[Community-Discuss] Unaddressed queries by AFRINIC during AGMM

[Ibeanusi Elvis]

Hello,

Although I didn’t participate in the AGMM on the 4th of June, 2021 but:

As Paul pointed out, personally I concur that first, giving everyone an
equal opportunity to discuss as well as comment should be something that
the AFRINIC should strive to improve on at all conferences, summits and so
on.

Additionally, I believe that the purpose of conducting the AGMM was to
discuss and find resolutions for issues like the ones raised by Paul and
not giving them the opportunity to discuss and resolve those issues is not
a pleasing sight. Likewise for question 3: AFRINIC should not be using any
bylaw that is not part of an AFRINIC Policy and has never been approved by
the community to manage the resources usage for people. This to me is an
abuse and misuse of power.

Elvis

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 18:09 jeffery_sky via Community-Discuss <
community-discuss at afrinic.net> wrote:


> Dear all,

>

> I believe it is crucial to take into consideration Paul’s statement.

> Indeed, during the AGMM, many questions were not properly addressed, also,

> individuals with comments or concerns were automatically interrupted,

> therefore, their inquiries rejected.

>

> Mainly, the participants who did not get the opportunity to express their

> thoughts, were trying to tackle some serious issues about the system of

> management of AFRINIC as an RIR.

>

> AFRINIC staff needs to provide the community with specific responses to

> the questions raised by Paul, due to their problematic nature, also,

> simply, to clarify any misunderstandings or new provisions that need to be

> discussed. Frankly, I assume it is unacceptable for an RIR to impose such

> rules and I firmly believe that the fair market value of IP addresses needs

> to be applicable in AFRINIC’s service area.

>

> Moreover, we cannot turn a blind eye to all the things that went south in

> the history of AFRINIC, if we strive for excellence and improvement, we

> need to cut off defected systems and anomalies from the root.

>

> Best,

>

>

>

> On Thursday, June 24, 2021, 05:28:49 PM GMT+9, Paul Wollner <

> paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net> wrote:

>

>

> Dear Chairperson,

>

>

>

> Reference is made to the AGMM chaired by you on the 4 June 2021.

>

>

>

> I wish to put on record that at the AGMM we were not given a reasonable

> opportunity to discuss and comment on the management of AFRINIC and in

> particular to the following issues:-

>

>

>

> *Question 1*

>

>

>

> AFRINIC claims that any change in the IP usage will require re-justifying

> the usage. Would it mean that, hypothetically, if I have a web customer on

> my server and they leave to be replaced with a VPN customer, will I need to

> seek AFRINIC’s approval first?

>

>

>

> *Question 1 was not discussed or commented upon*

>

>

>

> *Question 2*

>

>

>

> The rest of the world enjoys a 30 USD/IP at a free open market. With

> AFRINIC having a transfer policy in place, will AFRINIC still demand any

> unused IP be returned to them for free?

>

>

>

> *Question 2 was not discussed or commented upon*

>

>

>

> *Question 3*

>

>

>

> Out-of-region use was extensively discussed within the last decade, and it

> was a consensus that pre-soft landing space is allowed for out-of-region

> use. Yet, I heard that AFRINIC seems to be using bylaw 6.1 to manage other

> people’s resource usage. This is not part of AFRINIC policy and has, with

> good reason, never been approved by the community. Can AFRINIC clarify its

> understanding of out-of-region usage to the member base?

>

>

>

> *Question 3 was not discussed or commented upon*

>

>

>

> *Question 4*

>

>

>

> Madhvi was in charge of the registration department when the IP heist

> happened – this, at the very least, shows her incompetence, so why is she

> getting promoted instead of rightfully dismissed?

>

>

>

> *Question 4 was not discussed or commented upon*

>

>

>

>

> *Paul Wollner*

>

>

>

>

>

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