[Community-Discuss] Community-Discuss Digest, Vol 832, Issue 2

Tue Aug 24 13:41:44 UTC 2021

Hello Fiona,

Thank you for the phone call and explaining how things are operating.

Regards

Paul 

---- On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:21:00 +0200 Fiona Asonga <tespok at tespok.co.ke> wrote ----

Hallo Paul 

Thank you for your donation. We are updating every 2 days. We are collecting from 3 payment systems and hence the update every 2 days. 

We encourage everyone making bank transfer payments to send to mailto:finance at tespok.co.ke the transfer confirmation. As soon as funds are sighted at the bank we shall confirm receipt. 

We sincerely thank those who are supporting the initiative for your support. 

Kind regards 

Fiona Asonga 
Chief Executive Officer 
Technology Service Providers of Kenya 

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:34:49 +0200 
From: Paul Wollner <mailto:paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net> 
To: "Fiona Asonga" <mailto:tespok at tespok.co.ke> 
Cc: Community Discuss <mailto:community-discuss at afrinic.net>, members-discuss 
    <mailto:members-discuss at afrinic.net> 
Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] FUNDRAISING & 
    DONATIONS - TO KEEP AFRINIC RUNNING 
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Hello Fiona, 

Would you care to explain how the funding report (https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14123) is generated? It appears to be a dynamic listing, however the donation that Africa on Cloud has not been listed. I can confirm that the funds did leave our account. 

Are donations being lost in the system, or is this rather an error on the site? 

Regards 

Paul 

---- On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:40:45 +0200 Fiona Asonga <mailto:tespok at tespok.co.ke> wrote ---- 

Dear Internet Community, 

You are probably aware that AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry for Africa, is involved in ongoing litigation, where the plaintiff has sought to have AFRINIC?s bank accounts frozen. In today?s connected world, it is easy to abstract the Internet into simply moving bits and bytes, and forget that there are real people that work hard at building, maintaining and providing support for the systems that you, and the Internet, need to continue working and engaging. 

The litigation has made it difficult for AFRINIC to meet its financial obligations. Part of these expenses are salaries for the AFRINIC team, who are resolutely working through this difficult period.? Whilst we recognise that the legal system has to complete its important process, ?our colleagues still need to survive? during one of the worst pandemics in memory.? As an operational entity, that is core to a functioning Internet, AFRINIC still has financial obligations that it must meet to its suppliers. 

Af-IX, in collaboration with our partners are therefore embarking on a fund-raising exercise to help keep AFRINIC?s core functions and services running for the next three months. As a broader community, we are dependent on this registry, whose service of allocating and registering Internet Number Resources (IPv4, IPv6 and ASN) has enabled communication for the development and growth of the Internet In the African region. 

We invite you to be part of the community of supporters to ensure that AFRINIC can continue to play the vital role it has, for the sustainable digital growth in Africa. 

You can choose to donate any amount via the URL below.? The funds collected will be used to support the team by ensuring the core functions of AFRINIC continue without risk. 

DONATE TO KEEP AFRINIC UP BY CLICKING THIS LINK:? ?https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14001 

The Af-IX is ably supported in this initiative by the below partners; ? 

Technology Service Providers of Kenya ??TESPOK 
Tanzania ISP Association ??TISPA 
Angola ISP Association ??AAPSI 
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria ??IXPN 

For additional information, please feel free to contact us, or any of our partners through the following email addresses below: 

? ? ? ? ? ??mailto:mailto:info at af-ix.net??|?mailto:mailto:tespok at tespok.co.ke?|?mailto:mailto:secretariat at tispa.or.tz?|?mailto:mailto:secretariado at aapsi.og.ao?|?mailto:mailto:info at ixp.net.ng 

For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Please visit the Sites Below For Details 

TESPOK =?https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14001 

TISPA =?https://tispa.or.tz/fundraising/afrinic 

ISPA-Angola =?https://www.aapsi.og.ao/noticia/fundraising-for-afrinichttps://www.aapsi.og.ao/noticia/fundraising-for-afrinichttps://www.aapsi.og.ao/noticia/fundraising-for-afrinic 

IXPN =?https://ixp.net.ng/news/afrinic-fundraising 

AF-IX =?https://www.af-ix.net/news/2021/08/afrinic-fundraising-campaign 

We look forward to your kind support. 

