[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC community at Large discussion on the list

2018-06-22 Thread Bope Christian
Dear AFRINIC Members and Community, The AFRINIC Board welcomes all comments, queries and suggestions from the community at large which improves the organisation. The Board will ensure that all requests are addressed appropriately. It is important however that we maintain a level of discourse

Re: [Community-Discuss] Raising concerns

2018-06-22 Thread Alan Barrett
> On 22 Jun 2018, at 12:45, Andrew Alston > wrote: > Since you asked me for succinct questions though - I will ask them straight > > a.) What is the board doing about the fact that the organisation cannot - by > the bylaws - elect directors - and without elected directors cannot get >

Re: [Community-Discuss] Raising concerns

2018-06-22 Thread Andrew Alston
Alan, Sorry to say this - but - these questions - need to be asked and answered in front of the community - this community has a right to the answers. Since you asked me for succinct questions though - I will ask them straight a.) What is the board doing about the fact that the organisation

[Community-Discuss] Raising concerns

2018-06-22 Thread Alan Barrett
Dear Andrew, You may have some legitimate questions or concerns, but the way you are raising them is extremely destructive to staff morale. Staff watch this mailing list and see the organisation being attacked, or their team being attacked. Also, I can’t reasonably extract questions from the

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting (off-topic)

2018-06-22 Thread Andrew Alston
* Let us resolve these problems one by one and improve this AfriNic of ours. As always the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence. Let us fix this slowly and be patient with Afrinic. We can't start complaining now and expect results today. Let us do these things in good faith.

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting (off-topic)

2018-06-22 Thread Simon Mayoye
Hi Andrew, Thanks for engaging on the list. I would want to mention one thing re: Service level. It would be fair also to Afrinic if we shared some stats rather than generalize, since I believe not all members have been fully let down by Afrinic. Maybe we need to know what kind of

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting (off-topic)

2018-06-22 Thread Andrew Alston
Figured I'd follow this up btw, because I thought to myself - is that kinda time frame to process an application really that long - in the context of what AFRINIC says delays applications. According to what has been said in the past publicly - many applications are delayed because clients are

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting (off-topic)

2018-06-22 Thread Saul Stein
William, Quite simply: we have a regional RIR and it should be efficient and serve the region. If we all went elsewhere, a) What would the purpose be of AFRINICs existence b) how would AFRINIC get its funding? What I don’t understand is why people want to run AFRINIC

Re: [Community-Discuss] Cotonou Meeting (off-topic)

2018-06-22 Thread Saul Stein
William, Quite simply: we have a regional RIR and it should be efficient and serve the region. If we all went elsewhere, a) What would the purpose be of AFRINICs existence b) how would AFRINIC get its funding? What I don’t understand is why people want to run AFRINIC