Hi all, As a member of ENOG PC I completely support the position expressed in Töma's letter and fully agree with ENOG dissolve.
> On 4 Mar 2022, at 00:43, Töma Gavrichenkov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peace, > (which is my usual greeting message, always was, and will ever be, — > because the only thing I've always valued the most is peace) > > As the Programme Committee Chair of the Eurasian Network Operators > Group (ENOG), I, hereby, with all due respect, request that the RIPE > Executive Board formally dissolve ENOG and cancel all the potential > future meetings indefinitely. > > Rationale: ENOG was founded in 2011 per the decision of the RIPE > Executive Board, and it was assumed to be incorporating Ukrainian, > Russian, Belarusian, Armenian, Azerbaijanian, and many other regional > communities in the hope of building a better shared Internet space > among the communities. > > In view of the recent events (if not even the prior events), the said > "ENOG community" does not exist anymore, and in no way it could be > clear to the Programme Committee how to arrange a programme for all > the distinct and divided communities colloqually recognized as ENOG at > the time. > > Technically, under normal circumstances, a request like this should've > gone through a voting process in the PC; however, we currently have > several PC members under ongoing _missile attacks_, and I therefore > don't believe it is sane to arrange any vote in the PC. > > Additionally, at the moment, being a Russian citizen, I don't believe > I should assume there's a consensus in the entire RIPE Service Region > to still invest trust in me, without further due diligence, to hold > any official community position in the RIPE community; therefore, I > hereby step down as the PC Chair. > > It's now up to the members of the RIPE NCC Executive Board to decide > on future actions, and I urge the RIPE NCC Executive Board to act. It > is entirely up to the RIPE NCC Executive Board to consider any future > alignments to replace ENOG. > > Stay safe. > > -- > Töma > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.enog.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Taras Heichenko [email protected] _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.enog.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
