<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good day all,<div><br></div><div>I think paul made some sense in his first statement (tho the statement has been watered down now).</div><div><br></div><div>If afrinic is in a financial fix or in a state where it is tending towards a financial situation where it can no longer perform its duties, it is only right to start weighing all viable options to keep the registry afloat. </div><div>Paul made a suggestion - tho a bit aggressively - about the NRO coming to save the region. </div><div>I will like the community to see this as “option 1”. </div><div><br></div><div>Does any other community member have any better suggestion in the (not so likely) situation that afrinic does not have the financial capability to carry out its duties?</div><div><br></div><div>If so, please lay them out for discussion amongst the community members. </div><div><br></div><div>If not, Option 1 remains the only alternative to cushion the effect of the financial breakdown. </div><div><br></div><div>That being said. I think we should think in the direction of way forward and have a plan ready rather than crucifying Paul for being proactive. <br><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 1, 2021, at 11:01, Paul Wollner <paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div><br></div><div>Hello community<br></div><div><br></div><div>I think I misused the word “take over” to spike some unfortunate sentiments.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Let me try this again:</div><div>In the interest of internet continuity, another RIR should help AFRINIC (by staff or infrastructure), to perform it’s core registration service function for the time being, until all AFRINIC litigation has been sorted to avoid disruption to our African end users and businesses.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div>Paul</div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" data-sigid="4563131000000009003"><div><br></div></div><div class="zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;"><br></div><div class="zmail_extra" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" style=""><br><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:38:32 +0200 <b>Paul Wollner <paul.wollner@africaoncloud.net></b> wrote ----<br></div><br><blockquote style="margin: 0px;"><div><div style="font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size : 10pt;"><div>Apologies for the duplicate post, but the initial posting was too large. <br></div><div class="x_1515713012zmail_extra"><br><blockquote style="margin : 0px;"><div><div style="font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size : 10pt;"><div>The concerns expressed by TISPA, as well as other concerned parties and especially by AFRINIC's own admission in the news outlet lexpress.mu, which is available at <a href="https://ibb.co/tmWCk0k">https://ibb.co/tmWCk0k</a>, regarding the AFRINIC’s inability to keep providing its core registry functions due to its inability to meet its financial requirements.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I suggest that in order not hold end users, ISPs and any other business's hostage, for the interest of continue service of AFRINIC’s core registry service, we should urgently call for NRO fulfil their responsibility as well as commitment to the global internet to take over AFRINIC’s registration service for the time being, until litigation is settled some time later. (<a href="https://www.nro.net/accountability/rir-accountability/joint-rir-stability-fund/">https://www.nro.net/accountability/rir-accountability/joint-rir-stability-fund/</a>)<br></div><div><br></div><div>That way, no end user or business will ever impacted however results come out of litigation.<br></div><div><br></div><div id=""><div>Regards<br></div><div>Paul Wollner<br></div></div><div><br></div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Community-Discuss mailing list</span><br><span>Community-Discuss@afrinic.net</span><br><span>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>