Thank you @andrew. > It is my (personal) view that AfriNIC board should exercise their powers and > pass a transfer policy - point 2
> On Aug 1, 2021, at 13:38, Andrew Alston <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > It is my (personal) view that AfriNIC board should exercise their powers and > pass a transfer policy. > > Let those who wish to run the risks of staying with AfriNIC through this > situation do so - let those who choose not to accept the risk profile > transfer out - problem solved. > > It is entirely within the boards powers to pass emergency policy which the > community can revoke at the next pdp should they wish to do so - and if > AfriNIC has the support claimed by members of this list there is absolutely > zero risk in this approach. > > Furthermore - such an approach would also remove the possibility of other > legal action which may be taken against them on grounds removed from the > current legal situation > > I remind everyone that AfriNIC has a duty to act in the interests of its > members - and AfriNIC has repeatedly stated in the press - and has been > echoed by various ISP associations that there is risk here - it should > therefore stand that AfriNIC provide members with a way to mitigate said risk > if it is within their powers to do so > > Again - a personal view - and again - I explicitly will not comment on the > merits or demerits of this case - since I believe that the legal system > should run its course and be the final arbiter of what is correct in this > situation. In fact I find the amount of legal posturing on this list to be > nothing short of bizarre - let the courts do their work - but let members > mitigate their risks as they see fit > > > Andrew > > Get Outlook for iOS > From: Taiwo Oye <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 1, 2021 3:00:32 PM > To: Paul Wollner <[email protected]> > Cc: arin-discuss <[email protected]>; secretariat <[email protected]>; > Community Discuss <[email protected]>; apnic-talk > <[email protected]>; ripe-list <[email protected]>; Members Discuss > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] Call for AFRINIC’s registry service > migration to other RIRs > > Good day all, > > I think paul made some sense in his first statement (tho the statement has > been watered down now). > > If afrinic is in a financial fix or in a state where it is tending towards a > financial situation where it can no longer perform its duties, it is only > right to start weighing all viable options to keep the registry afloat. > Paul made a suggestion - tho a bit aggressively - about the NRO coming to > save the region. > I will like the community to see this as “option 1”. > > Does any other community member have any better suggestion in the (not so > likely) situation that afrinic does not have the financial capability to > carry out its duties? > > If so, please lay them out for discussion amongst the community members. > > If not, Option 1 remains the only alternative to cushion the effect of the > financial breakdown. > > That being said. I think we should think in the direction of way forward and > have a plan ready rather than crucifying Paul for being proactive. > >>> On Aug 1, 2021, at 11:01, Paul Wollner <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> >> Hello community >> >> I think I misused the word “take over” to spike some unfortunate sentiments. >> >> Let me try this again: >> In the interest of internet continuity, another RIR should help AFRINIC (by >> staff or infrastructure), to perform it’s core registration service function >> for the time being, until all AFRINIC litigation has been sorted to avoid >> disruption to our African end users and businesses. >> >> Regards >> Paul >> >> >> >> ---- On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:38:32 +0200 Paul Wollner >> <[email protected]> wrote ---- >> >> Apologies for the duplicate post, but the initial posting was too large. >> >> The concerns expressed by TISPA, as well as other concerned parties and >> especially by AFRINIC's own admission in the news outlet lexpress.mu, which >> is available at https://ibb.co/tmWCk0k, regarding the AFRINIC’s inability to >> keep providing its core registry functions due to its inability to meet its >> financial requirements. >> >> I suggest that in order not hold end users, ISPs and any other business's >> hostage, for the interest of continue service of AFRINIC’s core registry >> service, we should urgently call for NRO fulfil their responsibility as well >> as commitment to the global internet to take over AFRINIC’s registration >> service for the time being, until litigation is settled some time later. >> (https://www.nro.net/accountability/rir-accountability/joint-rir-stability-fund/) >> >> That way, no end user or business will ever impacted however results come >> out of litigation. >> >> Regards >> Paul Wollner >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Community-Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
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