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

[Owen DeLong]

And now, ARIN serves parts of 2 continents and, soon, if AfriNIC comes
to fruition, just part of 1.

Owen


--On Tuesday, October 7, 2003 2:07 PM -0400 Raymond Plzak <plzak at arin.net> 
wrote:

> 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
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>