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 <ximaera@gmail.com>
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

> 

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