<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most of the provisions of the proposed â€œResource Review Policy” which failed to gain consensus and was eventually withdrawn by the authors.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 â€œassisted 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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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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