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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Could this email at least be acknowledged?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Saul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'> Saul Stein [mailto:saul@enetworks.co.za] <br><b>Sent:</b> 17 January 2018 03:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com>; wafa DAHMANI <wafa@ati.tn><br><b>Cc:</b> pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net; AfriNIC Board of Directors' List <board@afrinic.net>; rpd <rpd@afrinic.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] [pdwg-appeal] SoftLanding BIS notice of intent to appeal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Dear All concerned, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>It’s a week on and we still have no timeline. While I don’t expect an answer on the appeal tomorrow (it would be nice), I do think it’s fair to promptly provide the community with time frames and milestones so we know where we stand and can manage our expectations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Board, please can you confirm that you will not be making any decisions on this policy until the appeal has been completed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Saul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'> Andrew Alston [<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 10 January 2018 06:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> wafa DAHMANI <<a href="mailto:wafa@ati.tn">wafa@ati.tn</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net">pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net</a>; rpd <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] [pdwg-appeal] SoftLanding BIS notice of intent to appeal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Wafa,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Can you please provide this body an indication of when we will receive the timeline to deal with the appeal as is required by the appeal process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>wafa DAHMANI <<a href="mailto:wafa@ati.tn">wafa@ati.tn</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 9 January 2018 at 22:20<br><b>To: </b>Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>rpd <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net">pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net">pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [pdwg-appeal] SoftLanding BIS notice of intent to appeal</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear Andrew,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On behalf of the appeal committee<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We acknowledge receipt of your <span style='background:white'>appeal against the declaration of consensus regarding policy proposal AFPUB-2016-V4-001-DRAFT07.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>De: </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>"Andrew Alston" <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>><br><b>À: </b>"rpd" <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a>>, <a href="mailto:pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net">pdwg-appeal@afrinic.net</a><br><b>Envoyé: </b>Vendredi 29 Décembre 2017 17:45:24<br><b>Objet: </b>[pdwg-appeal] SoftLanding BIS notice of intent to appeal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Hi PDWG Appeal Committee,</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Please consider this notice of intent to appeal against the declaration of consensus regarding policy proposal AFPUB-2016-V4-001-DRAFT07</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The appellants no longer have the belief that this situation can be resolved in the absence of an official appeal – and emails sent requesting engagement within 48 hours have gone ignored and unanswered.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The issue has been discussed with the requisite number of members as per section 5.2.(d) of the appeal committee terms of reference as indicated by the emails from:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Owen De Long</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Saul Stein</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Andrew Alston</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Sander Steffann</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Mark Elkins</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>All these emails were sent within the last 48 hours as of the time of writing this email.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The full appeal documents will follow within the next 24 hours that we believe will clearly demonstrate that the co-chair’s decision to declare consensus was in error and should be forfeit. </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Yours Sincerely</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Andrew Alston</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>_______________________________________________<br>PDWG-appeal mailing list<br><a href="mailto:PDWG-appeal@afrinic.net">PDWG-appeal@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/pdwg-appeal">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/pdwg-appeal</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>