you went off point.</div><div dir="auto" class="">Third, you did not include that fact that some of the mentors appointed by AFRInIC are authors of policies and they used the fellows to push their polices and agenda. Then you never included the fact that Afrinic fellows via the whataps group were told to vote for a particular Candidate as the PDP chair. </div><div dir="auto" class="">@ Heleen and other fellows? is this not True. </div><div dir="auto" class="">AFRINIC fellows were used by some to achieve thier aim. There is a serious need to review how fellows emerge and the criteria used in appointing mentors( A story for another day). Some candidates were provided access to the candidates for the PDP chair under guise of being an ex fellow. Anyway don't let me digress too much the discussion here is about WAFA's conduct and we leave other issues for another day.</div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Regards</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Jehovahseun</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 3 Jul 2019, 8:56 PM , <<a href="mailto:rpd-request@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">rpd-request@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>