Dear Noah, Please do not be bothered by those too anxious to make headline news.
Let us focus energy on helping incoming CEO and AfriNIC achieve success. Regards. Jean-Robert > On Oct 28, 2019, at 4:16 PM, Noah <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Community, > > It's been a while since I last posted and I hope everyone of you here is > healthy and well. Something has been bothering me lately and I can't help but > to share with you all in an attempt to understand why this is the case and > perhaps seek your views as well. Pardon me for the long email after all it's > not my style. > > Lately, various matters related to AfriNIC have appeared in some online press > platform [1] [2] [3] with some matters being mentioned or announced on the > specific media platform before even AfriNIC itself informs the community > which should not be the case. For those who remember the UK based > "theregister" and how they used to post negative news about AfriNIC will > resonate with my concern. > > These media discussions for some reason are coming from a specific South > Africa online media platform and as usual the news is often very negative and > unfavorable toward AfriNIC. For a continent of over 54 countries, this is > very sad to say the least that most negative reporting about our RIR, will > often stem from the same specific community. It's seems as if the strategy is > to continuously paint a negative narrative towards AfriNIC within .za > community. > > Link [1] article mentions inaccurate IPv4 records and impugning deliberate > manipulation of records for gain. I am not sure if AfriNIC is aware of this > article and if there is any truth to it warranting any investigation and > reporting. > > Link [2] article mentions the departure of a staff member of AfriNIC as > announced in the same media platform. No such information has been published > by the organisation itself anywhere on its website or mailing lists. > > Link [3] article raised a perceived conflict of the AfriNIC bylaws and the > Mauritius equal opportunity act and the illegality of the CEO search process > which was just completed. The very wish of a particular member of this > community who is constantly agitating against AfriNIC with constant > negativity. > > It will help to understand what is continuously fueling this continuous > negative narrative which is now playing out in the South African press. What > is hidden under the agitation? Did something happen in past board? How are > the leaks or planted media stories occurring? > > Any organisation whose internal discussions are somehow made public in the > press is doomed and this sort of toxic behaviour should never be accepted. I > am very concerned with the endless negativity and polarization this is > causing toward our collective community which needs more cohesion at a time > when a new CEO has been appointed. > > The Board and AfriNIC would help to inform the community about any > investigation to this end and advice the incoming CEO appropriately. > > I submit. > > Noah > AfriNIC ASO-AC Member > > [1] > https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/318205-the-big-south-african-ip-address-heist-how-millions-are-made-on-the-grey-market.html > > <https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/318205-the-big-south-african-ip-address-heist-how-millions-are-made-on-the-grey-market.html> > [2] > https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/324583-afrinic-co-founding-engineer-resigns-source.html > > <https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/324583-afrinic-co-founding-engineer-resigns-source.html> > [3] > https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/324645-controversy-over-new-ceo-for-afrinic.html > > <https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/324645-controversy-over-new-ceo-for-afrinic.html> > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
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