<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">If that’s the case, why doesn’t the AFRINIC board simply state that as the source of their funding?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Why the secrecy?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is my strong suspicion that this is not the source of their current funding.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regardless of the source, there is no valid reason for the lack of transparency.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 25, 2021, at 03:12 , JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via Community-Discuss <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" class="">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The NRO, manages a fund, if I recall correctly, contributed by the 5 RIRs, in order to secure sustainability/stability of any RIR in case of contingencies.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">I guess this is a contingency that can apply to that fund, so a “loan” can be provided to pay any operational expenses while the AFRINIC accounts are frozen.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">So, no magic to obtain fund to continue operations, and in such way that no new court orders could froze them again, because is not “AFRINIC” money, and don’t need to pass by the AFRINIC accounts.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Jordi<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">@jordipalet<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Greetings to all<br class=""><br class="">While we respect that AFRINIC just held a meeting on the issue, can we expect sooner or later a report from the registry about how the meeting went? And most especially, I think the community deserves clarity about the identified "alternative means" as we would all like to know more about these projected financial actions. I hope that we can observe more efforts from AFRINIC to ensure transparency on its decisions and on whatever action it may choose to commit.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Respectfully,<br class="">Christian<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 1:34 PM Paul Wollner <<a href="mailto:paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0cm;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Chair,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Would you care to share with the community where this alternative source of funding is coming from? Are these funds coming from other AFRINIC reserves?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">How will this impact the day to day operations in AFRINIC?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Regards<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Paul Wollner<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div id="gmail-m_-4086098554812282645Zm-_Id_-Sgn" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div id="gmail-m_-4086098554812282645Zm-_Id_-Sgn1" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">---- On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:25:40 +0200<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><<a href="mailto:chair@afrinic.net" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">chair@afrinic.net</a>></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote ----<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Dear AFRINIC Members,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">AFRINIC has been notified by one of its bank that its accounts have<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">been temporary frozen due to legal action by Cloud Innovation<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Ltd. AFRINIC has not yet received the relevant information on this<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">matter showing the basis of Cloud Innovation Ltd's claims, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">AFRINIC has not yet been given the opportunity to respond to this<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">action. It will, at the first opportunity, exercise all legal rights<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">available to it before the Court.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">The Board of Directors held an urgent meeting last night. It<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">identified alternate means of funding so that the company can cover<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">the financial expenses incurred to run its services.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Regards,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Subramanian Moonesamy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Chairman,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">AFRINIC Board of Directors<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Members-Discuss mailing list<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><a href="mailto:Members-Discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Members-Discuss@afrinic.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss" target="_blank" style="color: blue; 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