How about just providing simple text answers to the questions? I don’t think webinars are necessary. I think that the questions need to be addressed and that there is really no difficulty to do so in text.
Owen > On Aug 5, 2021, at 06:03 , AFRINIC Communication <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > <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] >> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss >> <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss> > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss>
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