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Re: [ripe-list] NRS Letter to Global RIR Communities
by Petra.Zeidler＠dlr.de 13 Jul '22

13 Jul '22

Dear list, wow, what an epic collection of muddling the waters, trying to confuse, throwing absurd accusations and summarily lacking good intent. One does get the impression that the concern for AFRINIC isn't baseless. Regards, Petra Zeidler

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NRS Letter to Global RIR Communities
by Zach Benyamïn Bou-Hayat 13 Jul '22

13 Jul '22

Dear Global RIR Communities, It has come to our attention that NRO has released a letter to the Mauritius Government on 12 July, 2022 (NRO Letter to Mauritius Government | The Number Resource Organization <https://www.nro.net/nro-letter-to-mauritius-government/>). The signatories to this letter are Paul Wilson, John Curran, Oscar Robles, Hansa Petter Hollen who wrote to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade and Attorney General of the Republic of Mauritius. NRS is a collective body representing the interest of its members by improving the transparency and accountability of the RIR system and strengthening the principle of the bottom-up approach on which the Internet was founded. We are writing to the global RIR community to outline our very serious concerns about the content and intention of the letter. It makes very serious, unfounded claims and crosses the boundary by attempting to interfere in the internal political, diplomatic and legal matters of a sovereign state. While NRS embraces the importance of RIRs for the Internet, we must also acknowledge the RIRs' status as private companies. This fact means they are bound to relevant regulations in their respective countries and the Rule of Law. It is of grave concern that the Number Resource Organisation has attempted to place pressure on the government of Mauritius to influence the independence of Mauritius' justice system. Their attempt to place political pressure by threatening to relocate AFRINIC from Mauritius is a disgraceful attempt to interfere in the domestic political environment and must be rejected. In this respect, we found the following claims made by the NRO extremely alarming: *"It is our understanding that AFRINIC has repeatedly asked for recognition from Mauritius of it as an international organization. We understand this is both appropriate for AFRINIC to obtain this status, and that if granted, it might lead to more appropriate outcomes which would recognise the critical position AFRINIC plays in the Internet ecosystem, while also ensuring AFRINIC continues to remain accountable and subject to Mauritian laws. Providing AFRINIC this status is consistent with the rule of law and leaves the courts to provide any reasonable check on AFRINIC. We collectively urge you to consider addressing this issue as rapidly as possible, or to take such other actions that may help to preserve and protect the independence of AFRINIC and the stability of the Internet in Africa. We appreciate your consideration of any such steps."* Specifically, we have highlighted to the Government of Mauritius: 1) An attempt of sub-judice and contempt of court by perverting the court of justice. As stated in the NRO's letter, several cases are filed against AFRINIC by its members. The issuance of NRO's statement is an absolute sign of arrogance and ignorance. It is as if the NRO is saying that all the decisions made by the esteemed judges in Mauritius so far are wrong and that the court orders are, in fact, damaging and harmful to the Internet development ecosystem in the African continent. NRO's requests directly interfere with the Mauritian Company Act and Judicial System. It is an attempt of sub-judice and contempt of court by perverting the court of justice. Furthermore, all information related to court cases shall be confidential. Hence, it is extremely alarming that legal files were read by NRO per their statement: *"the legal files are now replete with expert affidavits speaking of unlawful behavior on the part of the litigant." This level of interfering with the judicial system is intolerable. * 2) An attempt to undermine the sovereignty of Mauritius as a country. Mauritius is a country founded on the principle of democracy and the rule of law. The act of asking the Mauritian government to interfere with the judiciary process undermines not only the rule of law, but also the sovereignty and democracy of the country as an independent state. We need to remember that the NRO is neither a state nor a government. It is not even a registered legal entity; hence such a request is exceptionally outrageous, improper, and shameful to the entire RIR Community by assuming the NRO is a state-like body when in fact, it is not. The request is ridiculous as any international lawyer will tell you. The Vienna Convention does not provide for a private company, or officers of a private company to have diplomatic immunity. 3) An attempt to place AFRINIC beyond the scope of the law by granting it diplomatic status AFRINIC, as a registered private company in Mauritius, shall follow the regulations and the rule of law in Mauritius. Accordingly, the matter of AFRINIC shall be left to be judged by the capable hands of the Mauritian judicial system. As stated above, this judicial process should not be interfered with by any external party. NRO's attempt to place AFRINIC beyond the law by giving it diplomatic status as an "international organization" is unjustified. It will be impossible to explain why such a status is granted to AFRINIC while it is just one of the numerous private companies in Mauritius. None of the five RIRs have such status in their respective states, and for a good reason. They are considered law-abiding private companies, nothing more and nothing less. The fact that the NRO is trying to ask an entire nation to give one of its most corrupt members (AFRINIC) diplomatic immunity is appalling. We believe that the global community needs to take this matter seriously. 4) An attempt to break the bottom-up process upon which the RIR system was founded. It is worthwhile to point out that the lawsuits against AFRINIC were made by its own members. Hence, NRO's act: a) Turned a blind eye to the requests made by resource members to protect a corrupt leader within AFRINIC; and b) Forfeited AFRINIC members' rights to reconstitute AFRINIC into a functioning body; Such an act of the NRO hugely undermines the bottom-up principle on which the RIR system was built. Furthermore, the NRO issued a letter as a state-like body while failing to consult the opinion of its members and communities. Accordingly, there is ZERO representation of the community members' interest in the NRO's issued letter. The decision to post the letter without consulting the community is a quintessential example of a top-down approach. Instead of strengthening the RIR's central bottom-up principle, it was disappointing to see that the NRO is violating the RIR's very foundation. NRO's letter is nothing but a desperate attempt to defend a discredited CEO at the cost of eschewing its own principles that have been religiously followed by previous leaders and pioneers in this industry. NRO is profoundly wrong by attempting to place pressure on the Government of Mauritius. Rather than attacking Mauritius, the suspended CEO Eddy Kayihura of AFRINIC, should be asking other Regional Internet Registries to be thanking Mauritius for hosting AFRINIC rather than threatening and interfering in your country's independence. We call for attention from our global communities to assess the gravity of the situation. We ask the global RIR community to join the members of The Number Resources Society call on Paul Wilson, John Curran, Oscar Robles, Hansa Petter Hollen, and Number Resource Organization to withdraw the letter and apologize to the government and people of Mauritius for their actions. They wouldn't dare do it in their home country so why do these individuals think they have a right to attempt to interfere in the legal and democratic principles that govern Mauritius? We believe that the community, the Mauritian judicial system, and the Mauritian government will make the correct and necessary steps for the future of the Internet. In the interest of the global Internet community, NRS has also sent a letter to Mauritius government, you can view it at https://www.nrs.help/post/nrs-letter-to-mauritius-goverment Sincerely, NRS Team

