<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi,<br><br>I don’t know where Andrew is getting his information from and I too would like him to find his computer and verify his claims. <br><br>As far as I can see, they are erroneous and misleading. The facts from AfRINIC docs and lists<br><br>- only board members (registered members) can recall themselves. <br>- resource members and the wider community have no powers. <br>- There was no special resolutions on the matter by Andrew as claimed <br>- A previous attempt to address this was in the Bylaws review 2016<br><br>Current bylaws<br>{<br><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-2016?start=13">https://www.afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-2016?start=13</a><br><br>14 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS<br>14.1 A Director shall hold office until:<br>(i) his term of office expires, without prejudice to Article 13;<br>(ii) he/she signs a written notice of resignation and delivers it to the address for service on the Company, which notice shall be effective when it is received at that address or at such later time as may be specified in the notice;<br>(iii) he/she is removed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all other Directors;<br>(iv) he/she otherwise ceases to be a Director pursuant to Section 139 of the Act; or<br>(v) the Director being the Chief Executive Officer, on the Board terminating his employment as Chief Executive Officer.<br>}<br>Bylaws Revision<br>{<br><br><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/images/2.0-Special_Resolutions_SR1_to_SR20.pdf">https://www.afrinic.net/images/2.0-Special_Resolutions_SR1_to_SR20.pdf</a><br><br>Special Resolution 16 (SR16) <br>Give the Members the power to recall a Director. <br><br>Insert a new sub-article 14.1(iv) after the existing 14.1(iii), and re-number the subsequent sub-articles as appropriate; Add a new article 14.2 as follows. <br>14.1 A Director shall hold office until: <br> . (i) [no change from previous text] <br><br> . (ii) [no change from previous text] <br><br> . (iii) [no change from previous text] <br><br> . (iv) [new sub-article] he/she is removed in terms of Article 14.2; <br><br> . (v) [previous part (iv) re-numbered to (v)] <br><br> . (vi) [previous part (v) re-numbered to (vi)] <br><br>14.2 [new article] A Director other than the Chief Executive Officer may be removed by a special resolution of Registered Members and Resource Members passed at an Annual General Member Meeting, provided: <br>(i) At least 10% of all Registered Members and Resource Members petition for the special resolution to be included in the agenda of the meeting<br><br> . (ii) The Director who is the subject of the special resolution is given the opportunity to be heard at the meeting; <br><br> . (iii) The special resolution is passed with a supermajority of no less than 75% of all votes cast. <br>}<br><br>The votes results<br>{ <br><br><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/en/news/1957-results-of-voting-on-special-resolutions">https://www.afrinic.net/en/news/1957-results-of-voting-on-special-resolutions</a><br><br>SR 16: Give the Members the power to recall a Director.<br>58 YES, 21 NO, 0 Abstain<br>FAILED with 73% YES votes<br>}<br>Origin and discussions on what became SR16<br>{<br><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2016-June/000350.html">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2016-June/000350.html</a><br>}<br>Andrew's proposed special resolutions to amend bylaws 2015 <br>{<br> <a href="https://afrinic.net/images/doc/special_resolution_proposed_by_member.pdf">https://afrinic.net/images/doc/special_resolution_proposed_by_member.pdf</a><br>}<br><br><br>Thanks<br><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-12-15 14:35 GMT+00:00 Andrew Alston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="direction:ltr">Right now - I am on holiday with my family - sitting 9 hours behind my normal time zone - and wandering around Disney Land most of the time.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">I will clarify and send the documents when I get time to access them - and I remind you - and Arsene - I have zero obligations to give you any information - in any time frame - and how long it takes - that’s up to me - when I have
the chance to look up specifics - you will get them - until then - you are quite free to do what I will do to find them - go and read the bylaws and the companies act.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Shrug - btw - I have asked you a couple of things about a year or two ago - I believe the answer I got was something about enjoying a black label and getting back to me - care to go and answer those? I believe someone who has the
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Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 05:37<br>
Subject: Re: [rpd] Removal of a director<br>
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<p class="m_6052368735243277738m_-5429571147881746314m_-1855462273586610455x_MsoNormal">Could you point to the bylaws section or the corporate document where 5% of members (registered and resources) can recall a director and vote by super majority?</p>
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<div style="direction:ltr">This is fundamentally inaccurate - there is. It requires the signatures of 5% of the membership base to call for it - and following that a vote by super majority.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">If I recall there was a resolution proposed to make this easier - first by myself - it was voted down - and second proposed by the board in Mauritius - again it was voted down - so the procedure exists and is as difficult as it is
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<div style="direction:ltr">This community has a habit of voting against things based on who proposed them then coming and asking for them again later. I really wonder what will happen when a director finishes his term and refuses to hand back his legal membership
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