<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Alan L, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks for bringing this matter up. I hope the PDWG CO-Chairs ( if they are on this platform) will look into this but until then, It must be clear that my email account is <a href="mailto:ODAMYTE@GMAIL.COM" class="">ODAMYTE@GMAIL.COM</a>. So any communication from an email address <a href="mailto:JACOBODAME00@GMAIL.COM" class="">JACOBODAME00@GMAIL.COM</a> bearing my name on the platform does not represent me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely, </div><div class="">Jacob</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18 Jan 2018, at 2:20 PM, Alan Levin <<a href="mailto:alan@futureperfect.co.za" class="">alan@futureperfect.co.za</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear Chairman Sunday :)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind thanks for your replies today, I do believe that they have made a huge impact. <br class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Sunday Folayan <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">sfolayan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="">I understand that you have a concern with two people posting to the
    RPD list using very similar names. Moderation of the RPD mailing
    list is the responsibility of the PDWG co-chairs, so I suggest that
    you refer your concern to them.<br class=""></p></div></blockquote><div class="">Unfortunately I have lost confidence in the "PDWG Chairs" as they also have the overall responsibility for this list which imho has gone way beyond its real purpose.  Most of the messages here no longer relate to the topic. As such I am appealing to you and the CEO to step in and try establish some decorum. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Alan </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><div class=""><div class="h5"><br class="">
    <br class="">
    <div class="m_-911513501298138630moz-cite-prefix">On 18/01/2018 12:08, Alan Levin wrote:<br class="">
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      <div dir="ltr" class="">Dear Chairperson and CEO
        <div class="gmail_extra"><br class="">
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_extra">The following looks like there is fraud
          happening at AfriNIC:</div>
        <div class="gmail_extra"><br class="">
          <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 11:21 PM,
            Jacob Odame-Baiden <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:odamyte@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">odamyte@gmail.com</a>></span>
            wrote:<br class="">
            <blockquote class="gmail_quote">
              <div dir="auto" class="">I am worried that this Jacob Odame might
                be impersonating my account. I am an AFRINIC 25 Fellow
                and my exact name buy a different email address is being
                used to communicate on this forum. I will entreat admin
                to verify and deal with this.
                <div dir="auto" class="">I need to be sure that there is another
                  Jacob.<br class="">
                </div>
              </div>
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            <div class=""><br class="">
            </div>
            <div class="">I am hoping as a small LIR and Internet Society
              activist, that you can please pay attention and assist to
              provide some kind of decorum  :(</div>
            <div class=""><br class="">
            </div>
            <div class="">Sincerely</div>
            <div class=""><br class="">
            </div>
            <div class="">Alan Levin</div>
            <div class=""><br class="">
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            <div class=""><br class="">
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                    <div class="gmail_quote">On 30 Dec 2017 18:21,
                      "Andrew Alston" <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank" class="">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.c<wbr class="">om</a>>
                      wrote:<br type="attribution" class="">
                      <blockquote class="gmail_quote">
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                            <span class=""><span content="Outlook Mobile for iOS" class=""></span></span>
                            <div class="">
                              <div class="">Ignoring the underlined bolder
                                hyperbolic, let me comment bluntly and
                                simply:</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">I will do whatever I feel necessary
                                to protect the industry in which I
                                work.  I will do whatever I feel
                                necessary to protect the consumers of
                                internet services on this continent. I
                                will react to any threat that I see to
                                the industry or to the consumer - and I
                                make no apologies for it.</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">We keep referring to how the
                                “community” wants something or doesn’t
                                want it -  yet the reality is - we are a
                                divided community - divided on
                                linguistic grounds - divided on
                                geographic grounds - divided on
                                ideology.</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">The statements made about the will of
                                the community as based on the absurd
                                notion that only one segment of the
                                community has any validity - and anyone
                                who disagrees is not part of said
                                community or is some how the enemy -
                                this is not the case - but that is how
                                it is portrayed.</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">I will not get into the specifics of
                                any particular policy in this email -
                                but I will say this - should AfriNIC and
                                the policies by which it operates become
                                a threat to the industry at large in any
                                portion of this continent - or
                                compromise the growth of internet
                                penetration on this continent in
                                violation of section 3 of the bylaws -
                                or act outside of the laws under which
                                it is governed - be they the companies
                                act - the bylaws - the competitions act
                                - or the very procedures and policies
                                that have been ratified through
                                legitimate board mandates - then do not
                                cry foul when people react - especially
                                after repeated warnings.</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">I am beyond threats - beyond
                                intimidation - and quite frankly beyond
                                being cowed into submission by people
                                claiming that is what I am attempting. 
