<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Dear Emem,</font><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Your arrogant and egotistical replies are proof of how childish and daft you really are. Worse, you even lack the wisdom to realize that you are displaying it full-on in public.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">News flash - there are people who will always be clever than you, know more than you and be better than you in many aspects. Sadly you don’t seem to have learned this life lesson. My advice to you would be to learn from them.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Regarding your appeal, it is a waste of everybody’s time but since it has been lodged, am hopeful the appeal committee will see through the frivolous attempts by you and those with like feathers to sow chaos and subvert the proper working of the PDP.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Check your self man - you seem to have the potential to be a solid contributor to this community. Do not let your pride, self importance and misguided attacks get in the way of that.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Regards,</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Murungi Daniel</font></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 24, 2021, at 12:22 PM, Emem William <<a href="mailto:dwizard65@gmail.com" class="">dwizard65@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Dear Jaco,</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I will advise that  you and your misguided cohorts refrain from unnecessary rantings that is capable of heating up the mailing list.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I submitted a request to the appeal committee; every rational fellow should be able to wait patiently for the committee's decision without trying to further complicate the issues on ground.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">One important thing that I sincerely want you to know is: <b class="">I have never made the mistake of arguing with persons for who's opinions I have no regards.</b></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Have a nice weekend!</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto" class="">Emem William.</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 08:34 Jaco Kroon <<a href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">jaco@uls.co.za</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div class=""><p class="">Hi Emem,</p><p class="">Please keep your derogatory for yourself.  Your other email was
      in my opinion also extremely out of line.</p><p class="">I suggest you read the code of conduct and keep to that.</p><p class="">My father has a saying he uses frequently, "the more things
      change, the more they stay the same", combined with an Afrikaans
      saying (I'm sure there are other variants in other languages)
      about "met grysheid kom wysheid" or directly translated "with grey
      (hair) comes wisdom" which is to say "with age comes wisdom".</p><p class="">I agree the world is modern, and we need to adapt.  But trust me,
      I consider myself a young person (mid 30s), tried and tested is
      good.  The saying "nuwe besems vee skoon" or "new brooms sweep
      clean" certainly holds water (value), but the broom had to be
      invented first.  Do not forget the journey that was taken to get
      where we are.  Discount that and you're throwing the baby (good,
      new) out with the bath water (dirty, no longer usable).<br class="">
    </p><p class="">Please refer to my previous email, and if you can't deduce from
      that why consensus is the technically more correct and better
      approach compared to democracy _in_our_environment_, please
      re-read it a few more times, then sleep on it.  I'm not so sure
      democracy is the father of multistakeholderism as you say, but I
      get why you're saying it - it's what we're all being indoctrinated
      with from a young age, and up to a point (meaning until you really
      sit and think about it, hard) it makes sense.  I don't need you to
      agree with me, but I would ask that you try to understand and show
      some respect to your peers that came before you.  I'm also very
      new (5 years) in this community, and I can tell you this:  Those
      that have come before us certainly have some large shoes and broad
      shoulders.  Show them the respect they deserve, please.  They've
      been around the block a few times and better than any of us
      understand the pitfalls, and they have the experience to be able
      to provide guidance and vision.  To build.  To strengthen.  So
      keep to your ideals, but learn from them.<br class="">
    </p><p class="">Now, instead of discussing philosophical politics and differences
      (not to say it's not important to understand these), can we please
      get back to discussing policy making?  We are after all supposed
      to be the <b class="">Policy</b> <b class="">D</b>evelopment <b class="">W</b>orking <b class="">G</b>roup.<br class="">
    </p><p class="">Kind Regards,<br class="">
      Jaco<br class="">
      <br class="">
      On 2021/04/23 21:08, Emem William wrote:<br class="">
    </p>
    <blockquote type="cite" class="">
      
      <div dir="auto" class="">
        <div dir="auto" class="">Dear Eddy, </div>
        <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
        </div>
        <div dir="auto" class="">I would also like to suggest that you organise a
          webiner  for some old folks on how to handle things in a
          multistakeholder environment. I see the need to enlighten them
          on the fact that a 'market' has many entrance.  More
          importantly you need to educate them that there are new and
          better ways of doing things. </div>
        <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
        </div>
        <div dir="auto" class="">They should not continue to live in thier old
          shadows because we are in a modern world where all animals are
          now becoming equal. They need not exhibit thier ignorance and
          think they can continue to dominate  the others and label them
          'new'. </div>
        <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
        </div>
        <div dir="auto" class="">More importantly, you need to teach them that in
          a land where there are rules, the rules has to be followed;
          not an attempt circumvent the rules, by old folks to cheat the
          younger ones all in the name of "<b class="">being old</b>". It's not
          by age anymore.  Probably  Mark should  suggest '<b class="">All
            animals are equal, Face or No face'.</b></div>
        <div dir="auto" class="">This, I believe will restore the long lost
          sanity in AFRINIC.</div>
        <br class="">
