<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 18 Aug 2021, 22:55 Andrew Alston via Community-Discuss, <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">John<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My problem with what you are saying is that it is predicated entirely on trust – </span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto">On the contrary the secretariat which Af-IX partners have selected to work with is TESPOK.</div><div dir="auto">TESPOK is a professional organisation that many large and small ISPs including the Government of Kenya has entrusted since 2002.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">TESPOK and other partners have covered clearly what will happen to the funds and how the donations will be accounted for and the reports that will be made publicly available.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Visit the TESPOK website and read and if you feel there is something missing, please let the volunteers in this endeavour know.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="en-KE" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_424402806526498289WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">trust that the board is doing everything they can – trust that the board is prudent – trust that the
board is sticking to fiduciary duty. I would argue that trust – may be a little hard to come by when it comes to handing over money –</span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Af-IX and its partners are the ones responsible in this endeavour. The ISP/IXP associations involved are self organised and will be accountable to the donors who will contribute to this fund.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I hope this helps you from the self righteous confusion you may be having in terms of how the self-organised Af-IX partners will be ensuring that AFRINIC core functions continue to stay up and running.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Noah</div><div dir="auto">TISPA</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">FWIW, the culture of donation is not alien in this part of the world. We donate to support weddings. We donate to support funerals. We donate to support pay for medical expenses. We donate to build community roads. Its our culture and we sure know how to hold each other accountable.</div></div>