[rpd] [Community-Discuss] Unaddressed queries by AFRINIC during AGMM

[Lamiaa Chnayti]

+1 Paul. I hope the above gets addressed as soon as possible.

Best regards,
Lamiaa

Le mar. 3 août 2021 à 10:34, Paul Wollner <paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net>
a écrit :


> Dear AFRINIC,

>

> It has been just over a month now since the mail below was sent and I feel

> that we still do not have any direct answer on the 4 questions that were

> raised.

>

> Can we please get a clearcut answer from AFRINIC on these questions?

>

> Regards

> Paul Wollner

>

>

>

>

> ---- On Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:24:05 +0200 *Paul Wollner

> <paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net <paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net>>* wrote

> ----

>

> Mr. Kayihura,

>

> I refer to your email dated 30 June 2021.

>

> In it, you claim that Questions 1 to 3 were addressed during the open mic

> session held on 4 June 2021.

>

> The reality is that none of those questions were satisfactorily answered.

> They were addressed to the extent that the questions were acknowledged,

> then an attempt was made to obfuscate them and answer different questions

> while pretending to answer the questions asked, then a claim was made that

> the questions would be answered at a later date.

>

> In reality, no such answer has been forthcoming from AFRINIC. We recognize

> that these questions are likely inconvenient and come at what is almost

> certainly an inopportune time to be asking. Nonetheless, these are valid

> questions and as a resource member, we feel that we are being held at

> unfair disadvantage if AFRINIC will not provide a clear and direct answer

> to each of the questions about how it interprets policies in these areas.

>

> There’s too much at stake to allow AFRINIC staff to simply make it up as

> they go a long. We need a public commitment to the official interpretation

> of these areas of potential ambiguity in the current policy regime.

>

> As to the fourth item, while it is not our intent to micro-manage AFRINIC

> staff decisions, it is our conclusion that even if Madhvi did not actively

> participate in the fraudulent resource registrations and embezzlement, she

> surely must have either turned a blind eye (aiding and abetting) or she

> failed to notice it which at best displays a level of incompetence and

> failure to meet her duty of care in such a position.

>

> In summary, we renew our request for factual, reliable, direct answers to

> each of the queries and request that AFRINIC eschew further obfuscation and

> sophistry in the process.

>

> Thank you.

>

> Paul Wollner

>

>

>

>

>

> ---- On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:04:19 +0200 *Eddy Kayihura <eddy at afrinic.net

> <eddy at afrinic.net>>* wrote ----

>

> Mr Wollner,

>

> I refer to your email dated 24 June 2021.

>

> Questions 1 to 3 were addressed during the open mic session held on 4 June

> 2021 and we undertook an action to organise a webinar within 2 months to

> discuss with the community the definition of “need-based” in the AFRINIC

> policies and bylaws.

>

> We are delighted to see that the discussion amongst the community has

> already started.

>

> Regarding question 4, we cannot penalise a staff member unless we find

> concrete proof of their involvement in the misappropriation of the IP

> resources. As of now, we do not have such evidence on any of AFRINIC’s

> current staff members.

>

> The appropriate channel for such inquiry or complaint is to submit it via

> our *Whistleblowing* <https://afrinic.net/whistleblowing> platform.

>

> Regards,

>

> Eddy Kayihura

> Chief Executive Officer,

> African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)

>

> …………………………………………………….

>

> M. Wollner,

>

> Je me réfère à votre courriel du 24 juin 2021.

>

> Les questions 1 à 3 ont été abordées lors de la session 'open mic' qui

> s'est tenue le 4 juin 2021 et nous avons entrepris une action visant à

> organiser un webinaire dans un délai de 2 mois afin de discuter avec la

> communauté de la définition de "need-based" dans les politiques et les

> statuts d'AFRINIC.

>

> Nous sommes ravis de voir que la discussion au sein de la communauté a

> déjà commencé.

>

> En ce qui concerne la question 4, nous ne pouvons pas pénaliser un membre

> du personnel à moins de trouver des preuves concrètes de son implication

> dans la manipulation non autorisée des ressources IP. A ce jour, nous

> n'avons pas de telles preuves sur aucun des membres actuels du personnel

> d'AFRINIC.

>

> Le canal approprié pour une telle requête ou plainte est de la soumettre

> via notre plateforme de *whistleblowing*

> <https://afrinic.net/whistleblowing>.

>

> Cordialement,

> Eddy Kayihura

> Directeur général,

> African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)

>

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