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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">On 14 Jul 2015 at 5:50, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> Dear Community,</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Was good to see you at the Africa DNS Forum in Nairobi last week, hope you get this.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> It is unfortunate that we have been cornered to believe that whatever the board </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> says (in their updates, minutes/etc) is untrue unless it incriminates one of the </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> board member (in order for it to be judged truthful). </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Unfortunately indeed this community mistrust of the Board may continue till community can
see that the Board is more open, transparrent, accountable and is not being inappropriately
swayed by those "powerful" individuals inside or ourside the Board. Only the Board can
improve its own image here.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> But remember that we have a board with 9 esteemed members and if majority of </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> them do not have evidence of what 2-3 of them apparently heard, democracy </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> demands that you must side with the (silent) majority who speak through the </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> Chair of the Afrinic board. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">One of the major prblems or deficiencies on the current AFRINIC Board is that the minority
voice is never heard, it is suppressed and it never makes out in the minutes, in vote counts ...
even in elections as we saw in Tunis, etc, just as you have put it here Walu.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">It is often said in governance that it is the minority view or voice that changes the world but
those views are literary suppressed on this Board. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">So, the community seems to get a great surprise everytime such a minority voice breaks out
in the open causing lengthy unnecessary and often petty debates like the one taking place
right now on these AFRINIC lists.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Regards,</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Paulos</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Dr Paulos B Nyirenda</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">http://www.registrar.mw</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> And if you can't then by all means instigate a vote of no confidence in the whole </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> board as some of you are threatening to do - but keeping in mind the Bylaws </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> mechanisms of doing this since we cannot go the mob-justice way however </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> tempting it maybe.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> That said, Andrew does have his weakness and many would wish to see him </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> leave the board. But please, please, we cannot do this through mob-justice. He </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> has two years to go and clearly if he does not improve, he will definitely offer the </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> board a thousand and one other ways of "skinning the rat" :-). </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> (Un)fortunately, the so called "buying of votes" is simply not one of them.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> walu.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> From: Benjamin Eshun <benjamin.eshun@gmail.com></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> To: rpd List <rpd@afrinic.net></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 8:27 PM</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:23 AM, serge ilunga <sergekbk@gmail.com> wrote: </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> Trust is critical to the survival of our community.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> Let me point out the issues raised during Tunis AGMM that can affect Community trust towards the </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> BOD:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> 1. The possibility of conflict of interest of some BOD members.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> 2. The fact that a BOD member stood up to explain how we can profit by selling our ressources out of </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> the region (we are supposed to be a non profit org dedicated to Africa.)</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> 3. Comment from Ms Mary stating that in organizations such ours, BOD members should listen more </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> than speak.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> 4. Allegations that a BOD member has bought votes.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> +1 and I remember when I had the floor during the open mic I urged the Board </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> not to turn a blind eye to these. Does this mean that the community cannot have </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> the confidence that the Board will discuss what the community thinks to be </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> important or were they discussed but left out of the minutes.</span></font></div>
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