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RIPE85 CfP Now Open!
by Brian Nisbet 11 Jul '22

11 Jul '22

Colleagues, The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, lightning talks and BoFs. RIPE85 is going to be a hybrid meeting so both in-person and virtual presentations would be accepted and encouraged. The deadline to submit a presentation proposal is Sunday, 21 August 2022. Proposals submitted after this date will only be considered if there are still time slots available. Read more about the CfP and submit your presentation proposal at: https://ripe85.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ More about RIPE85 meeting: https://ripe85.ripe.net/ Regards, Brian (On Behalf of the RIPE Programme Committee) Brian Nisbet (he/him) Service Operations Manager HEAnet CLG, Ireland's National Education and Research Network 1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin D01 X8N7, Ireland +35316609040 brian.nisbet(a)heanet.ie www.heanet.ie Registered in Ireland, No. 275301. CRA No. 20036270

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New on RIPE Labs: The RIPE Chair Team Reports - June 2022
by Mirjam Kuehne 08 Jul '22

08 Jul '22

Dear colleagues, In this new update, we take a look at what's been happening at various meetings we attended over the last few weeks, get into the latest RIPE developments, and update you on preparations for RIPE 85: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-june-… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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New on RIPE Labs: IPv6 10 Years Out - An Analysis in Users, Tables, and Traffic
by Alun Davies 01 Jul '22

01 Jul '22

Dear colleagues, Through June, my colleague Rene Wilhelm carried out an analysis of the post-launch trajectory of IPv6 over the past 10 years. His findings are now available on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/wilhelm/ipv6-10-years-out-an-analysis-in-users… Best regards, Alun Davies RIPE Labs Editor RIPE NCC

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by unknown＠example.com 30 Jun '22

30 Jun '22

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New on the RIPE Labs Podcast: Revealing Bias in Internet Measurements
by Alun Davies 29 Jun '22

29 Jun '22

Dear colleagues, I caught up with Pavlos Sermpezis after his presentation at RIPE 84 to talk more about the importance of taking bias into account when analysing the results of Internet measurements. Tune in to hear more about the AI4NetMon project that Pavlos and his team are working on and all of the good things this work can do for users of RIPE Atlas, RIPE RIS, Routeviews, and other measurement platforms: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/revealing-bias-in-internet-measure… Best regards, Alun Davies RIPE Labs Editor RIPE NCC

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RIPE Task Forces: Definition and Guidelines -- Last Call (Deadline 27 June 2022)
by Niall O'Reilly 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

Dear colleagues, The deadline for reviewing v4 of “RIPE Task Forces: Definition and Guidelines” has passed. There were several indications of support and no suggestions for change. Apart from adding a provenance and an acknowledgment section, nothing has been changed in the document: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-… This is a LAST CALL for any remaining comments, with a deadline of Monday, 27 June 2022 at 06:00 UTC. Best regards, Niall O’Reilly RIPE Vice-Chair

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New RIPE Document: Policy Development Process in RIPE (ripe-781)
by Mirjam Kuehne 27 Jun '22

27 Jun '22

Dear colleagues, A new RIPE Document, ripe-781, "Policy Development Process in RIPE", is published: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781/ This document obsoletes the previous version of the document, ripe-710. The main changes in the updated document are: - It encourages sharing an idea for a policy proposal with the community before starting the official PDP. - It clarifies some aspects of the appeal procedure. - It explains the process to change the PDP. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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Fwd: [Community-Discuss] Formal mediation
by Zach Bou-Hayat 22 Jun '22

22 Jun '22

Hello all, I saw this and I believe the matter is worth attention. Please see below.... Kind regards, Zach ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: tech <tech(a)cloudinnovation.org> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 at 17:20 Subject: [Community-Discuss] Formal mediation To: members-discuss <members-discuss(a)afrinic.net>, community-discuss < community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> Following public speculation, Cloud Innovation can confirm that it has requested formal mediation with AFRINIC via the court. We are yet to hear back formally from AFINIC but we are hopeful that they will accept our request. The issues raised by Cloud Innovation, and other members of AFRINIC, are of global importance and sitting down to discuss the issues can only benefit the world’s internet users. We commit to confirm if AFRINIC agree to participate in our mediation but the actual mediation discussions would remain confidential. _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss

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