<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Jaco,</div><div><br></div><div>My email is a direct and private yet legit way to recommend a candidate. There isn't any form of harassment or coercion. I honestly cannot understand what made you feel uncomfortable. </div><div><br></div><div>What I find offensive is that you disclosed a private email and a private email address on the RPD. I would appreciate if you could refrain from doing that again. Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Lucilla</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno mer 19 mag 2021 alle ore 18:26 Jaco Kroon <<a href="mailto:jaco@uls.co.za">jaco@uls.co.za</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Dear All, and in particular Lucilla,</p>
<p>I would appreciate if you refrain from sending unsolicited emails
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Dear</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span></span><span>Ultimate
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">I </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">hope</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">this</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> email </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">finds</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">you</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">well</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">My name </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> Lucilla, and I work for </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">LARUS Foundation.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">It</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> a non-profit </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">organization</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">that</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">was</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">established</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> in 2018. </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Our</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> work </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">consists</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> of </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">striving</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> to </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">increase</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> public engagement in the </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">process</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> of Internet policy </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">development</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> to make sure the Internet </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">infrastructure</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">remains</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> free and fair for the </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">foreseeable</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> future.</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">There</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> an </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">important</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">election</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> on 4th </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">June</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> 2021, for the AFRINIC Board </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">election</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">I </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">am</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">sending</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">you</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">this</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> email </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">today</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, to </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ask</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">you</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> to vote for</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> Mr. Paul </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Wollner</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">,</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">who</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> running for </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">seat</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> 5 in the board </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">election</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">. </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">As</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">we</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">all</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> know, </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">voting</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">how</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">we</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> can make a positive </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">change</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> in </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">our</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> communities. The e-</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">voting</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">will</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> be open on </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">20th </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">May</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> 2021.</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Currently</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, AFRINIC </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> in a </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">huge</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">mess</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, the community </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">needs</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> to take action and </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">change</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">this</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">difficult</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> situation for the </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">better</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">. After </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">all</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">our</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> common goal </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> to make the internet </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">stable</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> in Africa.</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">I know Mr. Paul </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Wollner</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, he </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> a </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">highly</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">qualified</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> candidate with multiple </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">experiences</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> in the Internet </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">industry</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">. With </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">his</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> expertise and commitment, </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">having</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">him</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">as</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> a </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">chairperson</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> can </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">only</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">contribute</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> to the </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">improvement</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> of </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">AFRINIC’s</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> services. </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Also</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, Mr. </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Wollner</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">lived</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">studied</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, and </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">worked</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> in South Africa, </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">that</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">said</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, he </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">has</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> the </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">sufficient</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">baggage</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> and </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">aware</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> of the </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">specificities</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> of </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">our</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">continent</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, in </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">terms</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> of Internet </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">technicalities</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">, </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">legislations</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> and </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">needs</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">I </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ask</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> for </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">your</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">kind</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> support to </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">become</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">changemakers</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Thank </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">you</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> for </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">your</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> time and </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">consideration</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Best </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">regards</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">,</span></span><span> </span></p>
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<p>Kind Regards,<br>
Jaco</p>
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