<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Sami and all the others,</div><div><br></div><div>It is interesting how different people can read the same paragraph and understand it very differently. What I understood when I read Andrew's email was more like this:</div><div><br></div><div>"Do not make a decision yet Mirriam. The community has not decided yet. Just because there were a few vocally against it, does not mean the community is against it."</div><div><br></div><div>Is it what he really meant? I do not know.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 at 08:02, Sami Salih <<a href="mailto:sami.salih@outlook.com">sami.salih@outlook.com</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>While I can't support or oppose what <span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline">Mirriam says, I didn't like the way you put your self as
judge onbehave of the community. Pls revise your two sentences (</span><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">"plenty members of this community who are just fine" and "</span><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">opposition
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 6, 2019 7:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mirriamlauren@yahoo.com" target="_blank">mirriamlauren@yahoo.com</a>; JORDI PALET MARTINEZ; <a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br>
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<p class="gmail-m_-2460693075459281701x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have just one question – why do you feel that you can talk on behalf of the community in the way that you are? You state:</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-2460693075459281701x_MsoNormal"><i>Since Larus Foundation fellowship program is not popular within the community due to the issues raised by members of the community, my suggestion and I will repeat again, is that AFRINIC takes a central role with matters related to
fellowship. Larus Foundation is better of working with AfriNIC, if indeed they mean well for this community. </i></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-2460693075459281701x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Who is this community you refer to? Because – I’m pretty sure there are plenty members of this community who are just fine with what they have done – myself included – and in fact the opposition has been relatively
limited. So – is the community suddenly just a few detractors? Does this mean I, and others like me, are not part of “the community”? I really get a little concerned when I pretty consistently see these grandiose statements on behalf of “the community”
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