<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Dear SB,<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">---------------------------</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><a target="_blank" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/private/members-discuss/2021-February/002683.html">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/private/members-discuss/2021-February/002683.html</a></span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Dear Mr Folayan,</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">I am copying this email to the Resource Members mailing list in line</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">with Principle 8 of the Code of Corporate Governance (Mauritius).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">The question which you asks pertains to a matter which has not been</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">discussed by the Board of Directors. It is not possible for me to</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">know the (future) intention of the Board.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">As per corporate governance practice, all documents needed for the</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Board to take a decision are provided to all the Directors. It is,</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">in my opinion, consistent with the decision taken by the Board during</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">a meeting held on 30 November 2017. It is my view that the Directors</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">should be given access to all relevant documents so that they can</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">exercise their independent judgement. It would be premature to</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">comment about intentions at this point in time.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Regards,</span><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">S. Moonesamy</span><br></div>---------------------------<br><div data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn"><div><br></div><div>As I understand from above email, it’s decision to suspend AC was not a collective decision of the board. I can, of course, be entirely wrong so feel free to have chair of the board or anyone correct me.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Still, I think the most important thing now is to have rest of AC finish rest of the appeals in process unaffected.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div><br><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;" class="zmail_extra_hr"><br></div><div style="" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" class="zmail_extra"><br><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:03:09 +0200 <b>Sylvain Baya <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:abscoco@gmail.com">abscoco@gmail.com</a>></b> wrote ----<br></div><br><blockquote style="margin: 0px;"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear PDWG,<br></div><br><div class="x_1413760139gmail_quote"><div class="x_1413760139gmail_attr" dir="ltr">Le sam. 20 févr. 2021 à 12:38, Paul Wollner <<a href="mailto:paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net" target="_blank">paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left: 1.0ex;" class="x_1413760139gmail_quote"><u></u><div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10.0pt;"><div>Dear Community:<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Paul,<br></div><div>Thank you for starting this thread, brother.<br></div><div> <br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left: 1.0ex;" class="x_1413760139gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10.0pt;"><div><br></div><div>I am writing to you just present a possible thought process based on recent publicly available fact:<br></div>[...]<br><div>4. Chair of the board, without consent decision from the whole board,<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>...any evidence to support this affirmation?<br></div><div> <br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left: 1.0ex;" class="x_1413760139gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10.0pt;"><div>decided unilaterally to request AC stop working based on the resignation alone.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>...i think the BoD's Chair has said that the decision <br></div><div>was based on an interpretation of a governing text.<br></div><div> <br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left: 1.0ex;" class="x_1413760139gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10.0pt;"><div><br></div><div>5. We see 3-2 vote in AC’s minutes.<br></div><div><br></div>[...]<br><div><br></div><div>For the integrity of the process and to be fair to all parties, I would suggest the following:<br></div><div><br></div><div>1. AC continues finish the currant appeal that is in process and publish its report.<br></div><div>2. Board appoints an investigation committee after above process is finalised and make a public report on the allegations. Since these are serious and public allegations, so should the results be of the investigation. We should take serious action prevent the said person in engaging in community work again. If nothing is found, we should also make it clear to the world that it was an unfound accusation and it was of malicious intent in nature.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>...i and others have already called the BoD to do <br></div><div>something similar :-/<br></div><div>The BoD's Chair has promised to discuss with <br></div><div>PDWG's AC members...iirc.<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left: 1.0ex;" class="x_1413760139gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10.0pt;"><div><br></div><div>3. If possible, AFRINIC should publish the recorded zoom meeting video file for the public to review.<br></div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>...this should be only accessible to the investigation <br></div><div>committee, at least until it confirms that there is nothing <br></div><div>to hide. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Shalom,<br></div><div>--sb.<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left: 1.0ex;" class="x_1413760139gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10.0pt;"><div><div><br></div></div><div>Regards<br></div><div>Paul<br></div></div>[...]<a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" target="_blank"></a><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>