But the ones that produced and propagated the content didn’t violate your CoC either as they didn’t post it to your list.
Owen > On Sep 27, 2021, at 23:31 , AFRINIC Communication <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Nigel, > > We thank you for bringing this to our attention. > > The message was not targeted towards you per se but rather those that produce > and propagate such content within the AFRINIC membership and community. > > We appreciate our community's kind understanding and support. > > Regards, > > AFRINIC Communication > >> On 28 Sep 2021, at 08:48, Nigel Kukard <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 9/27/21 12:28, AFRINIC Communication wrote: >>> Dear community members, >>> >>> AFRINIC has taken note of a post together with a corresponding attachment >>> that contains inaccuracies and presented out of context on this thread >>> (https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2021-September/004862.html >>> >>> <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2021-September/004862.html>) >>> and was aimed at causing damage and prejudice to AFRINIC as Regional >>> Internet Registry for the African region. >> I was complaining that I too were getting unsolicited mails in a thread that >> others were also complaining and providing samples. How is my post out of >> context? >> >> How is me complaining about getting unsolicited mails aimed at causing >> damage and prejudice to AFRINIC? >> >> Why am I being publicly targeted and singled out? >> >> >> >>> AFRINIC wishes to inform its community that the information contained in >>> the said attachment are presently the subject of several ongoing cases >>> involving AFRINIC and Cloud Innovation Ltd as well as an ongoing police >>> investigation in respect of a matter reported for misappropriation of IP >>> number resources. >> Yes, we know that. Your members are complaining about getting unsolicited >> communications involving email and phone calls and sharing this with each >> other on a COMMUNITY mailing list and discussing it. >> >> >> >>> AFRINIC will not comment thereon but reserves its rights to apply its Code >>> of Conduct against all persons making use of its mailing lists for the >>> purposes of causing damage and harm to AFRINIC and to take such action as >>> it may be advised. >> Literally my second post, second complaint about getting unsolicited >> communications and I'm being threatened by AFRINIC with action because I'm >> causing damage and prejudice to AFRINIC? >> >> >> >> -N >> >> >> >>> We have also noticed that some community members are not upholding the code >>> of conduct in their exchanges. >>> >>> We urge you all to read the AFRINIC Code of Conduct to make sure you are up >>> to date on the processes that safeguard the discussion and community-driven >>> policies at the heart of AFRINIC. >>> >>> The code of conduct ensures that discussions are kept professional and that >>> individuals are protected against defamatory, derogatory and personal >>> attacks. >>> >>> Please read the following blog post for more information on the AFRINIC >>> Code of Conduct: https://afrinic.net/20200903-code-of-conduct >>> <https://afrinic.net/20200903-code-of-conduct> >>> >>> >>> AFRINIC Communication >>> >>>> On 26 Sep 2021, at 19:03, Sander Steffann <[email protected]> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Omo, >>>> >>>>> Thanks. I was trying to understand the dialogue between you and Lu and >>>>> the "clarification". How do you mean "may be of influence"? >>>> At AFRINIC meetings I have seen many cases where there was a lot of >>>> "steering" (people being sent to the microphones with pre-defined >>>> statements they didn't write themselves, but where it was pretended that >>>> it was their own opinion) which I have never seen at other RIRs. AFRINIC >>>> seems to be unique in the way there are plays for power and influence that >>>> are undermining the true bottom-up way, and people seem to accept this as >>>> normal. In other regions there is much less hierarchy (we have no CoE for >>>> example) and everybody is treated more equally. >>>> >>>> The "power games" I have seen in AFRINIC at all levels (board, management, >>>> RPD, community) and the distrust between for example Anglophone and >>>> Francophone parts of the community make it very hard to run a true >>>> bottom-up system. Such behaviour in AFRINIC and its community make it very >>>> vulnerable to top-down influences, because the framework for such >>>> influences is already there. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Sander >>>> >>>> PS: I am only part of the global internet community, not directly of the >>>> AFRINIC community. I can therefore only state how I see things from the >>>> outside. I am sure there are many things I interpret differently because >>>> of my different background. Please do not take offence, I only try to hold >>>> up a mirror. I have no personal, commercial or financial stake in AFRINIC, >>>> but I do care about the bottom-up principle and fairness. Those are the >>>> only reasons I speak up on AFRINIC mailing lists. >>>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
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