<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Dear AFRINIC, <br></div><div><br></div><div>It has been just over a month now since the mail below was sent and I feel that we still do not have any direct answer on the 4 questions that were raised.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Can we please get a clearcut answer from AFRINIC on these questions?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div>Paul Wollner</div><div><br></div><div data-sigid="4563131000000009003" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn"><div><br></div></div><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;" class="zmail_extra_hr"><br></div><div style="" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" class="zmail_extra"><br><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:24:05 +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><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">Mr. Kayihura,</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">I refer to your email dated 30 June 2021.</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">In it, you claim that Questions 1 to 3 were addressed during the open mic session held on 4 June 2021.</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">The reality is that none of those questions were satisfactorily answered. They were addressed to the extent that the questions were acknowledged, then an attempt was made to obfuscate them and answer different questions while pretending to answer the questions asked, then a claim was made that the questions would be answered at a later date.</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">In reality, no such answer has been forthcoming from AFRINIC. We recognize that these questions are likely inconvenient and come at what is almost certainly an inopportune time to be asking. Nonetheless, these are valid questions and as a resource member, we feel that we are being held at unfair disadvantage if AFRINIC will not provide a clear and direct answer to each of the questions about how it interprets policies in these areas.</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">There’s too much at stake to allow AFRINIC staff to simply make it up as they go a long. We need a public commitment to the official interpretation of these areas of potential ambiguity in the current policy regime.</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">As to the fourth item, while it is not our intent to micro-manage AFRINIC staff decisions, it is our conclusion that even if Madhvi did not actively participate in the fraudulent resource registrations and embezzlement, she surely must have either turned a blind eye (aiding and abetting) or she failed to notice it which at best displays a level of incompetence and failure to meet her duty of care in such a position.</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">In summary, we renew our request for factual, reliable, direct answers to each of the queries and request that AFRINIC eschew further obfuscation and sophistry in the process.</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">Thank you.</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Lato 2", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">Paul Wollner</span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div id="x_-534102496Zm-_Id_-Sgn"><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="x_-534102496zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top : 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); min-height: 0px; margin-top : 10px; margin-bottom : 10px; line-height : 0px;"><br></div><div class="x_-534102496zmail_extra"><div><br></div><div id="x_-534102496Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:04:19 +0200 <b>Eddy Kayihura <<a href="mailto:eddy@afrinic.net">eddy@afrinic.net</a>></b> wrote ----<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin : 0px;"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; text-align : justify; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr Wollner,</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; text-align : justify; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I refer to your email dated 24 June 2021.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; text-align : justify; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;">Questions 1 to 3 were addressed during the open mic session held on 4 June 2021 and we undertook an action to organise a webinar within 2 months to discuss with the community the definition of “need-based” in the AFRINIC policies and bylaws.</span><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;">We are delighted to see that the discussion amongst the community has already started.</span><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;"><br class=""><br class=""></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; text-align : justify; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;">Regarding question 4, we cannot penalise a staff member unless we find concrete proof of their involvement in the misappropriation of the IP resources. As of now, we do not have such evidence on any of AFRINIC’s current staff members. </span><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;">The appropriate channel for such inquiry or complaint is to submit it via our </span><a href="https://afrinic.net/whistleblowing" class="" style="text-decoration : none;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><u style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;">Whistleblowing</u></span></a><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;"> platform. </span></span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; text-align : justify; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Regards,</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; text-align : justify; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eddy Kayihura</span><br></p><div class="" style="line-height : 2.1599999999999997; text-align : justify; margin-top : 0pt; margin-bottom : 0pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chief Executive Officer,</span><br></div><div class="" style="line-height : 2.1599999999999997; text-align : justify; margin-top : 0pt; margin-bottom : 0pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)</span><br></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">…………………………………………………….</span><br></p><div><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><br class=""></span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">M. Wollner,</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Je me réfère à votre courriel du 24 juin 2021.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Les questions 1 à 3 ont été abordées lors de la session 'open mic' qui s'est tenue le 4 juin 2021 et nous avons entrepris une action visant à organiser un webinaire dans un délai de 2 mois afin de discuter avec la communauté de la définition de "need-based" dans les politiques et les statuts d'AFRINIC.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nous sommes ravis de voir que la discussion au sein de la communauté a déjà commencé.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">En ce qui concerne la question 4, nous ne pouvons pas pénaliser un membre du personnel à moins de trouver des preuves concrètes de son implication dans la manipulation non autorisée des ressources IP. A ce jour, nous n'avons pas de telles preuves sur aucun des membres actuels du personnel d'AFRINIC.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height : 1.38; margin-top : 9pt; margin-bottom : 9pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;">Le canal approprié pour une telle requête ou plainte est de la soumettre via notre plateforme de </span><a href="https://afrinic.net/whistleblowing" class="" style="text-decoration : none;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><u style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;">whistleblowing</u></span></a><span class="" style="vertical-align : baseline; white-space : pre-wrap;">.</span></span><br></p><div><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height : 2.1599999999999997; text-align : justify; margin-top : 0pt; margin-bottom : 0pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cordialement,</span><br></div><div class="" style="line-height : 2.1599999999999997; text-align : justify; margin-top : 0pt; margin-bottom : 0pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eddy Kayihura</span><br></div><div class="" style="line-height : 2.1599999999999997; text-align : justify; margin-top : 0pt; margin-bottom : 0pt;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Directeur général,</span><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: justify;">African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)</span><span class="x_448024421Apple-tab-span" style="white-space : pre;"> </span><br></div><div class=""><div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div>_______________________________________________ <br></div><div>RPD mailing list <br></div><div><a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net">RPD@afrinic.net</a> <br></div><div><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</a> <br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></div>_______________________________________________ <br>RPD mailing list <br>RPD@afrinic.net <br>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd <br></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>