[Community-Discuss] FUNDRAISING & DONATIONS - TO KEEP AFRINIC RUNNING

[WACREN CEO]

++1 to John's comment.

While everyone in the community has the right to ask questions, no one can
expect to receive a direct and swift response, especially on issues that
are before court.

It would be good that we slow down while AFRINIC management and board are
dealing with the current issue. And to be fair, AFRINIC CEO has been
providing periodic updates. So what?

Merci.

Boubakar

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 1:10 PM John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:


> On 18 Aug 2021, at 8:05 AM, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com>

> wrote:

>

>

> John,

>

> I query where queries may actually get answered – and since previous

> emails to the members list have gone unanswered – here is as good a place

> as any. ...

>

> We are a community – this is a bottom up organization – and the community

> has the right to ask questions – however hard those questions may be to

> answer and however much answering those questions may be distasteful to the

> people who have to answer.

>

>

> As a concerned community member, you could have simply asked – “Do we have

> to recognize a contingent liability given the litigation, and are there any

> Section 162 implications to be considered?”   You chose a rather different

> approach of posting legal speculation in the name of "seeking a legal

> position” and hence I replied.  If you want something more definitive, then

> seeking actual legal counsel would likely help clarify far more than

> speculation here.

>

> The community has every right to know that the organization is being

> properly operated, but it also true that the community vests the routine

> oversight in the elected governance body – as they are both accountable for

> such oversight and have access to legal counsel to inform their course of

> action.  This becomes even more important when in litigation, as

> organizations need to take great care with their communication – even to

> their members –  to balance the need for openness with the obligation to

> sustain a prudent legal defense.   You may not get answers to all your

> questions in the midst of litigation, but that’s an indication of a

> governing body being true to its job rather than any indication to the

> contrary.

>

> As someone who has had to manage such a difficult balance when defending

> ARIN in litigation, I know firsthand it can be quite challenging to

> maintain open communication with community at the same time. I’d encourage

> you to continue to raise questions that you might have as concerned

> community member (if indeed out of bona fide concern for AFRINIC), but you

> also should recognize that circumspect communications is quite normal when

> it comes to litigation matters, so you might not get the answers you seek –

> particularly to legal speculation.

>

> Best wishes,

> /John

>

> John Curran

> President and CEO

> American Registry for Internet Numbers

>

>

>

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