September 2025 - zanog-discuss

ISPA press release: AFRINIC online voting kicks off, ISPA makes recommendations
by Elaine Zinn 10 Sep '25

10 Sep '25

Dear ZANOG members Please find a press release issued by ISPA for your information. Kind regards Elaine elaine(a)ispa.org.za <mailto:elaine@ispa.org.za> secretariat(a)ispa.org.za <mailto:secretariat@ispa.org.za> Tel: +27 83 327 4806 PRESS RELEASE BY ISPA 10 September 2025 ONLINE VOTING FOR NEW AFRINIC BOARD SET FROM 10-12 SEPTEMBER ISPA, SA's official internet Industry Representative Body (IRB), is reminding members of AFRINIC (The African Network Information Centre) that online voting for the organisation's new Board opens today and urges them to vote for specific, worthy candidates. Online voting for the all-important Board of Africa's Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is scheduled to run from 10 to 12 September 2025 (there will be no in-person voting). AFRINIC has been without a functioning Board for three years. An attempt to hold an election earlier this year was annulled after allegations of voting fraud were raised by numerous resource members. "It is crucial for competent persons to take control of AFRINIC and steer it to a new, drama-free future centred on technical proficiency and wise decision-making, always with the African internet community and end users top of mind," says Sasha Booth-Beharilal, ISPA Chair. While ISPA has traditionally refrained historically from making specific AFRINIC voting recommendations, the unusual nature of the recent elections means ISPA is forced to recommend voting for a capable set of candidates for the good of the African internet. ISPA is pleased that all of the candidates it supported in the previous (annulled) election are standing again. After consultation with other stakeholders, colleagues and industry associations, ISPA's Board strongly encourages all AFRINIC resource members to vote for the following list of candidates: Seat one: North Africa Candidate: Abdelaziz Hilali Seat two: West Africa Candidate: Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun Seat three: Indian Ocean Candidate: Kaleem Usmani Seat four: Central Africa Candidate: Ntumba Kayemba Laurent Seat five: Southern Africa Candidate: Carla Sanderson Seat six: Eastern Africa Candidate: Fiona Asonga Seat seven: Region Independent Candidates: Benjamin Mark Roberts Seat eight: Region Independent Candidates: Ajao Adewole David While noting that there are other nominees who are also well-qualified to serve on AFRINIC's Board, ISPA believes that voting for this particular slate of candidates will assure the highest chance of success in the AFRINIC elections. ISPA remains committed to supporting its members in maintaining the security and integrity of their network resources. Visit the AFRINIC elections website [https://elections.afrinic.net/] for more information. Alternatively, should you require additional clarification, please contact secretariat(a)ispa.org.za <mailto:secretariat@ispa.org.za> . ENDS/

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invitation : Upcoming Workshop: Building Your Environment with Proxmox
by Sara Alamin 08 Sep '25

08 Sep '25

Hello ZANOG Community! This Saturday, SDNOG is thrilled to be hosting a workshop with one of the ZANOGers: Hendrik Visage where he will guide us through working with Proxmox and show us how to build and manage your own virtualised environment, to scale. This is a great opportunity to learn directly from an in-production expert, explore real-world setups, and ask your questions live, and consequently, we'd like to invite those of you, that are interested to join us. The workshop is aimed at those wanting to learn more about FOSS virtualisation, but we trust in Hendrik's abilities to scale up/down as necessary :-) Everyone is welcome to join; so please share this with your friends, colleagues, and networks.let’s learn, share, and grow together! Date: Saturday 6 September 2025 Time: 11:00 UTC Workshop details: https://docs.sdnog.sd/books/sdnog-workshops/page/proxmox-virtual-environmen… Join us online here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z6G1hY3RQdyjlPTWD5NoeQ#/registrati… Thank you Hendrik for being a volunteer instructor.It's controbutions like yours' that help us keep the SDNOG workshops active, and, we appreciate you! :-) If you (or someone you know) would like to be a presenter at one of our workshops, please reach out to us via : info(a)sdnog.sd If you’re curious about our full weekly workshop program, you can check the schedule here: https://docs.sdnog.sd/books/activities-calendar/page/workshops-schedule See you on Saturday! --Sara Alamin-- sdnog team.

