<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Also, the quoted article 12.24 is a provision to prevent confusion about the representation of corporations by natural persons. <div><br></div><div>AFRINIC members have staff with technical functions, staff with general administrative/finance functions, and possibly staff with legal functions. Which of them should be excluded from what segments of the AGMM? </div><div><br></div><div>I’m hopeful that some thought went into this on the part of Legal and the Board. Can AFRINIC’s leadership please explain what problem we are trying to solve by limiting the degree of participation of members? Maybe we can find an alternative solution? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks. </div><div><br></div><div>Dewole. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from a mobile device</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 31, 2022, at 19:29, Andrew Alston via Community-Discuss <community-discuss@afrinic.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div dir="ltr">You beat me to it - all this says is that a corporation may be represented by proxy appointment - it does not create a situation for single person representation - and this is a very far stretch at best - and at worst nothing more than semantics
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<div dir="ltr">Are we so disrespected that we are thought of as stupid that we will buy this nonsense?</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 31, 2022 21:18<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [members-discuss] ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERS’ MEETING (AGMM)
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<div class="">On 31 May 2022, at 22:00, AFRINIC Communication <<a href="mailto:comms@afrinic.net" class="" style="">comms@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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12.14(9) provides, inter-alia as follows - "Corporations may act by representative. A corporate body, which is a Member, may appoint a representative to attend an Annual General Members’ Meeting on its behalf in the same manner as that in which it could appoint
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<div class="">The above does not specify that a corporate body cannot be represented by more than one person in the AGMM.</div>
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