<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">Dear</span> <span class="hps">brothers;<br><br><br></span><span>I</span> <span class="hps">would</span> <span class="hps">like</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">say</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">such problems</span> <span class="hps">are not discussed</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">picture and</span> <span class="hps">how</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">forum</span> <span class="hps">should</span> <span class="hps">rises above</span> <span class="hps">such topics</span> <span class="hps">so as not to</span> <span class="hps">lose</span> <span class="hps">its</span> <span class="hps">credibility</span> <span class="hps">and</span>
 <span class="hps">influence</span> <span class="hps">in the performance of</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">respected</span> <span class="hps">organization</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">seeks</span> <span class="hps">to make</span> <span class="hps">Africa</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">ranks</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">high-end</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">advanced</span> <span class="hps">continents</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">discuss</span> <span class="hps">such</span> <span class="hps">topics</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">way</span> <span class="hps">calls</span> <span class="hps">into</span> <span class="hps">question</span> <span class="hps">everyone</span> <span class="hps">in the
 performance of</span> <span class="hps">this organization</span> <span class="hps">and also</span> <span class="hps">calls</span> <span class="hps">into</span> <span class="hps">question</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">world</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">distinguishing</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">can not</span> <span class="hps">resolve</span> <span class="hps">their</span> <span class="hps">differences</span> <span class="hps">constructive</span> <span class="hps">dialogue</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Should</span> <span class="hps">investigate</span> <span class="hps">these issues</span> <span class="hps">within</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">organization</span> <span class="hps">and then</span> <span class="hps">announce</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">results</span> <span class="hps">for
 all</span></span>.<br><br>    Thanks<br><br>Hago Dafalla<br>Sudan<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 19/3/13, Andrew Alston <i><alston.networks@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Andrew Alston <alston.networks@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [AFRINIC-rpd] AfriNIC employs a convicted criminal as Head of IT<br>To: "Sunday Folayan" <sfolayan@gmail.com><br>Cc: "deepak.mehta" <deepak.mehta@zoho.com>, rpd@afrinic.net<br>Date: Tuesday, 19 March, 2013, 9:17<br><br><div class="plainMail">Have to agree with Sunday,<br><br>This almost seems like a personal vendetta to me.<br><br>I take on this is, the conviction you mention has zero material impact on his job function that I can see.  If he had been convicted for serious violent crime, fraud or something else that actually had relevance to the work he does, I would understand a question,
 but I would assume such questions would be addressed directly to the ceo/board before being put on this list.<br><br>Make no mistake, I have no problem questioning AfriNIC management and board about relevant issues in public forums, infact, I'm pretty well known for doing so, however, such issues that are questioned should actually pertain to AfriNIC and its function, and the impact that the issue being questioned has on the community.  In this case, I simply cannot see any impact on the community or the way that AfriNIC functions.<br><br>As I said, this sounds like a personal vendetta against a specific individual, or someone trying to cause crap for the sake of it.  Either way, it's not appropriate for this forum (or any other that I can see!)<br><br>Andrew<br><br>On 19 Mar 2013, at 11:07 AM, Sunday Folayan <<a ymailto="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=sfolayan@gmail.com">sfolayan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>>
 Deepak,<br>> <br>> Just some questions bothering me  ....<br>> <br>> Why send this to the rpd list?<br>> Did you seek explanation by emailing the CEO?<br>> or Email/Copy the Chair of the Board?<br>> Who are you working for?<br>> How many of such dossiers do you have on the other staff?<br>> Is this a deliberate attempt to pull AfriNIC down?<br>> <br>> I am glad he is an African, now employed in Africa by us, Africans. If he made a mistake in the past, due to mental colonization, ie ... thinking the golden fleece is in America, I am glad he is now working for the good of Africa.<br>> <br>> I am increasing the intensity of my radar on you and any of the other spoilers who find the faintest reason to hit at AfriNIC, an institution many people toiled to build.<br>> <br>> Take heed of the fact that discretion is the greater part of Valour!<br>> <br>> Sunday.<br>> <br>> On 18/03/2013 21:23, Dorothy
 K. Gordon wrote:<br>>> It is not outrageous. It is good that people are not destroyed for life after a conviction. Besides this is an immigration matter and has no bearing on his current role. Please leave him in peace to do his job.<br>>> <br>>> Peace on earth, good will to men and women.<br>>> <br>>> Dorothy K. Gordon<br>>> Director-General<br>>> Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT<br>>> Mobile: 233 265005712<br>>> Direct Line: 233 302 683579<br>>> Website: www.aiti-kace.com.gh<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> ----- Original Message -----<br>>> From: "deepak.mehta" <<a ymailto="mailto:deepak.mehta@zoho.com" href="/mc/compose?to=deepak.mehta@zoho.com">deepak.mehta@zoho.com</a>><br>>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" href="/mc/compose?to=rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br>>> Sent: Monday, 18 March, 2013 6:28:41 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca /
 Monrovia<br>>> Subject: [AFRINIC-rpd] AfriNIC employs a convicted criminal as Head of IT<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-nynd-1_05-cr-00502/pdf/USCOURTS-nynd-1_05-cr-00502-0.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-nynd-1_05-cr-00502/pdf/USCOURTS-nynd-1_05-cr-00502-0.pdf</a><br>>> <br>>> We, LIR members, pays AfriNIC thousand of dollars as yearly membership fee which is used to renumerate a convicted criminal.<br>>> <br>>> This is outrageous.<br>>> <br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> rpd mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" href="/mc/compose?to=rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br>>> <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd</a><br>>>
 _______________________________________________<br>>> rpd mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" href="/mc/compose?to=rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br>>> <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd</a><br>>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> --------------------------------------------------------<br>> Sunday Adekunle Folayan<br>>    blog: <a href="http://www.sundayfolayan.name.ng" target="_blank">http://www.sundayfolayan.name.ng</a><br>>   email: <a ymailto="mailto:sfolayan@skannet.com.ng" href="/mc/compose?to=sfolayan@skannet.com.ng">sfolayan@skannet.com.ng</a>, <a ymailto="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=sfolayan@gmail.com">sfolayan@gmail.com</a><br>>   phone: +234-802-291-2202<br>>   skype: sfolayan<br>>    fcbk:
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