        <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="">Cheers,<br class="">
          Emem William<br class="">
        </div>
      </div>
      <br class="">
      <div class="gmail_quote">
        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 17:34
          Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">noah@neo.co.tz</a>>
          wrote:<br class="">
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        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
          <div dir="auto" class="">Hi Eddy and Chair
            <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
            </div>
            <div dir="auto" class="">Can AfriNIC perhaps through the Stakeholder
              Engagement department increase its efforts on running
              quartely webinars for new members of our community. I have
              been reading emails in recent weeks from folks who I
              believe to be new members of the PDWG who could do with
              some capacity building.</div>
            <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
            </div>
            <div dir="auto" class="">This will go on to reduce the level of
              ignorance among the new members of the community
              especially around the Policy Development Process.</div>
            <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
            </div>
            <div dir="auto" class="">Some sort of orientation program similar to
              the one AfriNIC provides to its fellows each year who
              attended physical meetings but instead run it remotely via
              webinars.</div>
            <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
            </div>
            <div dir="auto" class="">In my humble opinion.</div>
            <div dir="auto" class=""><br class="">
            </div>
            <div dir="auto" class="">Noah</div>
          </div>
          <br class="">
          <div class="gmail_quote">
            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 23 Apr 2021, 16:26
              Fernando Frediani, <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer
                noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>>
              wrote:<br class="">
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            <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
              <div class=""><p class="">Hello Jaco<br class="">
                  Thanks for this excellent and necessary lesson.</p><p class="">Every time I see the word democracy trying to be used
                  in PDWG I feel the same lack of understanding by some.<br class="">
                  Some need to understand that just by a certain number
                  of people voicing their wish for something isn't just
                  enough to make something happen as things are not
                  decided by a majority of voices.</p><p class="">Fernando<br class="">
                </p>
                <div class="">On 23/04/2021 09:56, Jaco Kroon wrote:<br class="">
                </div>
                <blockquote type="cite" class=""><p class="">Hi Okoye,</p><p class="">I think you're confusing the concept of democracy
                    and a consensus based approach.</p><p class="">In a democracy, the majority (or largest individual
                    sub group) get what they want, irrespective of
                    whether it's right or wrong.  The premise behind a
                    democracy is two-fold:  those that we appointed will
                    action in the form of an autocracy that which they
                    have pitched in their run-up (failure to do so
                    generally leads to unrest, and even if they follow
                    exactly that if it's not to the betterment of the
                    larger group will at least be met with resistance by
                    the minority), and will stick to exactly that and
                    not become power hungry, and the larger believe is
                    that the majority knows best and are right in their
                    believes.  Of course this is an
                    idealogical/philosophical statement, for which there
                    are many other wordings, the base premise is:  the
                    majority rules, right or wrong.  A democracy only
                    works if the elected leaders of the majority has the
                    best interests of community as a whole at heart,
                    otherwise it becomes an oppression of minority by
                    the majority.<br class="">
                  </p><p class="">In a consensus based approach, it's more strict,
                    the majority cannot simply enforce their arbitrary
                    will.  But at the same time the minority can get
                    their way.  It's about addressing problems in such a
                    way that the right thing will happen, irrespective
                    of emotional influence and state of mind.  In some
                    cases we can delegate to a democratic based decision
                    (ie, vote) *if we so choose*.  As was the original
                    proposal until I filed two motions:</p><p class="">1.  That we select two of the three eligible
                    candididates (as per the criteria that the group
                    have conceded to which eliminated the other three
                    candidates, and AK based on the fact that he was the
                    previously recalled chair).  AK subsequently pulled
                    out leaving us with only two eligible candidates,
                    and based on no valid objections that was raised,
                    they were then on the basis of consensus elected.</p><p class="">2.  That the appointments are made for one and two
                    years respectively, but there were objections
                    against this, so as I've got it this was accepted,
                    but this could still potentially be changed at the
                    PPM such that one term will end during the PPM and
                    the other will run for a further year.</p><p class="">Against the first item there were (as far as I
                    could tell) no valid objections, just emotional
                    outbursts, against the latter there were some "this
                    is a variation of the accepted CPM" which could be
                    deemed to be valid, and I also conceded that I've
                    got no objection if this decision is postponed to
                    the PPM, but it does make things more difficult for
                    the newly elected chairs since their position going
                    forward is unclear.<br class="">
                  </p><p class="">My request is thus in short to not confuse a
