On 10 Sep 2025, at 10:13, Mark Elkins via zanog-discuss <zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za> wrote:

Hi folks
There will always appear to be problems as long as there are people that disagree with our personal viewpoint….

Welcome to life and politics, where the only things that matter is how you can push down your opponent down in the most vile way possible…. yeah, I don’t like politics and the only trustable politician is not even the one on the burned police photo, but the one in his grave ;(

On that subject - why is ZANOG suggesting non-South Africans for seat 9 whilst I am standing for that seat. Don't we want a little more influence on the AFRINIC Board. Please vote for me for seat 8.

There is an Afrikaans saying: “Jakkals prys sy eie stert” (Direct translation: The jackal praises his own tail)

I am an ex-AFRINIC Board Member (the board needs some history), the re-creator of CO.ZA, DNS Trainer, part of the DNS Study of Africa, Part of the ICANN DNSSEC & Security management, local ISOC Board - etc. I run an ISP, am a Registrar and Registry operator of EDU.ZA

And the community should be grateful for those contributions Mark… they might not be as thankful as you want them to be.

And here is the problem, getting back to my first statement above, you’ll be putting a bigger target on your back than before, and I don’t want to see your other work marred with the dirty politics this coming AfriNIC board would have to deal with and sort out. I don’t envy them...

By your own admissions in your last last paragraph, you served the community more by doing the technical stuff you are good at.

Please, rather get involved with your trainer experiences in promoting IPv6, as THAT is a area that is in need of education and growth to make a technical difference in the foreseeable future Mark.

Hendrik Visage