Mr. Kayihura,
I refer to your email dated 30 June 2021.
In it, you claim that Questions 1 to 3 were addressed during the open mic
session held on 4 June 2021.
The reality is that none of those questions were satisfactorily answered. They
were addressed to the extent that the questions were acknowledged, then an
attempt was made to obfuscate them and answer different questions while
pretending to answer the questions asked, then a claim was made that the
questions would be answered at a later date.
In reality, no such answer has been forthcoming from AFRINIC. We recognize that
these questions are likely inconvenient and come at what is almost certainly an
inopportune time to be asking. Nonetheless, these are valid questions and as a
resource member, we feel that we are being held at unfair disadvantage if
AFRINIC will not provide a clear and direct answer to each of the questions
about how it interprets policies in these areas.
There’s too much at stake to allow AFRINIC staff to simply make it up as they
go a long. We need a public commitment to the official interpretation of these
areas of potential ambiguity in the current policy regime.
As to the fourth item, while it is not our intent to micro-manage AFRINIC staff
decisions, it is our conclusion that even if Madhvi did not actively
participate in the fraudulent resource registrations and embezzlement, she
surely must have either turned a blind eye (aiding and abetting) or she failed
to notice it which at best displays a level of incompetence and failure to meet
her duty of care in such a position.
In summary, we renew our request for factual, reliable, direct answers to each
of the queries and request that AFRINIC eschew further obfuscation and
sophistry in the process.
Thank you.
Paul Wollner
---- On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:04:19 +0200 Eddy Kayihura <[email protected]> wrote
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Mr Wollner,
I refer to your email dated 24 June 2021.
Questions 1 to 3 were addressed during the open mic session held on 4 June 2021
and we undertook an action to organise a webinar within 2 months to discuss
with the community the definition of “need-based” in the AFRINIC policies and
bylaws.
We are delighted to see that the discussion amongst the community has already
started.
Regarding question 4, we cannot penalise a staff member unless we find concrete
proof of their involvement in the misappropriation of the IP resources. As of
now, we do not have such evidence on any of AFRINIC’s current staff members.
The appropriate channel for such inquiry or complaint is to submit it via our
https://afrinic.net/whistleblowing platform.
Regards,
Eddy Kayihura
Chief Executive Officer,
African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)
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M. Wollner,
Je me réfère à votre courriel du 24 juin 2021.
Les questions 1 à 3 ont été abordées lors de la session 'open mic' qui s'est
tenue le 4 juin 2021 et nous avons entrepris une action visant à organiser un
webinaire dans un délai de 2 mois afin de discuter avec la communauté de la
définition de "need-based" dans les politiques et les statuts d'AFRINIC.
Nous sommes ravis de voir que la discussion au sein de la communauté a déjà
commencé.
En ce qui concerne la question 4, nous ne pouvons pas pénaliser un membre du
personnel à moins de trouver des preuves concrètes de son implication dans la
manipulation non autorisée des ressources IP. A ce jour, nous n'avons pas de
telles preuves sur aucun des membres actuels du personnel d'AFRINIC.
Le canal approprié pour une telle requête ou plainte est de la soumettre via
notre plateforme de https://afrinic.net/whistleblowing.
Cordialement,
Eddy Kayihura
Directeur général,
African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)
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