[AFRI-Discuss] The Expected Standard of Behavior

[Barrack Otieno]

Dear Paulyn,

Many thanks for your email. However the tone is not right. Mohammed is the
AFRALO Chair and he is in the process of restoring order on the mailing
list. I think we should address him with respect. This goes to any other
leaders we elect in the RALO or ALAC. That said i am cognisant of the fact
that this is a personal choice
May i start by saying that mistakes are a part of life. When they are made
and are pointed out we should not dwell on them. I beleive Dave made a
choice and it should be respected. If he made a mistake there is a process
to address that. I equally know Dave as a very resourcefull member of
AFRALO and ALAC over and above his previous role on the nominating
Commitee. Titi is equally a respected member in the African Internet
Community regardless of what we may feel about her candidature. What is the
point of tearing each other apart in the name of contesting for positions
and affecting how we relate with each other? Is thos position more
important than harmony and sanity in the RALO? We have much to do in
Africa, a continent with 1 Billion plus people yet only 450 Million can
access the Internet. Out of the 450 million we boast of less than 1.6
Million Domain Names across all TLDs. Colleagues this are the issues we
should be passionate about. I join Otunte un asking for calm. Beyond thos
positions which are term limited we need each other.

Best Regards

On Tue, 9 Jul 2019, 2:27 pm Paulyn Jansen, <jansen at ayf.de> wrote:

> Mohammed,
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> Are you not doing exactly what you are accusing others of? How did you
> arrive at the conclusion that someone’s opinion is baseless? Who made it
> baseless? YOU???
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> Paulyn
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> *Von:* AFRI-Discuss [mailto:afri-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] *Im
> Auftrag von *Mohamed El Bashir
> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 9. Juli 2019 04:08
> *An:* Afri-Discuss
> *Betreff:* [AFRI-Discuss] The Expected Standard of Behavior
> *Wichtigkeit:* Hoch
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> Dear All,
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> AfRALO is a diverse community, certainly we will have different, opposing
> views and disagreements on policies, issues, and procedures, it's normal
> and healthy but It's concerning and sad to see the inflammatory emails
> exchange in the mailing list while any views can be expressed calmly and
> objectively.
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> The language of the recently exchanged emails in different topics in then
> mailing list could have been more reasonable and informed without personal
> attacks and baseless accusations.
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> We do require all our community members to adhere to ICANN’s Expected
> Standard of Behavior guidelines available here:
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/expected-standards-2012-05-15-en
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> I recall a west African proverb that says: "Speak softly and carry a big
> stick; you will go far :-) , we can disagree, we can make mistakes but Lets
> respect each other and let's go far together.
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> Thank you
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> Best Regards,
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> Mohamed Elbashir
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> AfRALO Chair
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