<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Cher DG,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">L'humilité, le souci de mieux faire ainsi que la poursuite de l'excellence au service de la communauté se dégage dans votre communication. Il va de soi,en tant que communauté AFRINIC, que nous vous appuyons et vous accompagnons dans la vision et les actions de votre mandat. You will never walk alone!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Cordialement,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Blaise.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_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><div dir="ltr"><div> <font face="times new roman, serif" size="2"> <font color="#0000ff">Blaise FYAMA</font></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Msc, PhD.</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Professeur Associé</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Secrétaire Général Académique Honoraire/UL</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Doyen de la Faculté des Sciences Informatiques/UPL</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Doyen a.i de la Faculté Polytechnique/UPL</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Chef de Département Génie Electrique/ESI-UNILU</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Chef de Service Informatique/Polytech-UNILU</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Consultant Informatique BIT/PAEJK</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Tel: +243995579515</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#0000ff">Numéro O.N.I.CIV: 00460</font></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#0000ff">MSc, PhD.<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#0000ff">Associate Professor<span></span></font></span></p>
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ESI-UNILU<span></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#0000ff">Phone: +243995579515<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#0000ff">O.N.I.CIV number: 00460</font><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><span></span></font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 5 févr. 2020 à 00:04, Mark Tinka <<a href="mailto:mark.tinka@seacom.mu">mark.tinka@seacom.mu</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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<font face="Tahoma">Good man.<br>
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You have my undying support, Mr. Kayihura.<br>
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Mark.</font><br>
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<div>On 4/Feb/20 21:32, Sami Salih wrote:<br>
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Thank you Boss for those words, I feel that it's comes from a
honest heart, I I'm sure the community got the same feeling. Be
sure all of us share the same story with slight difference, for
me I was first time invited for 2009 meeting in SA, then we
organized the first IG in Sudan, and we success to reach 30%
IPv6 traffic in the REN network.
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AFRINIC means a lot for us, and to our local community, so any
type of support you need please just let us know and we will
never hide.<br>
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once again thank you for this kind message, and wish you all the
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Kayihura <a href="mailto:eddy@afrinic.net" target="_blank"><eddy@afrinic.net></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 4, 2020 9:47:20 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Community-Discuss] A personal note</font>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues, ( French version below)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">One day in April 2006, I was informed by
Rwandatel CTO that I would attend an AFRINIC meeting in
Nairobi as our company had received a fellowship from them.
This intrigued me because I did not understand why our IP
provider was willing to sponsor a trip for a member for no
apparent reason.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">Not only did I not find any catch but I
discovered a community that I had no clue existed. I heard
of IPv6 for the first time and later registered for a course
which happened at AFRINIC 9 in Balaclava, Mauritius. This
connection together with the AfNog one helped me grow
quickly in the networking field.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">Back home, many colleagues attended AFRINIC and
AfNog events and we started seeing scalable network and
systems managed by young Rwandans.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">14 years later, Afrinic has evolved in many
ways and is still around committed to its mission of
supporting Internet technology usage and development in
Africa.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">I have grown over the years to become AFRINIC’s
CEO. The large number of support messages I have received
since it happened has been very humbling and demonstrates
the fact that AFRINIC is dear to the hearts of many people
all over the world.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">AFRINIC has had more than its fair share of ups
and downs and challenges over the years. However, there are
inspiring stories of its positive contributions and impact
in many countries. It continues to play a fundamentally
important role in Internet development across Africa and the
Indian Ocean region.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">During my few weeks in office, I have
endeavored with the team on analysing and identifying all
key focus areas from the feedback we have received from our
membership and community.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">The key focus areas include:</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">- Restoring the accuracy of the database and
enhancing membership experience.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">- Delivering on promises of major technical
products and projects anticipated by our membership and
community.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">- Building, developing and maintaining our
community through providing capacity building, research and
engagement opportunities.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">- Restructuring a cohesive and efficient team
that will deliver on all the above and more.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">I would like to commend the team’s resilience
and dedication over the years and I am a firm believer that
our success will not be attainable without the involvement
of each of us. As a member-based organisation and a
community-driven organisation, the support of our members
and community is also vital to our triumph as a whole.</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">I will be giving a monthly update on the
progress we make on the different areas and we welcome your
suggestions, support and constructive feedback as we travel
this journey together.</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">Kind regards,</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">Eddy</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">*****</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black" lang="EN-US">Chers Collegues, (votre indulgence
pour les accents et potentielles fautes d'ortographes est
appreciee)<br>
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Par un jour normal en 2006, le CTO de Rwandatel m'a informé
que je participerai à une reunion d'AFRINIC à Nairobi et
qu'ils prennait tout en charge. Je fus intrigué car ne
comprenant pas pourquoi notre fournisseur d'adresse IP
serait si genereuse.<br>
<br>
Je n'ai cependant trouve aucun piège. Bien plus, j'ai plutôt
decouvert une communauté dont j'ignorai totalement
l'existence. J'ai entendu parler de IPv6 pour la premiere
fois et me suis enregistré pour un cours qui a eu lieu lors
de AFRINIC 9 a Balaclava en ile Maurice. Cette connection
ainsi qu'avec AfNog m'a aide a progresser rapidement dans le
domaine de la connectivite.<br>
<br>
Au pays, plusieurs collegues ont participé aux réunions
d'AFRINIC et AfNog et nous avons commencé à voir de jeunes
rwandais gerant des reseaux et systèmes bien configuré.<br>
<br>
14 annees plus tard, Afrinic a evolué de plusieurs maniere
tout en restant fidele à sa mission de soutenir l'usage et
le developpement des technologies de l'Internet.<br>
<br>
J'ai aussi progressé jusqu'à en devenir le Directeur
Général. Les inombrables messages de soutien que j'ai recu
etaient bien chaleureux et demontrent a quel point Afrinic
est cher é plusieurs personnes au travers le globe.<br>
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Afrinic a eu son lot de hauts et bas au travers des années.
Cependant, il y a plusieurs histoires inspirantes sur sa
contribution dans plusieurs pays. Afrinic continue a jouer
un role fondamental pour le developpement de l'Internet sur
le continent ainsi que la region de l'Ocean Indien.<br>
<br>
Pour mes premieres semaines en fonction, je me suis attelé
avec l'equipe a analyser et identifier les points les plus
saillants des feedbacks recu de nos membres ainsi que la
communaute.<br>
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Ces points incluent les elements suivants:<br>
<br>
- Restaurer l'intigrite de la base de donnees et ameliorer
l'expenrience de nos membres;<br>
<br>
- Finaliser l'implementation des differents produits et
projets promis et souhaite par nos membres ainsi que la
communaute en general;<br>
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- Developper notre communaute au travers des diverses
activites de formation, recherches et reunions;<br>
<br>
- Restructurer une equipe plus efficace afin de remplir
toutes les promesses citees ci-haut et bien plus encore.<br>
<br>
Je souhaite saluer la tenacite et le devouement de l'equipe
Afrinic au travers des annees et je suis convaincu que notre
succes n'est pas atteignable sans l'implication d'un chacun.
Comme une organization "member-based" et orientee vers la
communaute, le soutien de nos membres ainsi que des membres
de la communaute est primordial si nous voulons celebrer
notre aboutissement comme un block.<br>
<br>
Je vous donnerai une mise a jour mensuelle sur les
avancements que nous ferons sur differents fronts et vos
suggestions sont le bienvenu tout au long de ce voyage.<br>
<br>
Respectueusement votre,<br>
<br>
Eddy<br>
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