<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div>I fully understand what this policy aims to achieve, However, I do not see this policy as a way of solving the problem. The process is structured in a way that it seems random however it might also be seen as targeted leading to confusion.</div><div>I do not think it would bring about a satisfactory outcome at the end of the day and end users might face some disruption to services in the name of a review. </div><div>Owen has raised some issues that I believe should be addressed going forward.</div><div>Abdulkarim</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 2:24 PM Lee Howard <<a href="mailto:lee.howard@retevia.net" target="_blank">lee.howard@retevia.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="auto">We agreed on this long ago:
"AFRINIC reserved right to review and members
obligation to cooperate." ... and working here on
community consensus approach to such reviews and
avoid the diktat of Staff.</div>
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For clarity, should diktat be dictate or is it some term with
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<p>Diktat: <span style="color:rgb(48,51,54);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">a harsh settlement unilaterally
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4.(b).(ii) Applicants obligation to cooperate with AfriNIC
investigation reviewing applicant’s utilization. (mis-spelled
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<div dir="auto">How important is this for the
current discussions? you want to have some discussions
on "utilisation" vs "utilization" ? <b>This
is another exemple of your failure to accept other
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I wasn’t aware that there was controversy or alternative views
on the correct spelling of utilization. If you are telling me
that utilisation [sic] is a correct spelling, then I apologize
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<p>"Utilisation" is the English spelling. "Utilization" is a North
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