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

[Owen DeLong]

I have answered all questions that have been asked. Your failure to read the answers is not my
responsibility.

Owen


> On Aug 22, 2021, at 10:19 , Marcus K. G. Adomey <madomey at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Owen,
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> Stop your diversionary tactics and provide answers to questions asked you.
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> Marcus
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> From: Owen DeLong via Community-Discuss <community-discuss at afrinic.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2021 5:06:20 PM
> To: Sylvain Baya <abscoco at gmail.com>
> Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss at afrinic.net>; Brian Sowers <b.sowers154 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] FUNDRAISING & DONATIONS - TO KEEP AFRINIC RUNNING
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>> On Aug 22, 2021, at 01:07 , Sylvain Baya <abscoco at gmail.com <mailto:abscoco at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Dear AfriNIC's Community,
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>> Please find my comments below, inline...
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>> Le ven. 20 août 2021 à 17:36, Owen DeLong via Community-Discuss <community-discuss at afrinic.net <mailto:community-discuss at afrinic.net>> a écrit :
>> I am confused… How is a question about consent an attempt to kill AFRINIC?
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>> Hi Owen,
>> ...brother, thanks for you email.
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>> Please add the context; then you'll become less confused :'-(
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> No, with the context, I still do not understand how a simple question constitutes an attempt
> to kill an RIR. Indeed, I find that it is people who are resistant to the idea of questioning an
> organization that are most likely to lead to said organizations demise or worse, its
> descent into corruption and malfeasance.
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>> Is AFRINIC so fragile that it cannot withstand a simple question of its consent
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>> AfriNIC needs to be defended these hard times and it appears that some of us 
>> are doing very well *our* common duty (protecting our RIR against 'predators') 
>> as a *community*. (You should have been proud of them :'-()
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>> ...i found it admirable! and i wouldn't like to cross their way; while they are 
>> defending AfriNIC...not you? Feel free to continue to defend your champion, 
>> though...
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> >From my perspective I am attempting to defend AFRINIC and it’s member base
> and community from a staff and board which are determined to violate the
> rules as written.
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>> and cooperation in a process initiated by third parties allegedly on its behalf?
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>> Question already answered here [1]! please let's know if it isn't enough for you.
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> I didn’t say that the question wasn’t adequately answered. I questioned the person
> who characterized the asking of the question as an attempt to kill the RIR for that
> act.
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>> I would think not. If it is so fragile, then there are much bigger problems than its financial state.
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>> Owen, could you, please, elaborate a bit more on the above?
>> ...i can not wait to hear what you are predicting for the Future of AfriNIC [6] 
>> and of the RFC7020. Please, be examplarily transparent :'-(
>> Don't run away!
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> Because of my current role, I cannot further comment on the ongoing legal battle at this time.
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> I predict errata will be filed against RFC-7020 because it claims to document the current state
> of the RIR system at the time of writing and the statement that global providers universally deal
> with multiple RIRs has incorrect implications and is not entirely accurate. There are plenty of
> global networks that deal with a single RIR and even those that deal with multiple RIRs do
> not necessarily deal with the RIR for each and every region where they operate.
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> There is widespread use of addresses from every RIR in other regions, including a lot of address
> space in use within Africa that is issued by ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC.
> 
> Owen
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