<div dir="ltr">There is some African proverb that says: <div><br></div><div><i>Why burn down the whole granary just because of one or two rodents?</i><div><br></div><div>I accept AfriNIC has deep issues. But shutting it down is not an option. That would simply make some countries like Kenya begin to seriously think of having and managing its own IP resources - rather than begging Europe or America to access the same. </div><div><br></div><div>By the way, ITU and others would really love to see such a breakup happen so that African governments can finally get to sit on these IP resources as opposed to having to consult some RIR located many miles away in the middle of the Indian Ocean.</div><div><br></div><div>AfriNIC shutdown should never be an option since the outcome may pan out very differently - and not necessarily be through RIPE or ARIN (like it used to be the 90s).</div><div><br></div><div>walu. </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 3:48 PM Alan Levin <<a href="mailto:alanlevin@gmail.com">alanlevin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Shocking! <div>So sad... </div><div>I can't see how this could be addressed,</div><div>there is a toxic BOD and everything that leads down from that</div><div>I have been supporting this org in so many ways and now,</div><div>I really hope AfriNIC is shut down at this point</div><div>I would rather work with RIPE</div><div>A very sad time for African Internet </div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 13:55, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com" target="_blank">Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sorry – I accidently sent this to the wrong list originally – so – let it be stated here for the community to see as well<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Andrew<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This was sent to me – I was not actually involved in the work done to find this – but – I thought it would be of interest to the list.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Everyone – meet Marcus Adomey – Also known as Benjamin Ledoh.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I also point out that – if you use a separate email address that is NOT Marcus’s – it explicitly tells you that it’s the wrong address.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So Marcus – do you care to explain how an author of PDP-BIS – who claims to be attempting to bring the policy process to a more fair and equitable method – is hiding under an alias posting defamatory, unsubstantiated
and spurious allegations?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Andrew<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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