Yours Sincerely, 

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 20:49:52 +0000 (UTC) 
From: Mirriam <mailto:mirriamlauren at yahoo.com> 
To: Fiona Asonga <mailto:tespok at tespok.co.ke>,  Paul Wollner 
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Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] FUNDRAISING & 
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Hi Paul, 
On the donation website there is a button that reads FUNDRAISING REPORT. 

Once you click that, you will be redirected to the link below which is the AFRINIC FUNDRAISING REPORT. 
https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14123 
This is being manually updated and in case you don't see your TRANSACTION ID on the list, be patient as TESPOK will update every after two days. 
The FAQ section has below question and answer 
How will the community be informed about the amounts donated and disbursed? 
TESPOK will publish the total amount donated from both individuals and corporates and the total amount disbursed on the donation web page every 2 days.The names of individual donors will not be published to align with the Kenya Data Protection Act of 2019. 
Mirriam 
 On Monday, August 23, 2021, 11:35:56 PM GMT+3, Paul Wollner <mailto:paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net> wrote: 

 Hello Fiona, 

Would you care to explain how the funding report (https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14123) is generated? It appears to be a dynamic listing, however the donation that Africa on Cloud has not been listed. I can confirm that the funds did leave our account. 

Are donations being lost in the system, or is this rather an error on the site? 

Regards 
Paul 

---- On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:40:45 +0200 Fiona Asonga <mailto:tespok at tespok.co.ke> wrote ---- 

Dear Internet Community, 

You are probably aware that AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry for Africa, is involved in ongoing litigation, where the plaintiff has sought to have AFRINIC?s bank accounts frozen. In today?s connected world, it is easy to abstract the Internet into simply moving bits and bytes, and forget that there are real people that work hard at building, maintaining and providing support for the systems that you, and the Internet, need to continue working and engaging. 

The litigation has made it difficult for AFRINIC to meet its financial obligations. Part of these expenses are salaries for the AFRINIC team, who are resolutely working through this difficult period.? Whilst we recognise that the legal system has to complete its important process, ?our colleagues still need to survive? during one of the worst pandemics in memory.? As an operational entity, that is core to a functioning Internet, AFRINIC still has financial obligations that it must meet to its suppliers. 

Af-IX, in collaboration with our partners are therefore embarking on a fund-raising exercise to help keep AFRINIC?s core functions and services running for the next three months. As a broader community, we are dependent on this registry, whose service of allocating and registering Internet Number Resources (IPv4, IPv6 and ASN) has enabled communication for the development and growth of the Internet In the African region. 

We invite you to be part of the community of supporters to ensure that AFRINIC can continue to play the vital role it has, for the sustainable digital growth in Africa. 

You can choose to donate any amount via the URL below.? The funds collected will be used to support the team by ensuring the core functions of AFRINIC continue without risk. 

DONATE TO KEEP AFRINIC UP BY CLICKING THIS LINK:? ?https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14001 
The Af-IX is ably supported in this initiative by the below partners; ? 

Technology Service Providers of Kenya ??TESPOK 
Tanzania ISP Association ??TISPA 
Angola ISP Association ??AAPSI 
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria ??IXPN 

For additional information, please feel free to contact us, or any of our partners through the following email addresses below: 

? ? ? ? ? ??mailto:info at af-ix.net??|?mailto:tespok at tespok.co.ke?|?mailto:secretariat at tispa.or.tz?|?mailto:secretariado at aapsi.og.ao?|?mailto:info at ixp.net.ng 

For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Please visit the Sites Below For Details 

TESPOK =?https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14001 

TISPA =?https://tispa.or.tz/fundraising/afrinic 

ISPA-Angola =?https://www.aapsi.og.ao/noticia/fundraising-for-afrinic 

IXPN =?https://ixp.net.ng/news/afrinic-fundraising 

AF-IX =?https://www.af-ix.net/news/2021/08/afrinic-fundraising-campaign 

We look forward to your kind support. 

Yours Sincerely, 

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