[rpd] The need to review the existing soft landing policy (was Re: Two more petitioners)

[Kris Seeburn]

People,

Let’s have a decorum on the list please. The old players know the ball game we do not need those new to the list to be spoiled. Shooting at each other here makes no sense. If there is grounds for Appeals, the board has setup up an Appeal committee already. So in the interest of not spamming the list with same opinions etc., let the process follow its path. I humbly implore to all that we respect and give respect to all on the list. 

We are mere human beings and we do not need to be firing all the time. Sometimes listening to others views can make sense sometimes not. This is why we have a wider community. Petitions or not the board took its time but has an appeals committee set. What will follow is in the hands of the instance we voted for the Board. As far as PDP co-chairs they are in their learning curve everyone is bound to mistakes. So i urge everyone in this time of the year when we are family bound to focus and let the instances put in place to do their jobs.

So again my humblest request it is a time for peace and doing the right things we may not always like things like “code of ethics” on the list but we all eventually made it a moto to refer to it whenever the slope got steep. 

So let’s give everyone their chances and it is known to be like this with a wide community and background and also of culture. So i implore your good sense in this festive season where peace is the word. Let the proceeds follow and the outcome may it be will be. 

That is my request to all. You may associate me with anyone but what i want is a community that dwells together, work together for the RIR that was created for the continent.

I take this hearty time for me since i just lost my grandmother whom has always tried to guide me. I owe much to her teachings. Let’s work as a continent not as franco, english or whatsoever. We do not need colonisation again. Each country is striving to get to where we need to be. Let’s bear the time of peace in mind and look at common good. 

As an ending note please do not follow on my email this is what i wanted to share with all colleagues and friends here. Move AFRINIC to its ideology and not the background politics that destroys it.

So ‘Seasons greetings to all"

> On Dec 30, 2017, at 13:32, Jacob Odame <jacobodame00 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> You are correct Kangamutima.
> 
> The motive and intentions of that group is clear.
> 
> Jacob
> 
> 2017-12-29 15:36 GMT+03:00 Kangamutima zabika Christophe <funga.roho at yandex.com <mailto:funga.roho at yandex.com>>:
>  
> For me, the problem is that, given the current procedure,
> a detractor can contact a small group of friends to raise objections in all directions just to block a proposal indefinitely. And in the case of the proposal of soft landing. The protesters themselves claim to judge the objectivity of their arguments.
> They think that the more they comment, the more they insist, the more they are right.
> They do not take the step back to analyze the arguments of the working group first.
> In addition, when you want to promote a group of people or entities you must first weigh their interests against the priorities of this continent.
> In the spirit of this proposal, the authors want to perpetuate the growth of the Internet in Africa, but with safeguards,
> we are not a digital jungle where poachers armed with resource demands would voraciously squander the digital resources of our continent.
> And besides in all these discussions I did not read any interlocutors who spoke about the ISPs who still hold enormous amounts of the unabsorbed digital resources (even coming from other RIRs in some cases) as it is the case. Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, and other countries in the region.
> I recognize that in view of his career Owen has a transcendent view of the issue, but he does not contextualize the problem correctly in relation to local realities.
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