[rpd] FW: Opposition to the changes in the AfriNIC Soft Landing Policy

[Lu Heng]

Hi John:

Anyone is a community member, even your 80-year-old grandpa, regardless
they are on the mailing list or not.

That's the definition founders of the RIR system defines.

On 6 December 2017 at 10:14, John Ngwoke <john.ngwoke at unn.edu.ng> wrote:

> I am worried the way some of us are taking this soft landing - BIS. These
> people sending in opposition letter through one person, are they really
> community members?, If they are, then I wounder while they can not come out
> them self to express their views and also hear the views of other community
> member concerning the need of this proposal. If they have the time to write
> those letters, I think they should also have time to join the mailing list
> in this discussion. Does the community consider it right to treat someone
> that is not so interested in the community views as a community member?.
> I think we should look at the good side of this policy and the difficult
> side and weigh them well. I know there are challenge and limitation of ipv4
> address resources we can get but this will make us to start planing for
> IPv6 so that before we exhaust the ipv4 block we can acquire, we will plan
> development of IPv6 into our network.
>
> I strongly support this proposal.
>
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Alan Levin <alan at futureperfect.co.za>
> wrote:
>
>> Oops sorry I wasn't finished..
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Alan Levin <alan at futureperfect.co.za>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am surprised that we have not heard from these "Chairs", in fact I had
>>> to look up who the chairs actually are...
>>>
>>> I believe that this page shows: https://afrinic.net/en/
>>> community/policy-development/pdwg
>>>
>>> 1. Dewole Ajao
>>>
>> 2. Sami Salih
>>
>> Gentlemen, we clearly require your leadership here.
>>
>> Whilst I see the Board has been acquiring legal assistance to deal with
>> their own group, we really don't want to get to that level here please.
>>
>> Dewole, Sami - you do not have sufficient support for this policy, please
>> end this discussion and start a new one!
>>
>> Kind thanks
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
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