<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="">In essence, it is AFRINIC staff choosing on their own initiative to effectively implement most of the provisions of the proposed “Resource Review Policy†which failed to gain consensus and was eventually withdrawn by the authors.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s unclear to what extent the board has sanctioned this staff-driven witch hunt, but sofas, it appears to persist despite it’s current consequences to date.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Certainly, the board must have consented to its continuance for it to still exist.</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 06:01 , Erick Joshua Lagon <<a href="mailto:erickj.lagon@gmail.com" class="">erickj.lagon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Hello Mark,</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">We are thankful for your services for the Community. We are wishing you well on your endeavors.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">And for the Board, what is this “assisted review†that the Community is not aware of? Are there behind the scenes projects that everyone is not aware of? I hope that the Board addresses these issues for the sake of everyone.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Regards,</div><div dir="auto" class="">Erick</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 8:39 PM Sami Salih <<a href="mailto:sami.salih@outlook.com" target="_blank" class="">sami.salih@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
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Salam <span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline!important" class="">Mark,</span></div>
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Thank you for volunteering for the community, I personally know how much you care about developing the <span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline!important" class="">AFRINIC. However, if I'm in your please I will fight more, but this is your way
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline!important" class="">I hope you continue to support the organization.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Sent:</b> Monday, July 26, 2021 3:09 PM<br class="">
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<div class="">Hi Mark</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">Good luck and thank you for participating and stopping Paul Wolner.</div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">History shall remember.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">On Sun, 25 Jul 2021, 23:30 Mark Elkins, <<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" target="_blank" class="">mje@posix.co.za</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">Dear community,</p><p 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
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</p><p 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.</p><p class="">Thank you for your support and votes. <br class="">
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