                    democracy with a consensus system(much more strict
                    than a democracy since one person that raises a
                    *valid* objection against a proposal can stop the
                    thousand, in theory).  But in the same sense, the
                    thousand cannot stop the one unless they can raise a
                    valid objection.</p><p class="">The PDWG is not a democracy.<br class="">
                  </p><p class="">Kind Regards,<br class="">
                    Jaco<br class="">
                  </p>
                  On 2021/04/23 14:12, Okoye Somtochukwu wrote:<br class="">
                  <blockquote type="cite" class=""> Dear Community, <br class="">
                    <div class=""><br class="">
                    </div>
                    <div class="">In my opinion, I believe we should have a
                      chance to appeal and contest the boards' decisions
                      on the selection of co-chairs. A democratic
                      government does not function when citizens are
                      deprived of their right to free speech, protests
                      tec. in the same vein, we should also have a say
                      in appealing against the decision made by the
                      board against the co-chairs.</div>
                    <div class=""><br class="">
                    </div>
                    <div class="">Also, The appeal against the board on the
                      selection of the co-chairs is valid. Although it
                      is only rational that we look into this issue and
                      try to assess the situation as it is. This is
                      because, although the board has acted in carrying
                      out its duties and that of the co-chairs, I don't
                      feel it is right for the board to have a consensus
                      regarding the selection of the co-chairs.</div>
                    <div class=""><br class="">
                    </div>
                    <div class="">In all our doings, we must treat each other's
                      duties and positions with the utmost respect and
                      do our best to move the community forward.</div>
                    <div class=""><br class="">
                    </div>
                    <div class="">Thank you.</div>
                    <div class=""><br class="">
                    </div>
                    <div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div>
                    <div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">
                      <blockquote type="cite" class="">On Apr 23, 2021, at 1:57,
                        Paschal Ochang <a href="mailto:pascosoft@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><pascosoft@gmail.com></a>
                        wrote:<br class="">
                        <br class="">
                      </blockquote>
                    </div>
                    <blockquote type="cite" class="">
                      <div dir="ltr" class="">Hello all.
                        <div class=""><br class="">
                        </div>
                        <div class="">It's very simple. Has an appeal been
                          lunched ? The answer is yes. So let the Appeal
                          Committee do their job. It's simple.</div>
                        <div class=""><br class="">
                          On Thursday, April 22, 2021, Haruna Umar Adoga
                          <<a href="mailto:hartek66@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">hartek66@gmail.com</a>>
                          wrote:<br class="">
                          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                            <div dir="ltr" class="">
                              <div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="">Hello,</p><p class=""><br class="">
                                </p><p class="">If we decide to proceed with the
                                  confirmation of the newly ‘selected’
                                  Co-chairs, which some say were chosen
                                  based on a ‘consensus’ by the PDWG, it
                                  will be a step in the wrong direction.</p><p class=""><br class="">
                                </p><p class="">I personally do not subscribe to the
                                  idea of wasting the community’s time
                                  on frivolous issues but an appeal has
                                  been made against the confirmation of
                                  the Co-chairs and it needs to be
                                  addressed.<span class=""> </span></p><p class=""><br class="">
                                </p><p class="">We cannot and should not keep
                                  supporting this narrative as PDWG
                                  members, that whenever someone or a
                                  group of persons question an
                                  act/decision that needs clarification,
                                  we tend to push things under the
                                  carpet intentionally by throwing all
                                  sorts of tantrums rather than facing
                                  the issues in an upright manner.</p><p class=""><br class="">
                                </p><p class="">Cheers,</p><p class="">Haruna.<span class=""> </span></p>
                              </div>
                              <br class="">
                              <div class="gmail_quote">
                                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On
                                  Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 9:30 AM Arnaud
                                  AMELINA <<a href="mailto:amelnaud@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                    noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">amelnaud@gmail.com</a>>
                                  wrote:<br class="">
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                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">In the Spirit of Law,
                                      what is not authorised, is
                                      forbidden. Don't fool people here
                                      please. An other waist of time to
                                      the  Community . The Co-chairs
                                      selection is over. Now we invite
                                      Co-chairs to take the place and
                                      start working, in order to avoid
                                      such kind of waist of time.
