[ripe-list] An urgent call to action - Do your part and protect APNIC

[Noah]

Members,

For those of you who are not on the other RIR mailing list, you will find
the below post from Karl Kloppenborg on the RIPE mailing list very
informative.

In summary, members of APNIC and RIPE were being cautioned to ensure that
Larus Limited which fronted four members from Larus organization as
candidates for position of directors to the APNIC Executive Council which
is similar to the AFRINIC Board of Directors.

Candidates from Larus running for elections to APNIC EC are:

Lu Heng (Owner of CIL and Larus)
https://2023.apricot.net/elections/nominations/luheng/
Vivien Paris (Larus)
https://2023.apricot.net/elections/nominations/annevivienparis/
Larissa Santos (Larus)
https://2023.apricot.net/elections/nominations/larissasantos/
Melvin Cheng (Larus and contact of CrystalWeb)
https://2023.apricot.net/elections/nominations/melvincheng/

Imagine a situation where four staff members from a single resource member
organisation attempt to become directors of AFRINIC board. That is how an
organisation is captured when individuals from the same organisation if
ever elected would form the majority of the board.

Please stay informed and if you get time out of your busy schedule, read
the attached pdf petition form Karl to the internet communities both at
APNIC and RIPE.

Time has a way of revealing a lot.

Cheers
Noah


---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Karl Kloppenborg <k at rl.ag>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023, 12:58
Subject: [ripe-list] An urgent call to action - Do your part and protect
APNIC
To: ripe-list at ripe.net <ripe-list at ripe.net>


RIPE List,

I am posting this because there’s a number of RIPE holders who also
have corporations and in turn votes in the APNIC region and the
urgency of this is unequivocal.



As many are aware, APNIC EC Elections are upon us, but few are aware
of the dangers currently ahead.

Some of the nominees are attempting to board stack and gain control of the EC.



I implore you to read my attached document and do your part by
contacting the EC with the provided template.



By-laws require a very large voter base to enact, but it is possible.
Australia and NZ have some of the largest voter block in the APNIC and
enough to trigger a by-law change.



I cannot stress this enough; the danger is very real – at the time of
sending this email at least five candidates are either directly
endorsed by NRS or the company LARUS.



You can review this yourself here:
https://2023.apricot.net/elections/nominations/



Do your part, pass this email, send this template to APNIC members you
know and let's garner the votes necessary to protect our internet and
our APNIC.



Thank you,

Karl Kloppenborg.


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