Re: An update on the AfriNIC situation

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () interall co il>]

On 27/08/2021 18:36, Bill Woodcock wrote:
> As many of you are aware, AfriNIC is under legal attack by Heng Lu / “Cloud Innovation.”
>
> John Curran just posted an excellent summary of the current state of affairs here:
>
>     https://teamarin.net/2021/08/27/afrinic-and-the-stability-of-the-internet-number-registry-system/
>
> If, like me, you feel like chipping in a little bit of money to help AfriNIC make payroll despite Heng having gotten 
> their bank accounts frozen, some of the African ISP associations have put together a fund, which you can donate to here:
>
>     https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14001
>
> It’s an unfortunate situation, but the African Internet community has really pulled together to defend themselves, and 
> they’ve got a lot less resources than most of us do.
>
>                                 -Bill

Why not just use the RIR Joint Stability Fund which was created for 
exactly these situations before asking for donations?

Details here:
https://www.nro.net/accountability/rir-accountability/joint-rir-stability-fund/

Regards,
Hank

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the views or opinions of my employer