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<div>I completely understood you and your confusions and diversions.</div>
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<div>Note that nobody is castigating the cochairs. They serve at cochairs as defined by the PDP.</div>
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<div>You have consistently stated the most outrageous things about this community and pointed fingers to members of this community every time anyone attempt to caution the cochairs.</div>
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<div>The cochairs not once but a number of times have failed to follow the PDP unless members of the working group constantly reminds them to do so and when raised you now say hey xyz is castigating cochairs and then level personal attacks making it all sour.</div>
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<div>You need to stop and start accepting that holding each other to the high standards is perfectly normal and accountability has nothing to do with your endless personal attacks insinuation and division talking points.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Daniel Yakmut <yakmutd@googlemail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 14, 2020 8:07:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marcus K. G. Adomey <madomey@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> rpd >> AfriNIC Resource Policy <rpd@afrinic.net>; Ashok <ashok@afrinic.net>; Arnaud AMELINA <amelnaud@gmail.com><br>
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<div dir="auto">Dear Marcus,
<div dir="auto">Maybe you didn't understand my position, the mess is the attempt by some members to continue to lay booby traps everywhere in the PWDG.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Moreso, I have remained consitent, that the Co-chairs should not be castgated for trying to do their work.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I love archives because they remind me where I have been and where I am possibly heading.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Simply</div>
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<div>Are you discovering the “mess”?</div>
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<div>The mess is created and maintained when the PDP is no longer followed and WG’s powers usurped by people entitled only in an administrative roles.</div>
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<div>When people lose confidence in process system or people, you should expect this kind of vigilance and queries for transparency and accountability.</div>
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<div>Knowing where you stand, It is not surprising that you are not concerned when you saw discussions on policy proposals in that context.</div>
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<div>The archives have records and will convey the responsibility of each of us. </div>
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<div id="x_m_8470056403115238839divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Daniel Yakmut via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 14, 2020 10:19:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Arnaud AMELINA <<a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com" target="_blank">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>>; Ashok <<a href="mailto:ashok@afrinic.net" target="_blank">ashok@afrinic.net</a>>
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<p>Dear Arnaud, <br>
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<p>Please are these insinuations for real. How could Co-Chairs recommend draft policies for board approval.
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<p>1. Are we saying that AfriNIC Staff and Board are oblivious what is happening in the RPD that they cannot detect a rogue policy.</p>
<p>2. Some members are literally becoming paranoid.</p>
<p>3. Why are some community members bent in giving a dog a bad name, so that it can be hanged.</p>
<p>4. I hope the discerning community members can see through shenanigan being thrown around.</p>
<p>I will say what a mess!!!</p>
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<div dir="auto">It appears in recent communications from legal counsel that co-chairs have recommended some draft policies for approval by board.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Why are the recommendations, including the reports prescribed by section 3.4.4, not published on this rpd for the sake of transparency and the practices in the matter?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Where did the resource transfer proposal version 5.0 come from?</div>
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<div dir="auto">We seem to have abandoned the PDP and its key underlining principles.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Le mer. 9 déc. 2020 à 16:25, Ashok <<a href="mailto:ashok@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ashok@afrinic.net</a>> a écrit :<br>
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<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>I refer to AFRINIC’s Chief Executive Officer’s emails dated 30 November 2020 and 03 December 2020 sent to the PDWG’s Co-Chairs to which I was in copy thereof. Copies of the said emails are also herewith
attached.</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>As AFRINIC’s Legal Counsel I wish first to draw your attention to the PDWG’s Co-Chairs’ declaration of consensus dated 07 October 2020 in respect of the policy entitled
<i>'Board's Prerogatives'</i> – AFPUB-2020-GEN-004-DRAFT02- as well as the policy entitled
<i>'Resource Transfer Policy'</i> –AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT04- whereby in the latter case, consensus was initially declared on 07 October 2020 and which was subsequently reversed by the Co-Chairs on 17 October 2020.</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>I hold no mandate to interfere in the work of the PDWG and/or its independence I shall refrain from doing so.</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>Nevertheless, I deem it my duty to tender my advice, for whatever it is worth and without in any way pressurising, the PDWG, an AFRINIC-related body to be bound by same.</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>My advice addresses the aforementioned two policy proposals
<span> </span>and my purpose is to ensure that the work of the PDWG thereon <span>
</span>as well as its outcome are both legally in order. I have given anxious consideration to this matter and also bear in mind that where the acts and doings of the PDWG are not legally in order, same may have a detrimental effect on the image and reputation
of AFRINIC both as a corporate body and responsible RIR. </span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>In regard to the policy entitled
<i>'Board's Prerogatives'</i>, I have taken note of AFRINIC's Staff Assessment report dated 04 November 2020 -
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif""><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2020-gen-004-d2#impact" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>https://afrinic.net/policy/<wbr>proposals/2020-gen-004-d2#<wbr>impact</span></a></span></b><b><span>.
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<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>You may have noticed that the said report has raised both serious governance and operational issues as well as areas of uncertainty observed in the proposed policy which has, up to now, remained unaddressed.
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<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>Consequently, it is my humble view that the PDWG may in its wisdom consider to review its own stand in respect of these policy proposals so as to avoid any form of encroachment, potential or otherwise,
<span> </span>onto the Board of Director’s prerogatives, the foundations of which are grounded in articles 3.4 and 15 of the AFRINIC’s bylaws.
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<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>However, should the PDWG maintain its stand in respect of the above, then the appropriate motion has to be made during an AGMM, pursuant to Article 7.7 of the bylaws to amend articles 3.4, 15(1), 15(2)
and 15(3) of the bylaws thus allowing the powers of the Board of Directors to be subjected to the directives and guidance of the PDWG.</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>As regard the policy entitled
<i>'Resource Transfer Policy'</i>, the PDWG may be aware that the said policy (i.e. version 4 thereof) is presently<s>
</s>the subject of an appeal before the Appeal Committee and the matter is yet to be determined.
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<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>Consequently, the PDWG is hereby informed and advised that it is a matter of sound and settled legal principle that, pending the outcome of the Appeal Committee proceedings, it (PDWG) refrains from
entertaining any request emanating from the relevant co-authors of the said policy proposals for further amending these proposals on the legal principle of
<i>pendente lite</i>. It is also my considered view that any attempt in the meantime by the latter to submit a newly purported version of their policy proposal will be inadmissible (non-receivable) in law. </span></b></p>
<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>To close my submission may I urge the PDWG to give due weight to my non-binding legal advice and consequently appreciate the real risk of AFRINIC, in the event that the Appeal proceedings are ignored,
having to ratify and implement two policy proposals, on the same subject matter, which would lead to an unprecedented conflictual situation.
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<p style="text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><b><span>Ashok.B.Radhakissoon.</span></b></p>
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