                                      Please, let move forward.<br class="">
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                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">--</div>
                                    <div class="">Arnaud</div>
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                                    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le jeu.
                                      22 avr. 2021 à 02:38, lucilla
                                      fornaro <<a href="mailto:lucillafornarosawamoto@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                        noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">lucillafornarosawamoto@gmail.com</a>>
                                      a écrit :<br class="">
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                                        <div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">Hello everyone,</span><br class="">
                                          </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class="">
                                            </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">As
                                              we can all see, it is true
                                              that the CPM (3.5) openly
                                              mentions the appeal
                                              against the co-chairs, but
                                              it doesn’t forbid other
                                              forms of appeals.
                                              Furthermore, the appeal
                                              reports a serious matter
                                              that should be properly
                                              investigated. This is the
                                              only way to go through it.<br class="">
                                            </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class="">
                                            </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">In
                                              particular, I believe that
                                              the declaration of the
                                              consensus by the Board of
                                              Directors goes beyond
                                              their authority. </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Therefore,
                                              I support this appeal.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class="">
                                            </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Lucilla</font></div>
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                                        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno
                                          mer 21 apr 2021 alle ore 14:18
                                          Emem William <<a href="mailto:dwizard65@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                            noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">dwizard65@gmail.com</a>>
                                          ha scritto:<br class="">
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                                          <div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="Times New Roman,
                                                serif" class=""><b class="">Dear Appeal
                                                  Committee,</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Times New Roman,
                                                serif" class="">Please check 
                                                the </font><font face="Times New Roman,
                                                serif" class=""><span style="font-size:14.6667px" class="">attachment
                                                  for our appeal.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="Times New Roman,
                                                serif" class=""><span style="font-size:14.6667px" class="">Thank
                                                  you!</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b class=""><span class=""><br class="">
                                                </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b class=""><span class="">Subject
                                                  : Appeal against the
                                                  confirmation of
                                                  consensus declared by
                                                  the Policy Liaison
                                                  Team and the Board on
                                                  the selection of PDWG
                                                  Co-chairs</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b class=""><span class=""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="">Dear
                                                Appeal Committee,</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="">I
                                                am appealing against the
                                                confirmation of
                                                consensus declared by
                                                the AFRINIC team and the
                                                Board on the selection
                                                of PDWG Co-chairs, made
                                                on the RPD mailing list,
                                                on April 9<sup class="">th</sup>
                                                and April 11<sup class="">th</sup>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="">(</span><span lang="FR" class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013018.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013018.html</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" class=""><span class="">)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="">(</span><span lang="FR" class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013052.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013052.html</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" class=""><span class="">)</span></span><b class=""><span class=""></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="">I
                                                consider that the
                                                actions of the Board of
                                                Directors to
                                                self-declare consensus
                                                over the PDWG matter in
                                                selecting the new
                                                co-chairs is done
                                                outside of their scope
                                                of power and
                                                prerogatives.</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b class=""><span class="">Date
                                                  of the appeal :</span></b><span class="">
                                                April 19<sup class="">th</sup>,
                                                2021</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Date
                                                  of the decision made
                                                  by the Policy Liaison
                                                  Team</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(1)
                                                3<sup class="">rd</sup> April
                                                2021</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(2)
                                                9<sup class="">th</sup> April
                                                2021</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Date
                                                  of the decision made
                                                  by the Board of
                                                  Directors</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">11<sup class="">th</sup>
                                                April 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="">f)
                                                  Reference to an
                                                  announcement of
                                                  decision which is
                                                  being appealed</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(1)
                                                26<sup class="">th</sup> March
                                                2021, Eligibility
                                                criteria imposed by
                                                Policy Liaison Team </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(</span><span lang="EN-MY" class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012768.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/012768.html</span></a></span><span class="">)
                                              </span></div><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(2)
                                                9<sup class="">th</sup> April
                                                2021, Policy Liaison
                                                Team announced consensus
                                                is achieved</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(</span><span lang="EN-MY" class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013018.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013018.html</span></a></span><span class="">)</span></div><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(3)
                                                11<sup class="">th</sup> April