                                I act in the manner that I see best for
                                the industry - and if indeed there is no
                                violation of the law - and if indeed
                                correct procedures and policies have
                                been followed - then my actions
                                represent no threat.  The threat only
                                exists if you acknowledge wrong doing in
                                the first instance.</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">As for wanting to do AfriNIC harm -
                                you are incorrect in this as well - I
                                have no desire to do harm to AfriNIC -
                                however - the good of the industry and
                                the African consumer outweighs Afrinic -
                                and if in sincere belief I am acting in
                                the best interests of those two groups
                                and that requires that I act against
                                AfriNIC - so be it - it is not from a
                                desire to do harm - it is from a desire
                                to protect an industry I hold dear and
                                that I have worked my entire adult life
                                to promote across large segments of this
                                continent.</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">So yes - I am now taking actions -
                                actions for which I make no apologies -
                                and which are the pure result of
                                repeated and ignored warnings about the
                                consequences of actions.  It strikes me
                                - and maybe I am misreading this - that
                                a particular group of individuals are
                                hell bent on seeing their policies past
                                - no matter the consequences to the
                                industry - and expect to have others let
                                them behave in a matter that is
                                completely contrary to community
                                consensus or the good of the collective
                                industry - that is naive in the extreme.</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">So in summary - I will act - always
                                within the bounds of the law - and to
                                the best of my abi.oty - to protect the
                                industry - to protect the consumer - and
                                I will make no apologies for this.</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
                              <div class="">Andrew</div>
                              <div class=""><br class="">
                              </div>
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                              <div class="gmail_quote">_____________________________<br class="">
                                From: Jacob Odame <<a href="mailto:jacobodame00@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">jacobodame00@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
                                Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2017 03:45<br class="">
                                Subject: Re: [rpd] Competitions Tribunal
                                Petition<br class="">
                                To: Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:andrew.alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank" class="">andrew.alston@liquidtelecom.c<wbr class="">om</a>><br class="">
                                Cc: rpd <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank" class="">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br class="">
                                <br class="">
                                <br class="">
                                <div dir="ltr" class="">It is now brutally clear
                                  that Andrew's position is that <b class=""><u class="">he
                                      is either right or righ</u></b>t
                                  and that he will<b class=""><u class="">anything</u></b>
                                  to cause harm to our very own registry
                                  AfriNIC when his position conflicts
                                  with that of the community.
                                  <div class=""><br class="">
                                  </div>
                                  <div class="">It is also clear that he does not
                                    take the community's views in any
                                    esteem and regard since<b class=""><u class="">he
                                        wants a government to force the
                                        AfriNIC Board to push policies
                                        top down</u></b> to us the
                                    community.</div>
                                  <div class=""><br class="">
                                  </div>
                                  <div class="">A very absurd situation. </div>
                                  <div class=""><br class="">
                                  </div>
                                  <div class="">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 class=""><u class="">should not and
                                        cannot be held ransom</u></b> by
                                    such individuals.</div>
                                  <div class=""><br class="">
                                  </div>
                                  <div class="">Jacob<br class="">
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                      <div class="gmail_extra">
                                        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri,
                                          Dec 29, 2017 at 7:54 PM,
                                          Andrew Alston <span dir="ltr" class="">
                                            <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank" class="">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.c<wbr class="">om</a>></span>
                                          wrote:<br class="">
                                          <blockquote class="gmail_quote">
                                            <div lang="EN-GB" class="">
                                              <div class="m_-911513501298138630m_-5338922860240606848m_5973422282826967876m_-30004745003344826WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Hi All,</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">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.</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">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.</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">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.</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">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.</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">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.</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Yours
                                                    Sincerely<span class="m_-911513501298138630m_-5338922860240606848m_5973422282826967876HOEnZb"></span></span></p>
                                                <span class="m_-911513501298138630m_-5338922860240606848m_5973422282826967876HOEnZb"><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Andrew
                                                      Alston</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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______________________________<wbr class="">_________________<br class="">
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                        ______________________________<wbr class="">_________________<br class="">
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              ______________________________<wbr class="">_________________<br class="">
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