<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">There are legitimate reasons for Mark to be fearful of remaining on such a board. I am unable to go into details on the advice of counsel, but I respect Mark’s decision even though I am disappointed by it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I, too, had hoped he would remain a lone voice for sanity in a mostly failing board.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 26, 2021, at 05:38 , Sami Salih <<a href="mailto:sami.salih@outlook.com" class="">sami.salih@outlook.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Salam <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="">Mark,</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Thank you for volunteering for the community, I personally know how much you care about developing the <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="">AFRINIC. However, if I'm in your please I will fight more, but this is your way and I/we should respect it.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="">I hope you continue to support the organization.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">best of luck </div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div id="Signature" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS", Chalkboard, cursive;" class=""><b class="">Sami Salih</b></span></div></div></div></div><div id="appendonsend" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" class="">noah@neo.co.tz</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, July 26, 2021 3:09 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mark Elkins <<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" class="">mje@posix.co.za</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>General Discussions of AFRINIC <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" class="">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Community-Discuss] Resignation</font><div class=""> </div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Hi Mark</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Good luck and thank you for participating and stopping Paul Wolner.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">History shall remember.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Cheers</div><div dir="auto" class="">Noah</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""><div class="x_gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Sun, 25 Jul 2021, 23:30 Mark Elkins, <<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" class="">mje@posix.co.za</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="x_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 class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Dear community,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I've handed the Chair of the AFRINIC Board my resignation - effective immediate. I'm still under NDA so can't say much. I do disagree with what is happening and feel that I have been grossly mislead. The current situation has been brewing for months - long before I joined.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I do have a personal view that the "Assisted Review" program is misguided and needs to be terminated and its effects reversed. It would seem to be the cause of much friction.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Thank you for your support and votes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class="">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa<br class=""><a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">mje@posix.co.za</a> Tel:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="tel:+27826010496" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">+27.826010496</a><br class="">For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://ftth.posix.co.za/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">https://ftth.posix.co.za</a><br class=""><br class=""><img alt="Posix
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