<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Dear Community,<br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are following the recent discussions on the RPD list with caution to allow each and every one to express his/her views openly. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we mentioned before, we are always trying to give the maximum flexibility to the community to utilize this resource, however, and considering the population of the list and the diverse background and culture of the participants, we do experience a few non-conformant posts from time to time. </span></p><b style="font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal;"><br></b></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The list moderators have the right and the means to immediately block any individual from posting, however we believe in building the maturity of the community by benefiting from people participating in the discussion. The easy way is to block individuals- but the most beneficial way is to build the community capacity toward engaging in constructive, healthy, and respectful discussion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before banning someone from participating we use all applicable ways by privately contacting the person who has violated the AFRINIC CoC and the norms we use on this list, and we try to lead the person to politely express his/her view. </span></p><b style="font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal;"><br></b></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We urge the community to tolerate minor offensive comments and try to not reply to those individuals in the same manner. </span></p><b style="font-weight: normal;" id="docs-internal-guid-9d63fbe4-ffdc-fffa-9e15-a71cbcd67845" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In light of the above, please note that messages from KANGAMUTIMA ZABIKA (funga.roho at yandex.com) to this mailing list have been moderated until further notice. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; 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font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PDWG Co-Chairs.</span></b><!--EndFragment--> <br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__">-- <br></div><div><div><strong>Dr. Sami Salih</strong> | Assistant Professor<br><span style="color: #008080;" data-mce-style="color: #008080;">Sudan University of Science and Technology</span><br>Eastern Dum, P.O Box 11111-407<br>email: sami.salih@sustech.edu<br>Mob: +249122045707<br></div></div></div></body></html>