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    <span style="">We are pleased to announce that we have now opened
      our e-voting platform for a wide member test. The online voting
      process was earlier postponed in order to allow the system to be
      further interrogated by the community before using it for real
      Board elections.</span>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align:
      justify;"><span style="">Although a lot of time and effort has
        already gone into AFRINIC’s endeavour to integrate the e-voting
        system into MyAFRINIC, there is need to subject it to further
        tests to ensure it was well understood, sufficiently transparent
        and secure to be used in all confidence. The system is now
        released in our member portal </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
          moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://my.afrinic.net"><span
            style="font-family: "Times New
            Roman","serif";" lang="EN-US">http://my.afrinic.net</span></a></span><span
        style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="">for a wide-scale
        test. </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align:
      justify;"><span style="">Please take time to look through the
        e-voting document and participate in the test to ensure the
        system works, and that it can contribute to making the election
        process transparent and effective. You can look at the
        announcement on the online voting at </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
          moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="http://www.afrinic.net/index.php/en/library/news-publications"><span
            style="" lang="EN-US">http://www.afrinic.net/index.php/en/library/news-publications</span></a></span><span
        style="">. You can also access the document on online voting at
      </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="http://www.afrinic.net/images/online%20voting.pdf"><span
            style="" lang="EN-US">http://www.afrinic.net/images/online%20voting.pdf</span></a></span><span
        class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="">.</span></span></p>
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      justify;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:
          "Times New Roman","serif";">Do not
          hesitate to send us your feedback or contact us for support at
        </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:myafrinic-admin@afrinic.net"><span style=""
            lang="EN-US">myafrinic-admin@afrinic.net</span></a></span><span
        class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span><span
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Babusha Radhakissoon

AfriNIC | 11th Floor ABC | Raffles Tower | Cybercity | Mauritius
Tel: +230 403 5100 |Fax: +230 466 6758 
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