<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear Noah, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In line with your reasons, I submit that no one can be a Board member. Because we aren't Robinson Crusoe, I guarantee you that everyone is mutually affiliated to thw other..</div><div dir="auto">Thus, if you are convinced that everyone linked to a resource member presents a conflict of interest, then nobody is qualified to run for a seat as Board member. </div><div dir="auto">As every potential or past Board member must have some ties with resource members. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Consequently, it is wrong to assume that anyone running for Board must have nothing to do with resource members. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Moreover, AFRINIC policies are clear, and the Board election is democratic. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Like I said in my previous post, it isn't illogical for interested candidates to running some sort of campaigns. And making themselves and the ideas the bring to the table should FIRST be seen simply as an awareness move to inform voters' decision, rather than alleging fraud.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">While I completely disagree with the use of incentives to sway votes, I reiterate that the onus is on the Voters to vote in the interest of AFRINIC with utmost integrity </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anthony </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 31, 2021, 10:21 AM Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 30 May 2021, 00:51 Ibeanusi Elvis, <<a href="mailto:ibeanusielvis@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ibeanusielvis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Dear Noah, </div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Chef Elvis,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See response in line.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Although the promise of financial benefits makes it smell of malfunction, fault and corruption and AFRINIC does not support such but promoting or suggesting a candidate should be not considered immoral. </div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The candidate in question has a campaign team purporting to be from Afrinic elections and is calling Afrinic members all the way from HongKong, asking members to vote and provide confirmation after voting for your candidate based on all the WhatsApp screenshot messages that members have shared across different mailing lists.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It is also public information that Paul Wolner's company [1] originates significant millions of IPv4 address space allocated to Cloud Innovation Ltd [2]. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See the links below and this is an indication of direct business relationship and therefore a direct conflict of interest.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">[1] <a href="https://bgp.he.net/AS328608#_whois" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bgp.he.net/AS328608#_whois</a></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">[2] <a href="https://bgp.he.net/AS328608#_prefixes" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bgp.he.net/AS328608#_prefixes</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Finally, the idea of suggesting to disqualify the candidate in question is entirely out of proportion, unacceptable and should not even be in consideration.</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Except that the candidate presents a direct conflict of interest. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">PS: To paraphrase, honest Abe, </font><font face="sans-serif"> “</font><b style="font-family:sans-serif">You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time</b><span style="font-family:sans-serif">.” </span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Noah</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Excuse My English :-)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div>
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