                                                2021, Board Chair
                                                declared consensus</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">(</span><span lang="EN-MY" class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013052.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2021/013052.html</span></a></span><span class="">)</span></div><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Name
                                                  and email address of
                                                  complainant.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Emem
                                                William</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:dwizard65@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">dwizard65@gmail.com</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class=""> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Names
                                                  of complainants.</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 45pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">1.<span class="">    </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Olamide
                                                Andu (</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="EN-MY" class=""><a href="mailto:olamideandu@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer
                                                  noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">olamideandu@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt" class="">)</span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 45pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 45pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">2.<span class="">    </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Yusuf
                                                Abdurahman Adebisi (</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.15pt" lang="EN-MY" class=""><a href="mailto:adebc007@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">adebc007@gmail.com</a>)</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 45pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">3.<span class="">    </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Emem
                                                Ekpo William (</span><span class=""><a href="mailto:dwizard65@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" rel="noreferrer
                                                  noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">dwizard65@gmail.com</a>)</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 45pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">4.<span class="">    </span></span><span class="">Sunday
                                                Ayuba (</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><a href="mailto:sundayayuba8@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                                  noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">sundayayuba8@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt" class="">)</span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 45pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span class=""></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span lang="EN-MY" class="">The
                                                following appeal
                                                addresses the “fake
                                                consensus on the
                                                selection of the
                                                co-chairs” declaration,
                                                which according to the
                                                CPM, cannot be done by
                                                anyone else besides the
                                                chair. Yes In this
                                                situation we agreed that
                                                AFRINIC team should
                                                serve as secretariat but
                                                this team went ahead to
                                                selectively implement
                                                decisions even when
                                                there was no consensus.
                                                  The board’s
                                                interference with the
                                                matter signifies that
                                                the bottom up process no
                                                longer exists.
                                                Therefore, this appeal
                                                should serve the Appeal
                                                Committee in taking into
                                                account a very important
                                                point, which is the fact
                                                that the board has no
                                                right in declaring
                                                consensus.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span class="">Based
                                                on the Board’s action of</span><span lang="EN-MY" class=""> declaring
                                                consensus on the
                                                selection of the
                                                co-chairs, which is done
                                                outside of their
                                                prerogatives, it is safe
                                                to conclude that the
                                                declaration of consensus
                                                is illegal as it is not
                                                within the prescribed
                                                power and prerogatives
                                                of the Board of
                                                Directors. The Board of
                                                Directors should have
                                                referred to and comply
                                                with the stipulated
                                                terms of the AFRINIC’s
                                                constitution and the CPM
                                                and ensure that any
                                                action that is taken by
                                                the Board of Directors
                                                is done consistently and
                                                in compliance with the
                                                stipulated terms of the
                                                AFRINIC’s Constitution
                                                and the CPM, which was
                                                not the case. The
                                                declaration of the
                                                consensus by the Board
                                                of Directors shows that
                                                the Board of Directors
                                                have acted above and
                                                beyond their prescribed
                                                power and prerogatives.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span lang="EN-MY" class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-MY" class="">As for the
                                                list of requirements and
                                                qualifications imposed
                                                by the Policy Liaison
                                                Team, It is vital to
                                                note that they were
                                                never stipulated under
                                                the CPM. By simply
                                                adding on a list of
                                                requirement and
                                                qualification proves
                                                that the Policy Liaison
                                                Team have acted
                                                arbitrarily and with
                                                blatant disregard to the
                                                terms and procedures
                                                which are clearly
                                                stipulated under the
                                                CPM.</span></div><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span lang="EN-MY" class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-MY" class="">Based on
                                                the above, I urge the
                                                Appeal committee to look
                                                into this serious matter
                                                and resolve this appeal
                                                by standing with what is
                                                right.</span></div><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span lang="EN-MY" class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-MY" class="">Thank you!</span><span lang="EN-MY" class=""></span></div><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><span lang="EN-MY" class=""> </span></p>
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                                                <div class=""><b class="">Emem William</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)" class="">.</span></div>
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