<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Badru<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your response. I’m sure that the Afrinic Board and the community at large will take these issues seriously and move forward for the betterment of the continent at large.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A clarification though on Boards. They usually serve at the pleasure of shareholders/stakeholders. Where there is a disconnect with the latter then usually the Board leaves..And Corporate Boards more so than Not- for-Profit ones or public ones. </div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 18, 2015, at 9:07 AM, Badru Ntege via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="">Ali</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">On 6/6/15, 12:00 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="border-left-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-left-width: 5px; border-left-style: solid; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Walu</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many a time we blame government for lack of transparency but we in the private sector are sometimes worse. What is so top secret that the board can't share with the community they are supposed to serve? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is an open request to them to lead by example and pry open 'top secret' documents in the interest of the community.<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">What you say above is the my biggest problem that members easily and quickly talk about transparency but the same people will seat in a board meeting supposedly representing a community and be prepared to manipulate minutes and actual facts said by individuals. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">My Problem with the board was exactly that. As Walu mentioned there’s allot more and unfortunately for me at that particular moment in time I was not prepared to stand in front of the community and blatantly lie. Unfortunately other members were and are still comfortable with that. SO the question will then be asked what makes us any different from the governments we so vocally detest for lying to us. Or the ITU prefers to make policy behind closed doors and then force implementation.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">We are a bottom up system where the board is elected by the community to serve the community. Unfortunately in the last few years some members have assumed the role of corporate board members where we the board became the overall rule. This culminated to an incident in the AGMM where the chair in response to a community member who dared to mention that they might be something wrong with the board. In response the chair stands up and says the "Board thinks there is something wrong with the community”. Might be an on the spur response but says allot about the prevailing mindset.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">So yes there are serious potential problems that need to be solved. And I would ask those who have been on that board for 6 years if this is the legacy they wanted to leave on the board. Is that the contribution East Africa wants to bring to the table. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">I honestly think not.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">I know Abibu well and he has my full support. And I’m sure he will continue the fight for integrity and transparency.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Afrinic is a key organization for the continent and many of us have been working tirelessly for over ten years in one way or another to contribute to its sustainability. And it is not just at the board that one contributes. They are many trying to divide, for unknown reasons. I have confidence that the organization and the community will prevail.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Regards</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Badru</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; 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font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span class=""><b class="">Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div class=""><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><font class=""></font></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank" class="">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><font class=""></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><br class="">Sent from my iPad<div class=""><br class="">On Jun 6, 2015, at 1:43 PM, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" class="">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53215" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53268" class="">@Mwendwa, @Ali,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53215" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53215" dir="ltr" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53269" class="">I am sure you know that I am bound by the Board NDA not to divulge anything regarding the fewer number of East African candidates during the elections. However, with the recent and relentless push by the community for increased transparency and openness, the board may, at a later stage agree to publish a report on what transpired in the working group of Nomination Committee 2015.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53215" dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53215" dir="ltr" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53749" class="">walu.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53215" dir="ltr" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53755" class="">nb: meanwhile those with the leaked emails may enjoy a good read and join the dots - but it will NOT be the official board position :-)</span></div><br class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53753" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53752" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53751" class=""><hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53750" class=""><font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_53754" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">From:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" class="">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_54209" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433581900536_54208" style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Cc:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" class="">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, June 6, 2015 12:21 PM<br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [kictanet] 2015 AFRINIC Board member elections<br class=""></font></div><div class="y_msg_container"><br class=""><div id="yiv1945253479" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Mwendwa</div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">That's a great point. </div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">Walu as an insider may be you can shed light on this? Usiogope. :) </div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">Transparency is one of the cornerstones of Corporate Governance and the Board is ultimately answerable to the people that elected it.. <br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""><div class=""><span class=""><b class="">Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div class=""><b class="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span class="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span class=""><font class=""></font></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span class="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span class="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" class="">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><span class=""><font class=""></font></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""></div><font class=""><span class="">Blog: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" class="">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br clear="none" class=""></font></div><div class=""><span class=""><br clear="none" class=""></span></div><div class="">"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div class=""><span class=""><br clear="none" class=""></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="yiv1945253479yqt1708147657" id="yiv1945253479yqt32088"><div class=""><br clear="none" class="">On Jun 6, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Walu,<br clear="none" class="">While it is important to move forward with gusto, Its equally important to know where we came from so that we can forge a brighter future.</div><div dir="ltr" class="">For example, what transpired at Nomcom to throw out 6 out of the 8 Eastern African candidates is of paramount important to the Eastern Africa community.</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Sincerely, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div class="yiv1945253479gmail_quote">On Jun 5, 2015 6:17 PM, "Walubengo J via kictanet" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class=""><blockquote class="yiv1945253479gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div class="">@Waudo,</div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Its a transition thing. Normally, previous board members do not resign but stay in office till the new ones assume the position on 1st week of June - 3-4weeks later. Just for the avoidance of doubt and clarity, I remain in office to usher in the new director even though my counterpart opted to resign.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">I now Mark has tried to allude to the issues, but they are complicated and perhaps unfair to actually attempt contextualize and recap six months of events leading to the unprecedented resignations in just two sentences. Furthermore, it may not be necessary and that's why I urged members not to focus on the past but celebrate the future ( I believe its bright) - following the election of the new director Eng. Abibu.<br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">regards.</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">walu.<br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><span class=""></span></div><br clear="none" class=""><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><hr size="1" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">From:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>waudo siganga via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br clear="none" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" class="">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br clear="none" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Cc:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>waudo siganga <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com" class="">emailsignet@mailcan.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br clear="none" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, June 5, 2015 4:37 PM<br clear="none" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [kictanet] 2015 AFRINIC Board member elections<br clear="none" class=""></font></div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Thanks for the report Kivuva. The impression is that the election for E.A. rep was as a result of Ntege's "sensational resignation"; was not the position already open?</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Kind Regards,</div><div class="">Waudo</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">On Fri, Jun 5, 2015, at 04:15 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">In the AFRINIC22 meeting that was held in Tunis, Tunisia, two Boards seats for Eastern and Southern Africa were up for elections.<div class=""> </div><div class="">Abibu Rashid Ntaghigiye of Tanzania was elected to the AFRINIC Board representing the Eastern African region defeating the only other candidate Badru Ntege of Uganda who had sensationally resigned from the Board minutes earlier before the elections after falling out with other Board members.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Lucky Masilela was elected to the AFRINIC Board representing the Southern African region defeated a crowded field of 6 candidates replacing Mark Elkins and Dr. Paulos Nyirenda.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">NomCom was at pains to explain to the community how it reduced the East African candidates from 8 to 2 instead of letting the community choose its own representatives through the ballot. It should be noted several Kenyan candidates were disqualified by nomcom. The community expressed it's displeasure on this.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">All alternate board members whose terms were due for renewal left the board after it was resolved that the size of the board should be reduced.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">More to follow ...<div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">______________________</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class="">"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson<div class=""> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><u class="">_______________________________________________</u></div><div class="">kictanet mailing list</div><div class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></div><div class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" class="">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Unsubscribe or change your options at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com" class="">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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