<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=""><div class="">Mr Wollner,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Code of Conduct was not applied as Mr. Habib publicly apologised to the mailing list.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">AFRINIC Communications</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 11 Aug 2021, at 11:15, Paul Wollner <<a href="mailto:paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net" class="">paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="">I am curious as to why AFRINIC is silent when comes to enforcing CoC on its vice chairman of the board? Why has the board member not resigned after such an improper public comment?<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div data-sigid="4563131000000009003" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn" class=""><div class="">Regards<br class=""></div><div class="">Paul</div></div><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;" class="zmail_extra_hr"><br class=""></div><div style="" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" class="zmail_extra"><br class=""><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1" class="">---- On Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:41:29 +0200 <b class="">habib.youssef via Members-Discuss <<a href="mailto:members-discuss@afrinic.net" class="">members-discuss@afrinic.net</a>></b> wrote ----<br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0px;" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Thanks Boubakar, Yousef and Matthews for your support.<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">What Lu Heng and company have started to do since several years to go is criminal by all standards.<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I hope Afrinic will get out stronger from crisis.<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">--Habib.<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" id="x_279409457composer_signature" class=""><div dir="auto" style="font-size : 85%; color : #575757;" class="">Sent from my Galaxy<br class=""></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 100%;" dir="auto" align="left" class=""><div class="">-------- Original message --------<br class=""></div><div class="">From: Boubakar Barry <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:Boubakar.Barry@wacren.net" class="">Boubakar.Barry@wacren.net</a>><br class=""></div><div class="">Date: 03/08/2021 08:49 (GMT+01:00)<br class=""></div><div class="">To: Members Discuss <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:members-discuss@afrinic.net" class="">members-discuss@afrinic.net</a>><br class=""></div><div class="">Subject: [members-discuss] Joint statement on the current AFRINIC situation from the African Regional RENs<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Dear All,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On behalf of the three African regional RENs, please find attached our joint statement on the current situation at AFRINIC.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It says:<br class=""></div><div class="">---<br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">ASREN, UbuntuNet
Alliance and WACREN are the regional research and education networks
interconnecting national research and education networks (NRENs) across the
continent (Northern Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central
Africa).<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">African RENs provide connectivity and other services
to millions of end users in the education and research community (students,
faculty, researchers, administrators, etc.), and INRs are critical for the
delivery of these services. <span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">The REN community is following with interest but also
with concern the heated debate on the current lawsuit against AFRINIC that led
to the freezing of its bank accounts, thus jeopardizing its operations.<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">Many years ago, members of the REN community expressed
concerns about a risk for AFRINIC, when a resource member publicly said that AFRINIC
will face bankruptcy if it dares consider reclaiming resources that many
members thought were assigned wrongly, or at least were not used as
initially indicated. It was, at that time, recommended to address this issue
seriously.<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">And here we are.<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">Anyway: <span class=""> </span>the
current situation is very serious and our community and the friends of the
African Internet community should stand together and fight against those who
want to destroy and bury AFRINIC.<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">Yes, there are things to improve at AFRINIC. But in
this critical situation, we urge all to stand by and support the Board and Management
of our organization.<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">We say no to any attempt to move the management of Internet
number resources attributed to Africa to any other organization.<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">Therefore, we, as representatives of the African REN
community, express our full support to AFRINIC Board and Management and invite
all Africans and friends of Africa to do the same.<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt"><span class=""> </span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt">Signed:<span class=""></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></div><p class="x_279409457gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height : 150%;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">For ASREN (</span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.asrenorg.net/" style="color : rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration : underline;" class=""><span class="">www.asrenorg.net</span></a></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">): Dr. Yousef Torman, Co-MD<span class=""></span></span></span><br class=""></p><p class="x_279409457gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height : 150%;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">For Ubuntunet Alliance (</span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ubuntunet.net/" style="color : rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration : underline;" class=""><span class="">www.ubuntunet.net</span></a></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">): Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka, CEO<span class=""></span></span></span><br class=""></p><p class="x_279409457gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height : 150%;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">For WACREN (</span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wacren.net/" style="color : rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration : underline;" class=""><span class="">www.wacren.net</span></a></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">): Dr. Boubakar Barry, CEO<span class=""></span></span></span><br class=""></p>________________________________________________________________</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Boubakar Barry<br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="x_279409457gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">CEO/Directeur Général, WACREN<br class=""></div></div>Web: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wacren.net/" class="">http://www.wacren.net</a><br class=""></div>***Keep it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler. (A. Einstein)***<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________ <br class="">Members-Discuss mailing list <br class=""><a href="mailto:Members-Discuss@afrinic.net" class="">Members-Discuss@afrinic.net</a> <br class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss</a> <br class=""></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Community-Discuss mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" class="">Community-Discuss@afrinic.net</a><br class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>