Badru If you read my mail carefully I made some assumptions on perceptions. The conversations going on here don't elicit confidence. Am I far fetched in my thinking?
Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *AHK & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 4:35 PM Badru Ntege <[email protected]> wrote: > @Ali > > > > When you say the “community has lost faith” do you speak for the billion > African users, the 1700 members, the over 500 currently attending the > conference ??? > > > > I find it a very general statement and abit of clarification might help > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > *From: *Ali Hussein <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 12:49 PM > *To: *General Discussions of AFRINIC <[email protected]> > *Cc: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] Intelligence for AIS-19 Kampala > No 1 > > > > This is a symptom of the bigger problem that afflicts Afrinic. My > thoughts:- > > > > 1. Seems to me (perception really that may not be reality) that Afrinic is > on auto-pilot and the software operating it is corrupted. > > 2. The board is missing in action. > > 3. The community has basically lost faith in the institution. > > 4. There have been accusations for some time about some 'hijacking' that > is in the offing. Unsubstantiated of course but there none-the-less. > > > > This situation continues to deteriorate. As a critical resource for the > continent, what can we do to salvage the situation? Should we continue to > accuse each other or jointly find a solution? > > > > Will Afrinic collapse on our watch? > > > > *Ali Hussein* > > *Principal* > > *AHK & Associates* > > > > Tel: +254 713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > > > 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, > > Chiromo Road, Westlands, > > Nairobi, Kenya. > > > Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely > mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the > organizations that I work with. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 12:19 PM Andrew Alston < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I have another question actually. > > > > Can anyone confirm that this individual actually physically exists and is > not the twisted alter ego of some other person who does not have the guts > to actually stand up and show themselves? > > > > In the original email – they claim to have just arrived in Kampala – yet – > speaking to people on the ground – I’ve yet to find a single person who has > met this individual – and he has yet to have the courage to show himself at > the microphone from what I can see – hence – I find myself wondering if > this person really does exist, and if so, why they can be so cowardly as to > make such spurious accusations without being willing to show face. > > > > Andrew > > > > > > *From:* aleruchi chuku via RPD <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 19 June 2019 10:51 > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* General Discussions of AFRINIC <[email protected]>; rpd > >> AfriNIC Resource Policy <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [rpd] Intelligence for AIS-19 Kampala No 1 > > > > Benjamin > > I will love to see you stand tall at the open Mic and say all you have > said on the mailing list today. > > Remember that true courage is not hidden. > > > > Aleruchi > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > > > > On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 8:41 am, Benjamin Ledoh > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Aleruchi, > > > > > How much were you paid to do this? > > > > The pay I get is the pride that will help me stand tall in this community. > > > > Benjiloh > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 5:11 AM aleruchi chuku <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dearest Benjamin > > > > Wow!! > > On the morning of an election day. All to cause bad feeling within the > community. > > How much were you paid to do this? > > I hope its worth it. > > > > No true Nigerian will do what you just did. > > > > Aleruchi > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > > > > On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 1:44 am, Benjamin Ledoh > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Community, > > I have arrived in Kampala this yesterday and the intelligence I have > gathered since then is so alarming that I have decided to send this email > to call on my fellow Nigerians (not all) and brother Ugandans (not > all) conscience to put Africa first. To put the interest of this community > first so that we keep our Internet Resources for the development of Africa > and for the future generation. > > From the intelligence I have gathered, two groups are working tirelessly > to hijack AFRINIC resources. The obvious consequences are the close down of > AFRINIC and the appropriation of the Internet Resources of our region. If > these happen, it implies that whenever an organization in Africa needs > IPv4, IPv6 or ASN, it has to get it in the black markets where those > resources would be very expensive perhaps not affordable too or to go to > RIPE or ARIN. The two groups are, on one side, white South African led by > Mr. Andrew Alston of Liquid Telecom with their allies Mark Elkins and Owen > Delong, and on the other side, Lu with his Foundation from China. > > WHAT ARE ISSUES AT HAND? > > The British/South Africa Mark Elkins, the candidate of election, wants to > become the co-chair of PDWG. His mission as co-chair is to push for the > policy “IPv4 Inter-RIR Resource Transfers (Comprehensive Scope)” proposed > by Spanish or Latino Jordi Palet Martinez. The issue with this policy is > clear. There is no more IPv4 in the other registry, only AFRINIC has IPv4 > in its pool. The policy of Jordy has the hidden agenda is to enable the > South African (not all of them) mafia to ransack the AFRINIC. It is not a > secret that Mark Elkins was one of those who oppose the creation of > AFRINIC. No wonder why his acolyte Owen Delong always defends him even if > his is blatantly wrong. What is interesting yesterday was Owen with the > help of some Ugandans he recruited some boys and girls to come and vote for > Mark Elkins and to support of oppose policies. They were brought by Owen > himself who was instructing the AFRINIC registration desk in Sheraton Hotel > to register them. When they were asked about what they are coming to do, > they said they are coming to vote for IPv4. I personally witnessed this. > > For my own brothers Nigerians, three of them were sponsored by Lu Heng and > his foundation for the post of the co-chair of PDWG. Moreover, the Chinese > Lu Heng and his foundation have brought 30 participants or so through the > coordination of Daniel Yakmut. Larus Cloud Service, the mother organization > of Larus Foundation, has been allocated IPv4 address from AFRINIC. The fact > is, Lurus Cloud is not using those IPv4 addresses located to him for the > purpose of which the got them. Moreover, the reasons provided when he > applied for those resources were lies. The instruction given to those > sponsored are to > 1 - to support the “IPv4 Inter-RIR Resource Transfers (Comprehensive > Scope)” by Jordi Palet Martinez because they want to legalize their > wrongdoing with the resources taken from AFRINIC. > 2 - to oppose the “Internet Number Resources review by AFRINIC” by Arnaud > Amelina and CO because this policy will expose them. > 3 - to vote for Mark Elkins. The other three Nigerians have been used to > split vote of the other candidate. > > MY FELLOW NIGERIANS IN AIS-19, YOUR BEHAVIOR IS DESTROYING THIS COMMUNITY > AND DISGRACING NIGERIANS BECAUSE OF YOUR PAROCHIAL INTEREST. WHEN ARE YOU > GOING TO STOP BEING SELFISH IN THIS COMMUNITY? STOP BEING AGENT OF EVIL, > HISTORY IS RECORDING YOU NEGATIVELY. > > As for the Moses Serugo, his case is pitiful and detrimental to this > community. As a novice in this community he is sponsored by Lu Heng and > foundation. According to my intelligence, he commented only once on PDP > mailing list and attended only once the face to face meeting. He confessed > that he does not what he is going for as co-chair of PDWG but what matters > for him is the possibility to travel outside of Uganda. Regardless of the > call to dissuade him to step down so that he can be groomed maybe for the > next election and that the issues at hand are beyond his capability to deal > with, he declined knowing that he has the upper hand over the other > candidate because he is recruiting University of Makerere student to vote > for him. I don’t blame him because according my intelligence, the rules > governing the selection of the co-chair has been diluted for novice like > him to stand to election. BUT HE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOES > NOT FORGIVE AND DOES NOT FORGET. > > Dear community, I have just received some fresh intelligence, I am going > to authenticate them before I share them with you. > > LET US PRAY FOR AFRINIC, LET US PRAY FOR OUR MOTHER AFRICA > > > Benjiloh > > _______________________________________________ > RPD mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > >
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