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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 22, 2021 5:06:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sylvain Baya <abscoco@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss@afrinic.net>; Brian Sowers <b.sowers154@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-Discuss] FUNDRAISING & DONATIONS - TO KEEP AFRINIC RUNNING</font>
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<div class="">I am confused… How is a question about consent an attempt to kill AFRINIC?
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<div class="">Please add the context; then you'll become less confused :'-(</div>
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No, with the context, I still do not understand how a simple question constitutes an attempt</div>
<div>to kill an RIR. Indeed, I find that it is people who are resistant to the idea of questioning an</div>
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<div class="">Is AFRINIC so fragile that it cannot withstand a simple question of its consent
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<div class="">AfriNIC needs to be defended these hard times and it appears that some of us </div>
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<div class="">...i found it admirable! and i wouldn't like to cross their way; while they are </div>
<div class="">defending AfriNIC...not you? Feel free to continue to defend your champion, </div>
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>From my perspective I am attempting to defend AFRINIC and it’s member base</div>
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<div class="">Question already answered here [1]! please let's know if it isn't enough for you.</div>
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I didn’t say that the question wasn’t adequately answered. I questioned the person</div>
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<div class="">I would think not. If it is so fragile, then there are much bigger problems than its financial state.</div>
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<div class="">Owen, could you, please, elaborate a bit more on the above?</div>
<div class="">...i can not wait to hear what you are predicting for the Future of AfriNIC [6] </div>
<div class="">and of the RFC7020. Please, be examplarily transparent :'-(</div>
<div class="">Don't run away!</div>
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<div>I predict errata will be filed against RFC-7020 because it claims to document the current state</div>
<div>of the RIR system at the time of writing and the statement that global providers universally deal</div>
<div>with multiple RIRs has incorrect implications and is not entirely accurate. There are plenty of</div>
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<div>There is widespread use of addresses from every RIR in other regions, including a lot of address</div>
<div>space in use within Africa that is issued by ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC.</div>
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