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--></style></head><body lang=en-MU link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for suggesting 3 weeks for the “legal due diligence” work. It works for me.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,</p><p class=MsoNormal>Yogesh Chadee</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nishal@controlfreak.co.za">Nishal Goburdhan</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, 25 February 2021 11:45<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dbwg@afrinic.net">dbwg@afrinic.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DBWG] --list-versions query on deleted resources?</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 24 Feb 2021, at 11:57, Ben Maddison wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Hi Nishal,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>h ben,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Absent progress on re-chartering, I'm not sure there is a "procedure"</p><p class=MsoNormal>> for us to follow, as such.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>otherwise read as: as long as there’s consensus here ..</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> (Aside: the re-chartering is mostly in my court. Apologies for the </p><p class=MsoNormal>> lack</p><p class=MsoNormal>> of progress. I will dedicate some attention to this within the next </p><p class=MsoNormal>> few</p><p class=MsoNormal>> days)</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Lacking that, I would suggest that *on this item*:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> - We await the outcome of the legal due diligence that Yogesh has</p><p class=MsoNormal>> indicated is being done;</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>did we get a due date for this? my eternal worry is that we simply </p><p class=MsoNormal>allow this to become Yet Another Deadline that goes swoosh.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>we have seen on other mailing lists that afrinic’s legal department </p><p class=MsoNormal>*can* indeed be quick to act if they desire. at the risk of censure </p><p class=MsoNormal>myself, dare i ask : what does this working group think is a reasonable </p><p class=MsoNormal>deadline that we should give to the secretariat (afrinic)? personally, </p><p class=MsoNormal>i think three weeks is more than reasonable ..</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> - Assuming that comes back with a thumbs-up, we take some time to</p><p class=MsoNormal>> provide our input as a WG on the details of the implementation we</p><p class=MsoNormal>> would like to see, with a view to arriving at something the staff</p><p class=MsoNormal>> considers deployable; and</p><p class=MsoNormal>> - Do a quick last call on the proposed solution (maybe 1-2 weeks) to</p><p class=MsoNormal>> give stragglers an opportunity to be heard.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> If anyone would like to propose an alternative to the above plan, </p><p class=MsoNormal>> please</p><p class=MsoNormal>> speak up as soon as possible. Silence will be interpreted as consent.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>most of this seems reasonable to me, and thank you for indulging me, </p><p class=MsoNormal>ben. might i ask that the co-chairs *soundly remind* the secretariat </p><p class=MsoNormal>and/or their legal counsel that joe public is - and has been - </p><p class=MsoNormal>patiently waiting. wishy-washy no commitment dates, and long, silent, </p><p class=MsoNormal>pauses between interactions, do not help build accountability and trust.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>—n.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>DBWG mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>DBWG@afrinic.net</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/dbwg</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>