<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 8, 2021, at 06:50 , JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" class="">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">It is not true, we have responded perfectly to each of the questions, may be is a lack of knowledge, but the RPD is not a training team, and despite that, we have responded to much more than it is in the scope of the RPD.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The RIR is not injecting anything that should not. If you read RFC6486, you will understand it. Then you can make more concrete and coherent questions, not false information.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>While I generally support the idea of AS0 ROAs, I have to say that there is a risk that has not been directly addressed.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>This policy assumes that the RIR operates in good faith and does not act in violation of a members rights or its own policies and other governing documents.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Since we have, now, a clear example of AFRINIC doing exactly that, in violation of a court order even, I must urge caution in adopting this policy in this region until such time as we can be assured that AFRINIC has been restored to a good working order and will not further engage in disruptive revocations and terminations without good cause.</div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">It is impossible to respond with a better answer to questions that come from untrue statements and lack of knowledge.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Nothing I have said above represents either a lack of knowledge or an untrue statement.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I fully support AS0 ROAs for legitimately unallocated space issued by RIRs acting in good faith.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Unfortunately, at this time, I have no confidence that AFRINIC meets that test.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="3" class="">Owen</font></div><div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><br class=""></body></html>