Re: An update on the AfriNIC situation

[Martin Hannigan <hannigan () gmail com>]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 21:13 Rubens Kuhl <rubensk () gmail com> wrote:

> > %s/isolate/move/g functions. That equates to a leadership change. It may
> be too soon to suggest that ICANN has any role other than risk analysis and
> coordination of mitigation. I'm not even certain if that's their role
> seeing how complicated the relationships between the RIR's and ICANN is.
> I've seen good summaries including John Currans and Milton Muellers. I've
> been leaning towards Milton's view. He didn't pardon Afrinic, but he also
> didn't suggest it's time to fold up shop there.
> > A fight over crumbs: The Afrinic Crisis
> https://www.internetgovernance.org/2021/08/19/a-fight-over-crumbs-the-afrinic-crisis/
>
> The problem with Milton's POV is that he is willing to pick and choose
> which AfriNIC policies he likes and which he doesn't; this is not how
> it works.
> That community decided the policies, and it's our job in the other
> regions to make sure that scum bags like the one currently trying to
> suffocate AfriNIC fail miserably.


Fair enough, but his TL;DR appears fair and he underscored the risk of  the
matter to the entire RIR system: government intervention.


Warm regards,

-M<