<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>Please support my nomination by sending an email to <A href="mailto:board-nomination@afrinic.net">board-nomination@afrinic.net</A> indicating you support me as a board candidate from the Eastern African region?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Brian</DIV><DIV>ps. For those of you who are LIRs I hope I will have your vote in May ;-)</DIV><DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">AfriNIC Board Nomination form</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><BR></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Nominated by (full Name): Brian Longwe</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Nominee (Full Name): Brian Longwe<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Organization (or affiliation): African Internet Service Providers Association<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Physical address: P. O. Box 30054-00100, Nairobi, KENYA<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> e-mail address: <A href="mailto:brian@pure-id.com">brian@pure-id.com</A><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Phone number: +254 722 5188744<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Fax number: +254 20 4452327<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Country and sub-region: Kenya, East Africa</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Brief statement explaining the candidate's background and motivation (Not more than 500 words):</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Brian Longwe is the incumbent primary board member for the East African region. Since election to the board in 2004, he has participated with other Board member, the CEO and staff of AfriNIC in bringing the organisation to gain full recognition as a Regional Internet Registry by ICANN in April 2005. Prior to and since gaining full recognition, AfriNIC has undergone a number of significant changes, the most crucial being the transfer and enrollment of members (LIRs) from other regional internet registries and the establishment of an operational base, legal, financial and administrative structures. At the moment the current Board is in the process of establishing structures that will facilitate better governance of the affairs of the organisation. These range from the definition of various policies to the establishment of a number of Board committees to better provide support to the CEO and staff of the organisation in fulfilling the mandate and objectives of the organisation.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Brian Longwe serves a Chairman of one of the Board committees and is a member on a number of others. It is his earnest wish that he be allowed to continue in his service to the community in capacity as Board member from the Eastern African region.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Brian's long experience and involvement with AfriNIC ever since the initial proposal in 1998 has helped the organisation grow into it's current status. His 14 years of experience in information and communications technologies institutions in various countries in Africa has also helped him obtain a wide range of skills and capacity which are of benefit to AfriNIC and the member community as a whole. Brian has played a key role in Africa's Internet industry over the past 10 years in the following organisations:</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">- 1996-1997: Form-Net Africa: Nairobi, Kenya - Network Manager</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">- 1997-1999: Mission Aviation Fellowship, Nairobi, Kenya - Information Systems Manager</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">- 1999-2005: ISPKenya Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya - Chief Technology Officer</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">- 2001-2004: African Network Operator Group, Continental - Track Leader, Instructor and member of organising Committe</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">- 2002-Present: African Internet Service Providers Association, Continental - General Manager</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">- 2005-Present: InHand Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya - Chief Executive Officer</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">I hereby requ</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">est your support in my nomination and vote in the election.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Brian Longwe</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><SPAN><IMG src="cid:12E216A8-0A88-4DCA-A176-9719C79DEE7D@local"></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"></SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>