<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8844">Just a quick update...</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8862"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8863">AfriNIC is the continental organization mandated to manage and distribute Internet Protocol (IP)- resources in Africa. IP is that unique number you and I need to connect to the Internet. So yes, AfriNIC is important, you just did not know how important :-).</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8873"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8864">And they held elections last Thursday for the West, North African Board members and 1 non regional representaive. The result were.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8865"><br></div><div data-kwik="1" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.2px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8913"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8914">10 June 2016</strong> - As a result of the Elections for Board seats that took place on Thursday 09 June 2016 during the Annual General Members' Meeting (AGMM) in Gaborone, we are pleased to announce the appointment of the following candidates to the AFRINIC Board:</div><ul data-kwik="3" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.2px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8915"><li data-kwik="4" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8916"> Western Africa: Sunday Folayan (Nigeria)</li><li data-kwik="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8917"> Northern Africa: Haitham Z. El Nakhal (Egypt)</li><li data-kwik="6" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8918"> Non geographical: Seun Ojedeji (Nigeria)</li></ul><div data-kwik="7" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.2px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8919"> </div><div data-kwik="8" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.2px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8920">The new Board members will serve for a term of three years from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2019. We congratulate the new Board Members and wish them success in their new roles.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1799-afrinic-elects-new-directors-nro-nc-members-and-pdwg-co-chairs" class="enhancr2_c94a536e-b338-7f17-87e4-bb8a771c378f" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9165">AFRINIC Elects New Directors, NRO NC members and PDWG Co-chairs</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9311"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_c94a536e-b338-7f17-87e4-bb8a771c378f" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1799-afrinic-elects-new-directors-nro-nc-members-and-pdwg-co-chairs" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr"> <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1799-afrinic-elects-new-directors-nro-nc-members-and-pdwg-co-chairs" style="text-decoration:none !important; 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line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">AFRINIC Elects New Directors, NRO NC members and PDWG Co-chairs</h2> <div class="card-richinfo-primary" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;">By Joel</div> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">AFRINIC is the Regional Registry for Internet Number Resources serving the African Internet Community. We are a ...</div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9336"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866">Yes, no Kenyan or East African there. But that is because the East African Directors elections were hel last year where our representative is from Tanzania, one Eng Abibu Ntahigiye.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/about/bod" class="enhancr2_95ba4517-fa63-c947-42c3-316a9800f820" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9046">Board Of Directors</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9054"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_95ba4517-fa63-c947-42c3-316a9800f820" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="http://www.afrinic.net/en/about/bod" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr"> <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/about/bod" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9081"> <table class="card-wrapper yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9080"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9079"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9078"> <td width="400" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9077"> <table class="card yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9076"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9075"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9196"> <td class="card-primary-image-cell" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/k07L3ZnakuIypiij83ViLg--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.afrinic.net/images/images/organisation_structure.svg.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" background="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/k07L3ZnakuIypiij83ViLg--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.afrinic.net/images/images/organisation_structure.svg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9195"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/k07L3ZnakuIypiij83ViLg--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.afrinic.net/images/images/organisation_structure.svg.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" valign="top" style="width:100%;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9194"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9193"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9192"> <td style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png" bgcolor="transparent" valign="top" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9191"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" height="185" style="width:100%;height:185px;min-height:185px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9190"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9189"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9188"> <td class="card-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td class="card-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9187"> <div class="card-share-container"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9074"> <td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9073"> <table class="card-info yahoo-ignore-table" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:95%;max-width:380px;border:1px solid #e0e4e9;border-bottom:3px solid #000000;margin-top:-40px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9072"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9071"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9070"> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9069"> <h2 class="card-title" style="font-size: 16px; line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">Board Of Directors</h2> <div class="card-richinfo-primary" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;">By Administrator</div> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">AFRINIC is the Regional Registry for Internet Number Resources serving the African Internet Community. We are a ...</div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_9068"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866">Now you know. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866">Good to keep tabs on the global, even as we act local :-)</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866">walu.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465623133330_8866"><br></div></div></body></html>