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

[Raymond Plzak]

John,

Africa is being served by 3 RIRs.  It is not broken.  It is an emerging
region.  Up until Oct 2002 ARIN served 2 continents and a portion of a
third.

Ray

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, John Brown wrote:

> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:02:46 -0600
> From: John Brown <john at chagres.net>
> To: Ray Plzak <plzak at arin.net>
> Cc: 'Trevor Paquette' <Trevor.Paquette at TeraGo.ca>,
>      'Bill Woodcock' <woody at pch.net>, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com,
>      ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] Afrinic and so-called sub-regional policies
>
> 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>