<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13658">Dear Community,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13336">It is unfortunate that we have been cornered to believe that whatever the board says (in their updates, minutes/etc) is untrue unless it incriminates one of the board member (in order for it to be judged truthful). </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13659">But remember that we have a board with 9 esteemed members and if majority of them do not have evidence of what 2-3 of them apparently heard, democracy demands that you must side with the (silent) majority who speak through the Chair of the Afrinic board. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13967">And if you can't then by all means instigate a vote of no confidence in the whole board as some of you are threatening to do - but keeping in mind the Bylaws mechanisms of doing this since we cannot go the mob-justice way however tempting it maybe.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13639">That said, Andrew does have his weakness and many would wish to see him leave the board. But please, please, we cannot do this through mob-justice. He has two years to go and clearly if he does not improve, he will definitely offer the board a thousand and one other ways of "skinning the rat" :-). </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13869">(Un)fortunately, the so called "buying of votes" is simply not one of them.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13911">walu.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13286"><br></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13889"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13888"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13887"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13886"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_13890"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Benjamin Eshun <benjamin.eshun@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> rpd List <rpd@afrinic.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 13, 2015 8:27 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [rpd] Integrity Issues<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_14012"><br><div id="yiv4628746113"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_14014"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_14013"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4628746113gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_14015"><br clear="none"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv4628746113yqt0996469423" id="yiv4628746113yqtfd05541"><div class="yiv4628746113gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436850840168_14016">On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:23 AM, serge ilunga <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sergekbk@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sergekbk@gmail.com">sergekbk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv4628746113gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">Trust is critical to the survival of our community.</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">Let me point out the issues raised during Tunis AGMM that can affect Community trust towards the BOD:</span><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">1. The possibility of conflict of interest of some BOD members.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">2. The fact that a BOD member stood up to explain how we can profit by selling our ressources out of the region (we are supposed to be a non profit org dedicated to Africa.)</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">3. Comment from Ms Mary stating that in organizations such ours, BOD members should listen more than speak.</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">4. Allegations that a BOD member has bought votes.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br clear="none"></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>+1 and I remember when I had the floor during the open mic I urged the Board not to turn a blind eye to these. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Does this mean that the community cannot have the confidence that the Board will discuss what the community thinks to be important or were they discussed but left out of the minutes.<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt0996469423" id="yqtfd57007">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">rpd mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>