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Re: [members-discuss] Nomination Committee Community Update
by Noah 06 Sep '25

06 Sep '25

Dear Hadia Various dates have been announced regarding this ongoing election, first that they elections shall be held on 29th August 2025 will be conducted exclusively online https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/announce/2025/002477.html On the website they set the election date to 12th September in this document which I have since downloaded here https://elections.afrinic.net/images/election25/AFRINIC_Election_Guidelines… On the website there is another page which sets the election date to 15th September here https://elections.afrinic.net/about-election-2025/election-guidelines I must point out the fact that Mr.Dabee has ensured only about 500 resource members are allowed to vote even when historically, different members paid their membership fees at different times including on the day of election so as to be able to be in good standing and vote as it's their right. The ongoing election under Mr. Dabee supervision unconstitutionally set a deadline for resource members to register to vote and those resource members who paid their membership fees later after the said deadline even today, they are in good standing will never be able to vote in an election process whose dates of elections have changed multiple times I have made it a point to document all these irregularities and state of confusion with the ongoing election process. I would also like to point out to you as NOMCOM Chair, that the ongoing election is unconstitutional and I have attached herein an email I sent to Mr.Dabee about the same for your reference and consideration. I pointed out the need to seek members' motions for any deviations to the Bylaws and the need for court order for any deviation to the Bylaws endorsed by both Resource members and the receiver. It is stated in the election guideline under section 3.8 that Mr.Dabee the "3.8 As AFRINIC currently has no directors in office, the Receiver shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to exercise all the powers of the Board, as conferred by the Bylaws, for the purposes of this election. Accordingly, both the NomCom and ElecCom shall operate under such written guidance of the Receiver" [image: Screenshot 2025-09-06 at 11.55.08.png] Has NOMCOM raised these issues before the receiver? Has NOMCOM questioned the receiver about these deviations considering the fact that the receiver was appointed to reconstitute the board as per bylaw as he himself announced in February if where the constitution can not be implemented, seek resource members guidance through a motion as per the bylaws and also court mandate? Cheers, *Noah Maina* On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM AFRINIC Communication via Members-Discuss < members-discuss(a)afrinic.net> wrote: > Dear Esteemed Members, > > The NomCom would like to express its sincere appreciation to every member > of the community for your strong response and interest in the recent call > for candidates for the AFRINIC Board of Directors. > > *The call for candidates officially closed on Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 > with 29 valid submissions received.* > > Since the opening of the call, the NomCom has been carefully evaluating > all submissions. Together with the election committee, we are verifying > that each nominee is supported by at least two different community members, > that each nominator and seconder is of good standing, registered before 19 > September 2023, and that the regional criteria are met. > > In addition, all nominees who meet both the minimum eligibility > requirements as well as the specific eligibility criteria are undergoing > due diligence and background checks. The final slate of candidates will be > published once all background checks are completed. > > We thank you once again for your continued support. An update regarding > the publication of the final slate of candidates will be shared early next > week. > > > Sincerely, > NomCom Chair > Hadia Elminiawi > (On behalf of the NomCom Team) > _______________________________________________ > Members-Discuss mailing list > Members-Discuss(a)afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss >

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Invitation : ZANOG-WC : 18 September 2025
by donald＠nog.net.za 04 Sep '25

04 Sep '25

ZANOG is happy to announce our next regional Network Operator Group meeting (Western Cape) of 2025 at Workshop17, Gardens , South Africa. Date:p Thursday 18 September 2025 Time : 18h00 - 22h00 Venue : Workshop17, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa. RSVP here : https://events.nog.net.za/event/68/ We will be having the usual evening talks, followed by drinks, snacks and social networking. Talks will start at 18h30, but we encourage arrivals from 18h00 for a bit of mingling, before the event. Talk 1 : Introduction to ZANOG IPv6 Action Group We are looking for more talks. Local NOGs are a great place to share stories or what you have been working on. let us know if you would like to share your story email us info[at]nog.net.za A big thank you to FLEXOPTIX for their support and sponsorship of ZANOG 2025 events. Due to the increased popularity of these events we may limit registrations to two per organisation.

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