Hi Hans:
Your email below does not deal with the issue of why an RIR attempted to
appoint ATU members as directors or why AFRINIC applied to be specialised
agency of United Nations in an attempt to gain diplomatic immunity. This is
imposing government control over an RIR.
Your email below is designed to confuse. I am not saying RIR community should
not engagement government, in fact, government is part of the community in the
muti-stake holder model which I support. The only body to ask for government
control have been RIR's.
The issue is very simple, once it was revealed what AFRINIC was attempting to
hand control over to governments, the issue was exposed exposed and
unfortunately the community has not had a satisfactory response why this was
done.
As you have been unable or unwilling to answer the simple point of why RIR's
themselves have asked to hand control over to governments and specifically:
a) why did AFRINIC attempt to appoint intra-governmental representatives to
their board
b) why did RIR CEO's attempt to claim diplomatic immunity.
We know that the RIR's attempted to conceal these actions so I accept the
questions and answers maybe difficult, but the community needs answers. Now is
a good opportunity for the discussion these matters.
Lu Heng
Chief Executive Officer
LARUS Limited
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---- On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:56:34 +0800 Hans Petter Holen <[email protected]> wrote
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Dear all,
Lu says that it is “high time for the community to be aware of, discuss and
decide whether such involvement is proper in a community-driven, bottom-up
registry who has been independent of governmental influences for more than
three decades.” I want to make clear that this statement does not reflect
reality and that I also welcome input from our membership and community on this
matter.
I understand from his emails that Lu sees our interactions with governments as
potentially leading to a change in the nature of the RIR system that may weaken
our long-established community-based governance processes. In fact, the
opposite is true.
We have made serious efforts over the years to explain why we interact with
governments, and we have been very open about those interactions. I will go
further and say that our long-standing and productive relationships with
governments throughout our service region have been an important factor in
maintaining the current RIR system and mitigating threats to that system.
The message we have always put to governments is that the current system works
well and that it should not be changed. We also make it clear that we welcome
participation from governments as key Internet stakeholders. So while Lu might
see our government interactions as something to be suspicious of, I take a
different view. If we do not involve governments in our community, they will be
more likely to act without reference to the experience and knowledge of our
community.
We are also open about our interactions with both governments and the ITU. Just
last week, we published a detailed article about our work at the recent ITU
Plenipotentiary in Romania[1]. And for the sake of clarity, I will confirm that
at the ITU meeting, we were approached by a Dutch government representative who
invited US and UK government representatives to discuss the AFRINIC situation.
At that meeting, I introduced them to the AFRINIC CEO, and he gave an update. I
do not think that this was inappropriate or should come as a surprise. The RIPE
NCC position on this is still the same as we published last year[2].
This week, we will present on our recent interactions at the ITU and UN
developments during the Cooperation Working Group at RIPE 85[3]. Submitting
such a talk at a RIPE Meeting is a strong signal that we are more than willing
to discuss our interactions with governments in open forums in order to make
sure that our work in this area is as transparent as possible. And I reiterate
that our goal has always been to ensure governments make decisions based on the
facts, and our underlying message is that the current RIR system works well and
is worth maintaining.
Regards,
Hans Petter Holen
Managing Director
RIPE NCC
[1]https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/reflections-on-the-itu-plenipotentiary-conference-2022/
[2]
https://labs.ripe.net/author/hans_petter_holen/supporting-the-internet-number-registry-system/
[3] https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/coop-wg/
On 21 Oct 2022, at 15:32, Lu Heng <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Dear RIPE community and RIPE NCC members:
You may be well aware of RIPE NCC management's refusal to acknowledge the
serious governance issue in AFRINIC and the fact that the management keeps
involving itself closely with governmental bodies, ever since the miscarriage
of their NRO letter to make AFRINIC a specialized agency of United Nations.
Recently, during the ITU Conference, it is said that the RIPE NCC management
team seemed to have approached the American government and European Union
government as a means to interfere with the ongoing matters.
As someone who has had engaged closely with the community for many years, I
believe it is of utmost importance for the community to be aware of the
seriousness of the matter, and a frank discussion is more than necessary in the
upcoming RIPE meeting.
For RIPE NCC to make their case of seems deep interference with government and
for me to exchange with the community any views and differences.
My dispute with AFRINIC (despite it is sub-judice), is essentially a "policy
dispute" between members of RIR and the RIR management. Court pocceding is also
part of bottom up community driven process when the dispute can not be resolved
amicably.
However, NRO's request to make RIR an ITU-like body, and RIPE NCC's apparent
consistent engagement with government officials to interfere in the matter, I
think it is high time for the community to be aware of, discuss and decide
whether such involvement is proper in a community driven, bottom-up registry
who has been independent of governmental influences for more than three decades
I have submitted an lighting talk for the plenary and got rejected. I have
attached the rejection letter here for your perusal. It is disconcerting to me
because the matter is of utmost urgency and importance for the community and
the RIR system.
The purpose of the current letter is to re-state my intention of an open,
frank, heart-to-heart discussion with the community. I will appreciate if any
working group chair can pick up the subject and do an BoF during the working
group sessions.
I believe the graveness of the issue requires such a discussion - transparency
and accountability are the two core values of this community.
Here is the letter I received:
Dear Lu Heng,
We regret to inform you that your Lightning Talk submission for RIPE 85 titled
'A difficult reality' has not been accepted into the Plenary session.
>From the PC's perspective the presentation does not fit the RIPE plenary. If
>your submission refers to the role of the RIPE NCC, then we suggest the NCC
>Services WG as the appropriate venue to start this discussion.
If you want to have a discussion about the RIPE community as a policy making
body, then we feel the RIPE community plenary is the right place to go.
Thank you,
Franziska Lichtblau
on behalf of the Programme Committee
My reply:
Hi
The presentation is about ripe community’s view on current actions taken by NRO
and RIPE NCC.
The matter is extremely serious and I believe ripe community should be aware.
And yes, this is about where boundaries of ripe community policy making and how
many people should be aware and participate community.
I feel current ripe community is not truly inclusive enough for every internet
user aware.
I think best we have a frank discussion and inform the community, rather have
me go to some channels of communication, and community might feel not informed
and asking why.
And THIS IS REALLY NOT ABOUT NCC SERVICE.
If PC have future questions welcome to send me zoom link to discuss.
Lu Heng
Chief Executive Officer
LARUS Limited
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