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<div style="" dir="ltr">We also note that even if this nonsense being stated is true - that resolves 1 outta 3 missing seats…</div>
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<div style="" dir="ltr">There is a long, by meatloaf, it says “2 outta 3 ain’t bad” - well - we ain’t even got to that yet - and I would hope to hell that we strive for better anyway. Remember - one rigged election seat is 2 many - never mind 3 </div>
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<div dir="auto">"I hope this puts to rest the ongoing debate and clears the way for a</div>
<div dir="auto">successful AGMM." </div>
<div dir="auto">Frankly this is the wrong attitude. The defects with the AGMM are varied and your "explanation" misses the simple point. The bylaws envisage that at each AGMM there is an election. At that election the seats that become vacant through term expiry
must be held. Also at that AGMM must board filled vacancies be up for election. Also any vacancies that have otherwise arisen must be filled. There is no gap in the bylaws or need to depart from this principle. If a situation where to arise where there is
a lack of directors then Mauritius law provides an answer that involves the courts. Following the bylaws does not disrupt the sequencing, the ONLY time sequencing would become an issue is if a person is given a new three year term when filling a vacancy. Basic
reading of the bylaws makes it clear that the purpose of the language requiring a preservation of sequencing is to ensure that vacancies are filled to run with the original term. </div>
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<div dir="auto">We don't know - because Afrinic have not disclosed - what the court has ordered. What we do know is that the order will impact on the AGMM. We also know that the govcom didn't properly apply it's mind and/or erred in its recommendations and
advise. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Dear Community,</div>
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<div dir="auto">I want to thank the community for the comments and suggestions made after</div>
<div dir="auto">the Governance Committee published its communique on the recommendations</div>
<div dir="auto">made to the AfriNIC Board. GovCom plans to take all the suggestions and</div>
<div dir="auto">comments into the next meeting and deliberate on them further. We take note</div>
<div dir="auto">of the comments/recommendations made especially by Mr. Folayan and Mr.</div>
<div dir="auto">DeLong.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I would however like to remind the community about the provisions within</div>
<div dir="auto">the current By-Laws that lead to the recommendations GovCom made to the</div>
<div dir="auto">Board. There only provisions within the current By-Laws that would enable</div>
<div dir="auto">a person to be a member of the AfriNIC Board.</div>
<div dir="auto">Filling of a Casual Vacancy in pursuit of Article 13.14 of the By-Laws</div>
<div dir="auto">Conduct of Elections with a full tenure of three (3) years in pursuit of</div>
<div dir="auto">Article 13.5, Article 13.6, and Article 13.7 of the By-Laws</div>
<div dir="auto">Either the Board, NomCom, ECom, GovCom, or even Members at an AGMM have the</div>
<div dir="auto">power to vary the sequence seats for Directors are elected or the mandated</div>
<div dir="auto">3-year tenure of an elected Director</div>
<div dir="auto">The proposals suggested by Mr. Folayan and Mr. DeLong where the Board</div>
<div dir="auto">conducts elections out of sequence for certain seats and for the remainder</div>
<div dir="auto">of the unexpired term of the seat is likened to a bi-election mechanism.</div>
<div dir="auto">Unfortunately, there are no such provisions for bi-elections within the</div>
<div dir="auto">current By-Laws 2020. And as such, it would be a clear breach of the</div>
<div dir="auto">provisions in the current By-Laws.</div>
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<div dir="auto">In regards to the Eastern Africa seat, the Board restored the tenure of the</div>
<div dir="auto">elected Director to the mandated 3-year term. They were no extensions of</div>
<div dir="auto">the tenure as the Board did not have the mandate to reduce the tenure to</div>
<div dir="auto">2-years in the first place.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I hope this puts to rest the ongoing debate and clears the way for a</div>
<div dir="auto">successful AGMM.</div>
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<div dir="auto">regards,</div>
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