[AusNOG] An urgent call to action - Do your part and protect APNIC

[Mitch Kelly]

Hi.

Also had a cold call, to a number that's only on my membership (not
domain), first ever cold  to my new number. Not good, will send off letter
today.

I wonder if they have obtained membership data.

Mitch


On Wed, 15 Feb 2023, 7:28 am John Edwards, <jaedwards at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca2001172/s173.html
>
> As APNIC membership is in the jurisdiction of the Australian Corporations
> Act, anyone who is a member has a right to inspect the register of members.
>
> You might want to keep this in mind if you are looking for a list of
> members to contact with concerns about commercialisation of their
> organisation.
>
> John
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 08:26, Dan Irwin <rummymobile at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just yesterday I had a cold call from these guys. From a number based in
>> Singapore. Initially they pretended to be from APNIC, but when they didn't
>> know my email address, I knew something was up.
>>
>> I suspect they are abusing whois data and cold calling apnic members.
>>
>> The subsequent email came from NRS/Larus, and had links to the
>> misinformation they propagate. Included was their list of preferred
>> nominees.
>>
>> Now that I have done some research, the threat to APNIC appears to be
>> substantial. The proposed changes to these by-laws need to happen.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 6:14 PM Karl Kloppenborg <k at rl.ag> wrote:
>>
>>> Everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As many are aware, EC Elections are upon us, but few are aware of the
>>> dangers currently ahead.
>>>
>>> Some of the nominees are attempting to board stack and gain control of
>>> the EC.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I implore you to read my attached document and do your part by
>>> contacting the EC with the provided template.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> By-laws require a very large voter base to enact, but it is possible.
>>> Australia and NZ have some of the largest voter block in the APNIC and
>>> enough to trigger a by-law change.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I cannot stress this enough; the danger is very real – at the time of
>>> sending this email at least five candidates are either directly endorsed by
>>> NRS or the company LARUS.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can review this yourself here:
>>> https://2023.apricot.net/elections/nominations/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do your part, pass this email, send this template to APNIC members you
>>> know and let's garnish the votes necessary to protect our internet and our
>>> APNIC.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Karl Kloppenborg.
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