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A Request to Terminate ENOG

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This could be interpreted as someone wanting to shut down ENOG without a vote, while a majority of board members are busy surviving and have more important things to worry about than voting on a Working Group.

I don't think it is a good idea to use the war as excuse to skip a democratic voting process within the ENOG board. If ENOG has been "dead" since 2014 (as was claimed in the thread), there's no reason the termination could not wait another couple months.

That was my thought reading this as well. Abandoning democratic process for such a substantial move is too hasty.

Additionally, his statement may be true if the Russian government would have reason to mess with the group, but the way he put it is likely to exacerbate xenophobia against Russian citizens. Imagine if Americans had to step down because of the Iraq war. It would be best to step down without saying that if that's how he feels (or be more explicit in an anti-war stance).

If there was a network operators group that encompassed both America and Iraq pre-war it would make sense that you couldn't represent both sides.

Furthermore, he can't necessarily be explicit in an anti-war stance, because it is illegal for Russians to acknowledge that the war even exists. Russia went hard on censorship relating to their invasion of Ukraine.

And there's no particular reason why Russia wouldn't want control over NOGs - the Internet is a war-fighting domain, and denying it to your enemy is a meaningful victory.

NOG is a community: people who discuss things and organize events once in a while. "Control" over NOG is not very meaningful, anyone is free to leave.

The opportunity is still open in theory, if enough of the remaining members survive, and the vote is arranged. It won’t really have anything to do with the director or vice director of the group at that point, though.

I feel like this is a masterpiece of emotional IQ.

Knowing when you may be in a position where you cannot properly represent the intentions of a role and resigning with this kind of grace and thoughtful words is something any leader anywhere should read for inspiration.

This is also an effective “fu” to the leadership of the country - basically “I was asked to work for peace whilst war was being prepared and am betrayed”.

Agreed! ... At the same time, it's sad to see someone who's obviously passionate about their field recognize that their reputation has been degraded/eliminated strictly due to affiliation (in this case, citizenship).

> recognize that their reputation has been degraded/eliminated strictly due to affiliation (in this case, citizenship).

Involuntary Citizenship should not eliminate one’s reputation. That’s absurd. If that was the case, everyone’s reputation should be devoid. No government is perfect, especially not an authoritarian government. And we all have ancestors who have done terrible things

While I agree, I have to say it's sad that personal integrity has become so rare that seeing someone exercise it is a notable occurrence rather than the baseline expected of every functioning adult.

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