<div dir="ltr">It is now brutally clear that Andrew's position is that <b><u>he is either right or righ</u></b>t and that he will <b><u>anything</u></b> to cause harm to our very own registry AfriNIC when his position conflicts with that of the community.<div><br></div><div>It is also clear that he does not take the community's views in any esteem and regard since <b><u>he wants a government to force the AfriNIC Board to push policies top down</u></b> to us the community.</div><div><br></div><div>A very absurd situation. </div><div><br></div><div>I know that the appeal committee and AfriNIC Board will not budge to threats and intimidation and will exercise good judgement for the good of the entire community and not a privileged, loud and malicious few. The continent <b><u>should not and cannot be held ransom</u></b> by such individuals.</div><div><br></div><div>Jacob<br><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Andrew Alston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Everything stated here is done in my personal capacity and is not necessarily representative of the views of any organization to which I am affiliated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">It is a sad day when it comes to this – but due to the significant business risks imposed by the potential ratification of the soft-landing policy, and the boards lack of response to repeated
queries as to AFRINIC’s violation of Mauritian law – the time has come to now test these potential violations and to see if there is any recourse.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Since this document contains direct reference to issues of policy that would normally fall under the RPD – I am sending this to the list. Those who wish to join the petition to the competitions
tribunal can print this – sign it – and scan it back to me. This document will be submitted to the competitions tribunal within the next 14 days – to give people a chance to digest its contents and decide for themselves if they believe they wish to be party
to this action.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Note: As per the rules of the competitions tribunal – any signatory on these documents will be confidential and the names of the complainants will not be disclosed to AFRINIC – so there is no
risk of victimization here. Any signed copies received by myself shall be held in strictest confidence other than for the purposes of submission to the commission.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Please also note – the submission of this petition shall in no way prejudice the right to potential litigation against AFRINIC should companies and individuals feel that such is warranted.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Yours Sincerely<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Andrew Alston<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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