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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Sami<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Community asked you back because they value your contribution. And I’m sure many still do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mediocrity rarely gets noticed or highly challenged and criticized. You are way above that and you will get the criticism and challenges.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would suggest that we look beyond any seemingly personal messages and look at the substantive merits of whatever is being discussed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We work in a factual space and its not how loud the noise might be but how valid the content is.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You have an unenviable role where whatever decision you make you please some people while displeasing other people. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This happens in a community where sometimes community is only 20 people or even less.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think here the board needs to come in and pronounce itself on which direction to take to resolve this. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I do not think as members we should continue the debate as history tells us when we debate we have a tendency of going bellow the belt to make our point.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Co-Chair has done his role. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lets repect his decision and use the other prescribed avenues to ultimately arrive at the <b>community</b> desired outcome.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=435 height=147 style='width:4.5312in;height:1.5312in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D48CC9.3039DA80" alt="cid:image001.png@01D375D0.BEBB4E30"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sami Salih <sami.salih@outlook.com><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 3:55 PM<br><b>To: </b>"rpd@afrinic.net" <rpd@afrinic.net><br><b>Subject: </b>[rpd] Serving the Community is not a choice when they call<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#212121;background:white'>Hi community,</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#212121'><br><br><span style='background:white'>If you may recall, before Dakar meeting I decided to not continue as co-chair as my term comes to end on Dakar. </span><br><br><span style='background:white'>I sent an email to this list early before the nominations started to encourage people to stand for this position, however the candidate list was too short. And you all followed what happened in Dakar during the election of the PDWG Co-chair, and because I know very will it's a tough task to be managed by a single chair I offered to continue either for 6 months or for full term.</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>It's really very sad that some people declared that "they choose to not participate" to serve the community, please refer to this link (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTApl4QHfY" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTApl4QHfY</span></a>) @ [10:27:11] , but the worst thing is those people are trying very hard to negatively affect our organization. But I will remind them that the power of the community will never tolerate any attempt to sabotage the unity of the continent.</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>For me it's much better to serve the community as a community member given any volunteer position may restrict my replies.</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>On another note, I can't understand how people that failed to hold similar voluntary positions will use such huge effort to destroy the same organization they served before.</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>I remain at the service of the community on any place they feel I can positively contribute to the best of the community.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'>Dr. Sami H.O. Salih</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Assistant Prof, School of Electronics Engineering, SUST<br>Head of R&D, NTC, SUDAN<br>President of SDv6TF<br>T/F: (249)122045707/187171355</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=signature><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>_______________________________________________ RPD mailing list RPD@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>