Dear Mr Wollner, This is a follow-up to our previous response to you regarding questions.
We have planned to address these questions through a series of webinars. However, these AFRINIC webinar series that we started on 19 July 2021 (https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/announce/2021/002306.html) have since been put on hold for now due to ongoing matters. We shall communicate the new dates for the webinar series in due course. Regards, AFRINIC Communications > On 3 Aug 2021, at 13:33, Paul Wollner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear AFRINIC, > > It has been just over a month now since the mail below was sent and I feel > that we still do not have any direct answer on the 4 questions that were > raised. > > Can we please get a clearcut answer from AFRINIC on these questions? > > Regards > Paul Wollner > > > > > ---- On Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:24:05 +0200 Paul Wollner > <[email protected]> wrote ---- > > 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 ---- > > 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 > Whistleblowing platform. > > > Regards, > > Eddy Kayihura > > Chief Executive Officer, > African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) > ……………………………………………………. > > > 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 whistleblowing. > > > Cordialement, > Eddy Kayihura > Directeur général, > African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) > > _______________________________________________ > RPD mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd > > > _______________________________________________ > RPD mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd > > > _______________________________________________ > Members-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
