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

[Owen DeLong]

--On Tuesday, October 7, 2003 8:15 PM +0200 antonio at nambu.uem.mz wrote:

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>>       On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Trevor Paquette wrote:
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> "Don't assume that this is a 'one time deal". When you set policy, you
> set precident. As mentioned in a previous email of mine, policy set by
> and for ARIN should apply to ALL of ARIN, not just a sub-region.
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> If and when AFRINIC gets going and can actually set their OWN
> policies, then they can do what they want for their region(s). Until
> then and as long as they are part of ARIN, they must abide by the
> guidelines that are setout for all of ARIN.
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> If they want to relax their requirements for IP space once they become
> their own RIR, then they are free to do so; in fact I encourage it as
> there seems to be a demand from their own special needs.
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> This is my point. I hope that makes it clear."
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> How does this differ from what is being asked???? The same
> supposed sub-region will become Afrinic, so what's the problem here?
> The only diff is that the African ISPs will be moving forward earlier
> than wait until Afrinic takes form.
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That is NOT ture.  What is currently the Africa portion of ARIN is only
part of what will become AfriNIC.  Part of what will become AfriNIC is
currently served by RIPE.  Part is currently served by APNIC.  There
is no one-to-one correlation here, but, overalapping different fractions.
It's downright messy.

Owen

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