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

[Mary Lee Salazar]

Hello!

It baffles me to think about whether or not these funds are for the payroll
of the AFRINIC employees. How will AFRINIC address these issues, alongside
the legal intricacies it may bring? AFRINIC has not given any consolidated
plan of action to address the issue of its employee payroll. I hope this
will not be an issue of the captain abandoning a sinking ship because if it
ever is, it will undoubtedly taint AFRINIC's reputation. How will AFRINIC
take responsibility for their employees if push comes to shove?

ML

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 6:59 PM Ibeanusi Elvis <ibeanusielvis at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Hello,

>

> Regarding the legalities of this initiative, I would want to verify

> something; did a lawyer review this idea to ensure that this initiative

> will not be viewed in contempt with regards to the decision of the

> Mauritius court? As we all know, donation drives like these should work

> within the perimeters and bounds of the law and AFRINIC still has an

> ongoing lawsuit, will it not be counterproductive in the part of AFRINIC?

> From where I stand, this initiative happened in a whim and we do not know

> if this initiative has all of the proper safeguard to ensure its

> legitimacy. I hope someone addresses this issue.

>

> Elvis.

>

> On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 5:44 Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021, 22:55 Andrew Alston via Community-Discuss, <

>> community-discuss at afrinic.net> wrote:

>>

>>> John

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> My problem with what you are saying is that it is predicated entirely on

>>> trust –

>>>

>> On the contrary the secretariat which Af-IX partners have selected to

>> work with is TESPOK.

>> TESPOK is a professional organisation that many large and small ISPs

>> including the Government of Kenya has entrusted since 2002.

>>

>>

>> TESPOK and other partners have covered clearly what will happen to the

>> funds and how the donations will be accounted for and the reports that will

>> be made publicly available.

>>

>> Visit the TESPOK website and read and if you feel there is something

>> missing, please let the volunteers in this endeavour know.

>>

>> trust that the board is doing everything they can – trust that the board

>>> is prudent – trust that the board is sticking to fiduciary duty.  I would

>>> argue that trust – may be a little hard to come by when it comes to handing

>>> over money –

>>>

>>

>> The Af-IX and its partners are the ones responsible in this endeavour.

>> The ISP/IXP associations involved are self organised and will be

>> accountable to the donors who will contribute to this fund.

>>

>> I hope this helps you from the self righteous confusion you may be having

>> in terms of how the self-organised Af-IX partners will be ensuring that

>> AFRINIC core functions continue to stay up and running.

>>

>>

>> Cheers,

>> Noah

>> TISPA

>>

>>

>> FWIW, the culture of donation is not alien in this part of the world. We

>> donate to support weddings. We donate to support funerals. We donate to

>> support pay for medical expenses. We donate to build community roads. Its

>> our culture and we sure know how to hold each other accountable.

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