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<div style="direction:ltr">Noah - please go and read his previous post to this list - and read this and that email together in context.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">He blatantly used the term neo colonialism in the past one - there was nothing ambiguous about it</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">These emails need to be read together in context - he is deliberately attacking a part of the community that contributes in excess of 30% of the Afrinic revenue - he is making statements with no citation that are divisive in nature
- he has accused South Africans of neo colonialism in blunt terms - and I have had enough. Is statements are drastically inaccurate and do not take into account the hundreds of millions of dollars invested in infrastructure outside of ZA.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">The implications are pretty damn clear - and I am sick of it. Are we one continent or not? Are we one Afrinic or not? Are we all African or not?</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">I say yes - South African - Kenyan - Tanzanian - Nigerian - Senegalese - Togo - doesn’t matter - every single member pays his dues and all opinions are equal - and if we choose to divide - that is the day that any dream of a United
afrinic is dead - and that is what his emails seem to seek</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Noah <noah@neo.co.tz><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 18, 2017 6:41:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Andrew Alston<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jackson Muthili; AfriNIC Board of Directors' List; rpd; ceo@afrinic.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] Two more petitioners</font>
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Be specific, what exactly did Jackson say that "introduced a racially biased context." and in what way specifically has he made "accusations of Neo colonialism "?<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Andrew Alston <span dir="ltr">
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<div style="direction:ltr">While I am sorely tempted to respond point to point in your email and give you a lesson in facts - I will not dignify this nonesense with such.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">I will however say this - this is the second time you have introduced a racially biased context into the PDP - and discounted the will of a significant portion of the member base - based of blatant unsubstantiated and inaccurate prejudice</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Chairs - please can this be dealt with - this individual has already made accusations of Neo colonialism with no basis - and nothing was done - but enough is enough.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Every member of Afrinic is equal in their right to be heard - be they black or white - South African or Egyptian or Congolese or Senegalese. The type of racial drivel and divisive language is what tears this community apart - and
is totally intolerable.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Consider this an official complaint about conduct</div>
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From: Jackson Muthili <<a href="mailto:jacksonmuthi@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacksonmuthi@gmail.com</a>><br>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 14:15<br>
Subject: Re: [rpd] Two more petitioners<br>
To: Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:andrew.alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank">andrew.alston@liquidtelecom.<wbr>com</a>><br>
Cc: rpd <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>
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On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Andrew Alston<br>
<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.<wbr>com</a>> wrote:<br>
> As per attached<br>
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> _____________<br>
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Extract of attached petitions in quotes below and comments therein<br>
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> To: The AFRINIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT CO-CHAIRS<br>
> RE: IPv4 Soft Landing Bis<br>
> I, the undersigned, representing Afrihost SP hereby wish to state my clear and unambiguous<br>
> opposition to the IPv4 Soft Landing BIS proposal, AFPUB-2016-V4-001-DRAFT-07<br>
> I oppose this policy because I believe that the policy in its current form is harmful to the industry<br>
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Can the opposer or the convener of the opposers explain the harm that<br>
will befall our dear industry?<br>
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> and<br>
> irrespective of the motives of the authors, will have the effect of limiting the growth of Internet<br>
> penetration in Africa.<br>
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According to various sources, about 13.5% of the African population<br>
has Internet access. While Africa accounts for 15.0% of the world's<br>
population, only 6.2% of the World's Internet subscribers are<br>
Africans. Africans who have access to broadband connections are<br>
estimated to be in percentage of 1% or lower.<br>
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These metrics tell a compelling story about a continent whose internet<br>
is growing, but is still constrained through infrastructure, save for<br>
one country that is South Africa, where all the opposers or their<br>
convener appears to emanate. While their concerns are selfishly in the<br>
interest of their business landscape and interests, the situation in<br>
the other 53 countries is a far cry from the reality in South Africa.<br>
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For the internet to continue to grow, they will need affordable means<br>
to acquire IPv4 address space for a considerable time in the<br>
foreseeable future. Even if the IPv6 argument holds true, we have<br>
argued on here that IPv6 is the future, yes, but Africa, South Africa,<br>
Americas and the others are still far from that IPv6 future. We would<br>
otherwise not be having this conversation.<br>
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For the Internet to grow in Africa and for the unconnected to still<br>
get connected, the need to preserve IPv4 space in the registry and<br>
still make it available to both new and existing operators is as<br>
extremely critical as the need itself to get connected. I cannot see a<br>
better policy to assure this than this one.<br>
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> I further believe that to lock space up in a manner that ensures that it will still be unused after the<br>
> rest of the world has moved to V6,<br>
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If the rest of the world has moved to IPv6, AFRINIC will not have run<br>
out of IPv6 space to dole out to our communities and businesses. They<br>
will all just get IPv6 simple and easy.<br>
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> thereby wasting a precious African resource until such a point as<br>
> it will be worthless is completely contrary to the interests of the African industry as a whole.<br>
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The principle is to fairly distribute the resource in a period of<br>
scarcity, not to greedily dole it out to the wealthiest. Do not ignore<br>
the fact that AFRINIC serves a community of 54 African countries. It<br>
does not sell IP addresses in a capitalist free market system where<br>
the richest take it all at the expense of the poorer. If the resource<br>
ever becomes worthless, IPv6 would be up and running, and the<br>
continent wins. The issue is not the *worth* or *value* of the<br>
resource, but getting everyone connected. Do not lose the purpose of<br>
the argument.<br>
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> Finally, I believe that this policy and its implementation are in direct conflict with section 3.4.ii of the<br>
> AFRINIC bylaws, which reads (with particular emphasis on relevant wording indicated):<br>
> (Under Types and Objects of the company)<br>
> 3.4 The Company shall have, both within and outside the Republic of Mauritius, full capacity to carry<br>
> and/or undertake any business or activity, including, but not limited to, the following objects:<br>
> 3.4.i To provide the service of allocating and registering Internet resources for the purpose of<br>
> enabling communications via open system network protocols and to assist in the development and<br>
> growth of the Internet in the African region.<br>
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:-) no comment on this one<br>
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anyhoo I realized last call passed. My thoughts to the petitioners and<br>
their convener are to show that the points in their signed document<br>
are, although plausible in a different context, are mostly immaterial<br>
for all intents and purposes of this proposal.<br>
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I trust in good judgement of chairs as discussions progress.<br>
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J<br>
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