<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></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 Aug 30, 2021, at 16:32 , Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" class="">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""><br class="">Owen </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 31 Aug 2021, 02:10 Owen DeLong via NANOG, <<a href="mailto:nanog@nanog.org" class="">nanog@nanog.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br class="">
So yes, I continue to work for and support Lu in this capacity because in this case, I believe AFRINIC has overstepped its mandate</blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">If you believe, then we leave it at that. Its beliefs.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Sigh… I’m not sure why so many on your side get wrapped up in this word believe as if it is somehow exclusive to religion.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Pick whichever of the following leading works for you:</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I am convinced that:</div><div>It is my opinion that:</div><div>The facts show that:</div><div>A plaintext reading of the AFRINIC governing documents shows that:</div><div>[]:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>AFRINIC has overstepped its mandate and acted contrary to its own policies and bylaws as they are written.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">AFRINIC has never approved IPv4 for the purpose of leasing them as some product in the manner in which your employer Larus/CIL does.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>You continue to call Cloud Innovation my employer… They are my Client, not my employer.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>AFRINIC approves IPv4 for the purpose of leasing every day. It’s what ISPs do. It’s the definition of an LIR.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Yes, most LIRs are also in the connectivity business and provide addresses (mostly/exclusively) to customers of their connectivity services.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>However, there’s no such policy requirement in the AFRINIC governing documents.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>