Re: AfriNIC elections

On 19 May 2014, at 11:03 AM, Mark Elkins <mje-2mCUHEwelu/[email protected]> wrote:

> As Andrew states, about 25% of AFRINIC membership is made up from South
> African Resource Members (ie those with their own IP addresses). I guess
> a very low participation could indicate everything is running just
> fine... and no one has concerns.

the graph here seems to suggest that this is a higher number - ie.  40%.
http://www.afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/membership


> I was made aware though that two years ago when I was looking for votes,
> a number of "Resource Member" Company Owners were not actually the
> AFRINIC designated person - so could not participate.

this is not abnormal.  wouldn't it be nice to have clean, consistent and accurate whois info, eh?  :-)


> I'd suggest that if you are an officer of a company (Owner, Director - etc) who owns
> AFRINIC resources, that you make sure that you also have your own "ID"
> on the AFRINIC system, ie have a NIC-Handle and login on the
> "my.afrinic.net" website.
> Then make sure you're identity allows for Voting...
> Then make sure AFRINIC has the necessary ID information so that they
> know who you are and allow you the right to vote (for Electronic
> Voting).

let me add some more detail here.  as mark indicates, access to the AfriNIC portal is not an indication that you have the ability to vote online.  to do that, you'd need to register with AfriNIC to get a BPKI (business PKI) certificate.  being able to participate in electronic voting is just one benefit of the BPKI.  there are others;  like being able to participate in the RPKI (resource PKI) work that's being done now to help prevent route hijacks.  

unfortunately, it's no longer on the front page, and now buried under a few clicks, but here's how to get started:     see here:  http://www.afrinic.net/en/services/bpki?start=1   for a starting point on getting your BPKI certificate.  i'd strongly suggest you register, and obtain your BPKI cert as soon as possible;  this process usually takes a few days, and last i knew, it was a manual process, so best you get started *NOW*  !!

it's worth pointing out that it's the *admin* contact that's registered for your organisation at AfriNIC that will become the point of contact for most of these messages, so it's super important that your admin contact be a recognised and active person inside your organisation!  :-)


> Seriously folks, we need to actively participate.


this much, i agree with.  in as much as it is voting that is being discussed here, there are a few other things that you *should* be involved in.  probably starting with the resource policy discussion list:  RPD - where policies about internet number resources (ie.  afrinic's #1 responsibility) are discussed
more information here:  https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi


--n.
(not running for any election of any sort...:-))
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