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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-MU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I would like to make a few announcements and share a perspective on what we</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> at AFRINIC</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> have been observing for some time.</span><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li style='color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The onboarding of the Co-chairs has started and is progressing well. It is planned to conclude mid next week and please expect a communication from them late next week.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Board passed a resolution yesterday to address the Appeal Committee ToR challenge and let the committee to operate with the three remaining members. <a href="https://afrinic.net/board/meeting/2021#r606"><span style='color:#1155CC'>(Resolution 202104.606)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>It is with deep concern that I read the email from Dr Abdulkarim Oloyede including a personal attack on the honesty and integrity of our Policy Liaison colleagues and I believe an apology is in order.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The 8th point of the Code of Conduct (VIII. Act in the best interests of the AFRINIC community at all times.) has generally been overlooked and that I wish to emphasize it with an illustrative fictive story.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Three friends have invested together into a restaurant</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> business</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. They hired a manager, who recruited a team to provide services in the new restaurant that is successful very quickly. After some time, one of the shareholders who often eats at the restaurant starts throwing food on the floor, breaking windows and glasses at times and eventually slaps an employee.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I guess that I do not need to go further in my story and you understand what I am picturing here. We, at AFRINIC, are dedicated to serve you with the utmost excellence, passion and integrity.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>As much as AFRINIC is a community-driven organization with openness principles and bottom-up processes, for a smooth running of our proceedings we all ought to abide by a basic code of conduct which is currently being </span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2021-March/004024.html"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>reviewed</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> and your contributions are welcome.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We are all human and may err at times and I would like to remind you that justified complaints about staff or even myself can either be channelled through </span><a href="mailto:ceo@afrinic.net"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>ceo@afrinic.net</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> or through the whistleblower portal at: </span><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/whistleblowing"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.afrinic.net/whistleblowing</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. The Board has visibility on the report about tickets raised through the external whistleblower system.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We have observed lately different levels of breach of code of conduct on the rpd list and remained silent for the sake of solving the unprecedented situation in which we found ourselves. However, this one is too loud for us to ignore it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>For sanity’s sake, I call upon the Co-chairs to deal with the Code of Conduct matter with the seriousness it requires.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Eddy Kayihura</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>CEO AFRINIC</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> ……………………………………………….</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Chers collègues,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>J'aimerais faire quelques annonces et partager une perspective sur ce que nous observons sur la liste RPD depuis un certain temps.</span><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li style='color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>L'intégration des coprésidents a commencé et progresse bien. Il est prévu qu'il se termine au milieu de la semaine prochaine et nous attendons une communication de leur part à la fin de la semaine prochaine.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Le conseil d'administration a adopté hier une résolution visant à ce que le comité d'appel fonctionne avec les trois membres restants. <a href="https://afrinic.net/board/meeting/2021#r606"><span style='color:#1155CC'>(Resolution 202104.606)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>C'est avec une profonde préoccupation que j'ai lu le courriel du Dr Abdulkarim Oloyede, qui contenait une attaque personnelle contre l'honnêteté et l'intégrité de nos collègues du Policy Liaison team.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <span lang=FR>Je pense que ce mail requiet des excuses de sa part.</span></span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Le huitième point du Code de conduite (VIII. Act in the best interests of the AFRINIC community at all times) a généralement été négligé et je souhaite l'illustrer à travers une histoire fictive.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Trois amis ont investi ensemble dans un restaurant. Ils ont engagé un manager, qui a recruté une équipe pour fournir des services dans le nouveau restaurant qui connaît un succès très rapide. Au bout d'un certain temps, l'un des actionnaires, qui mange souvent au restaurant, commence à jeter de la nourriture par terre, à briser parfois des vitres et des verres et finit par gifler un employé.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Je suppose que je n'ai pas besoin d'aller plus loin dans mon histoire et que vous comprenez mon dessin. A AFRINIC, nous sommes engagés à vous servir avec excellence, passion et intégrité.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Bien qu’AFRINIC soit une organisation à caractère communautaire, avec des principes d'openness et des processus ascendants, pour le bon déroulement de nos activités, nous devrions tous nous conformer à un code de conduite de base qui est actuellement en cours de </span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2021-March/004024.html"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>révision </span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>et vos contributions sont les bienvenues.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Nous sommes tous humains et nous pouvons parfois commettre des erreurs. Je tiens à vous rappeler que les plaintes justifiées à l'encontre du personnel ou même de moi-même peuvent être transmises à <a href="mailto:ceo@afrinic.net">ceo@afrinic.net</a> ou au travers du portail whistleblower à l'adresse suivante : <a href="https://www.afrinic.net/whistleblowing">https://www.afrinic.net/whistleblowing</a>. Le conseil d'administration a une visibilité sur le rapport concernant les tickets soulevés par le système de dénonciation externe.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Nous avons observé dernièrement différents niveaux de violation du code de conduite sur la liste des RPD et nous avons gardé le silence afin de résoudre la situation sans précédent dans laquelle nous nous trouvions. Cependant, celle-ci crie trop fort pour que nous puissions l'ignorer.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>En toute conscience, je demande aux co</span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>présidents de traiter la question du code de conduite avec le sérieux qu'elle requiert.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Cordialement, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-MU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Eddy Kayihura</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Directeur </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>G</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>énéral d'AFRINIC</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>