Dear Mr Guilmette,
On 06/12/2019 11:07, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
Mr. Folayan,
Let me begin by saying that I greatly apperciate your thoughtful response.
At the moment, I have only a few brief comments to add, above and beyond
what I have already said and what Jan Vermeulen has already written.
In message <[email protected]>,
Sunday Folayan <[email protected]> wrote:
I am sure you want to see the issues addressed, and not that we should
conduct a requiem mass for AFRINIC right away. The former is much more
honourable and deserves the support of every right-thinking stakeholder.
It is the later that I seek to ensure is not your intention.
Please allow me to give you my most sincere assurances about that.
Neither I nor Jan Vermeulen have either any intention or any wish to see
the demise or disappearance of AFRINIC. That is quite certainly not a
goal for either of us, and as far as I am concerned, at least, is, as
you have said, not even something that any right-thinking stakeholder
should wish for. AFRINIC is and has been an integral part of global
Internet governance. I cannot even envision things as being otherwise.
No rational man would tear down an entire house at the first sign of a
few cracks in the foundation, nor even at the second. And to use an
even move vivid analogy, I cannot, at present, envision the ongoing
smooth functioning on the global Internet without AFRINIC any more than
I can envision a horse deprived of one leg galloping across the plains.
If I had been present and involved back in 2004, when AFRINIC was being
formed, I have no doubt that I would almost certainly have suggested
that some things might be done differently, but that ship has already
sailed, a long long time ago, and by my own choice I wasn't on it, being
preoccupied, as I was, elsewhere. Now I may stand on the comfortable
shore and express some disagreement about the direction of travel, but
I do not question the utility of the journey.
The problems that I and Jan have brought to light are, I think, matters
of implementation and not of fundamental design or purpose. Time will
tell if that is an accurate assesment.
This is most assuring and comforting at the same time.
If I have sounded off-key, please accept my sincere apologies, and thank
you very much for the good job you have done for the community so far.
History will never forget your role and progressive disposition at this
point in time.
When AfriNIC was being formed, the challenges of today, were not
envisioned in the very many ways that they now present themselves.
Africa has come a long way. Unfortunately, there are still many more
oceans to cross, but we will all band together as a purposeful fleet.
That is how we can all weather the storms that may come, but sure they
will come.
With kind Regards ...
Sunday.
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