[ppml] Afrinic and so-called sub-regional policies

[John Brown]

Africa is a continent.

why are there two RIR's serving that single continent then?

it would seem by your definition this is already broken...


On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 09:09:42PM -0400, Ray Plzak wrote:
> As a point of reference:  An RIR must represent a region that is
> continental in scope.  
> 
> Ray
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ppml at arin.net [mailto:owner-ppml at arin.net] On 
> > Behalf Of Trevor Paquette
> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 7:45 PM
> > To: 'Bill Woodcock'
> > Cc: Michael.Dillon at radianz.com; ppml at arin.net
> > Subject: RE: [ppml] Afrinic and so-called sub-regional policies
> > 
> > 
> > Appreciate the humor and the shot at me, but I did not 
> > necessarily mean the US or Canada.. I meant parts there of..
> > 
> > Who's to say that some new 'country' won't want to be 
> > considered to have their own RIR?
> > 
> > 'Self-Government' as someone else put it...
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bill Woodcock [mailto:woody at pch.net]
> > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:51 PM
> > > To: Trevor Paquette
> > > Cc: Michael.Dillon at radianz.com; ppml at arin.net
> > > Subject: RE: [ppml] Afrinic and so-called sub-regional policies
> > > 
> > > 
> > >       On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Trevor Paquette wrote:
> > >     > Don't assume this whole Africa thing will never happen again..
> > >     > You'd best err on the side of 'when' it happens again.. 
> > > and 'when'
> > >     > it does, look for that new country to want their own 
> > > policies etc..
> > >     > For the record, as a member of ARIN in good standing, I 
> > > cannot vote
> > >     > in favor of 2003-15.
> > > 
> > > For the record, do you think that Canada will secede from 
> > > North America,
> > > or the U.S. will?
> > > 
> > >                                 -Bill
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
>