Shouldn't these be evidence for AFRINIC's legal team to show how the destruction of the organisation is being orchestrated?
Regards, -- Ish Sookun On Saturday, 31 July 2021 02:02:49 +04 Bill Woodcock wrote: > Worthy of note, this morning someone with the email address 龙腾网络 <[email protected]> posted the following unsigned missive to the APNIC discussion mailing list: > > From: "龙腾网络" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [apnic-talk] [email protected] > > Date: July 30, 2021 at 12:18:06 AM EDT > > To: "apnic-talk" <[email protected]> > > > > Dear community, > > > > AFRINIC is facing a crisis that would also swallow the other RIRs without > > proper action on our behalf. The legal action of multiple parties against > > AFRINIC has frozen their bank account, cutting off their financial > > support and impairing AFRINIC’s ability to perform as a fully functioning > > RIR. > > > > The other RIRs will also suffer especially with the Joint RIR Stability > > Fund of the NRO. With this, it might be that APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and > > RIPE-NCC and other non-members to be on top of the news and unite against > > NRO’s solidarity pact to avoid sharing AFRINIC’s possible future of > > liquidation and insolvency. It can’t be stressed enough that AFRINIC’s > > problems can easily become the problem of other RIRs without proper > > safeguards. > > > > There are other issues and questions that would be raised aside from the > > very real possibility that AFRINIC may incur a 50 million USD debt with > > the current legal proceedings. Would APNIC’s liability be limited to the > > current funds and will the APNIC members have to pay for AFRINIC's debt? > > Will they be assured that the RIR’s joint fund will stay the same and not > > increase when there is a need? Or is there any confirmation that > > membership fees stay the same, vis a vis the issue with AFRINIC’s > > financial status? > > > > These questions demand that we think about it carefully and ensure that we > > do not follow down AFRINIC’s path. Regardless of how we do it, it is > > encouraging that justice is served, and hopefully AFRINIC will open their > > eyes and resolve their legal issues with the parties involved. > > > > And more to it, we have just learned AFRINIC themselves have admitted in > > the press their inability to continue operation will impact end users > > worldwide(https://www.lexpress.mu/article/397324/grands-titres-lexpress-c > > e-jeudi-29-juillet-2021), so it is extremely important for the continuity > > of the service, NRO taking over AFRINIC's registry function to avoid any > > potential disruptions to the globe internet. litigation came with huge > > risk, not to mention multiple litigation AFRINIC is currently facing, and > > since AFRINIC have provide their own admission of their inability to > > continue to operate, it is critical to have other RIR taking over their > > core function of registry service to ensure continue service of the > > internet > So, in short, this is an attempt to sway APNIC members toward withdrawing > support for AfriNIC. Since the threat to AfriNIC originates from the APNIC > region, I feel that this would be irresponsible, and I pointed this out in > my reply on the APNIC list. > > Google translates 龙腾网络 as “Dragon Network” rather than “Sock Puppet” but, > you know, sometimes they get something wrong. > > -Bill _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
