Dear AfriNIC's Community, ...i would like to thank John, for his useful clarifications.
John, thanks for playing your role, as a firm defender of RFC7020 (INRS). Now! just to recall that, anyone should consider starting a different thread when its email is fully off-topic like those treating the Future of AfriNIC [1]. __ [1]: <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/ 2021-August/004772.html> ...again, this thread is only about: "FUNDRAISING & DONATIONS - TO KEEP AFRINIC RUNNING" Many thanks to those who are behind the initiative. ...i see this very thread as a great opportunity for anyone to support: (i) a running Internet, (ii) the INR System & (iii) AfriNIC (one of the five regional RIRs)...to: #KeepItOn! no Internet Shutdown :'-( Please, let's call our friends for more concrete actions! You are free to donate. Please do your part, if you want to *Defend the Internet* like Internet Society. ~°~ *DONATE TO KEEP AFRINIC UP BY CLICKING THIS LINK;* *https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14001 <https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14001>* ~°~ Shalom, --sb. Le mercredi 18 août 2021, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> a écrit : > On 18 Aug 2021, at 8:05 AM, Andrew Alston <andrew.als...@liquidtelecom.com> > wrote: > > > John, > > I query where queries may actually get answered – and since previous > emails to the members list have gone unanswered – here is as good a place > as any. ... > > We are a community – this is a bottom up organization – and the community > has the right to ask questions – however hard those questions may be to > answer and however much answering those questions may be distasteful to the > people who have to answer. > > > As a concerned community member, you could have simply asked – “Do we have > to recognize a contingent liability given the litigation, and are there any > Section 162 implications to be considered?” You chose a rather different > approach of posting legal speculation in the name of "seeking a legal > position” and hence I replied. If you want something more definitive, then > seeking actual legal counsel would likely help clarify far more than > speculation here. > > The community has every right to know that the organization is being > properly operated, but it also true that the community vests the routine > oversight in the elected governance body – as they are both accountable for > such oversight and have access to legal counsel to inform their course of > action. This becomes even more important when in litigation, as > organizations need to take great care with their communication – even to > their members – to balance the need for openness with the obligation to > sustain a prudent legal defense. You may not get answers to all your > questions in the midst of litigation, but that’s an indication of a > governing body being true to its job rather than any indication to the > contrary. > > As someone who has had to manage such a difficult balance when defending > ARIN in litigation, I know firsthand it can be quite challenging to > maintain open communication with community at the same time. I’d encourage > you to continue to raise questions that you might have as concerned > community member (if indeed out of bona fide concern for AFRINIC), but you > also should recognize that circumspect communications is quite normal when > it comes to litigation matters, so you might not get the answers you seek – > particularly to legal speculation. > > Best wishes, > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > American Registry for Internet Numbers > > > > > > > -- -- Best Regards ! __ baya.sylvain[AT cmNOG DOT cm]|<https://cmnog.cm/dokuwiki/Structure> Subscribe to Mailing List: <https://lists.cmnog.cm/mailman/listinfo/cmnog/> __ #LASAINTEBIBLE|#Romains15:33«Que LE #DIEU de #Paix soit avec vous tous! #Amen!» #MaPrière est que tu naisses de nouveau. #Chrétiennement «Comme une biche soupire après des courants d’eau, ainsi mon âme soupire après TOI, ô DIEU!»(#Psaumes42:2)
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