[ppml] Policy Proposal 2003-15: IPv4 Allocation Policy for the Africa Portion of the ARIN Region

[Michael.Dillon at radianz.com]

>> - AfriNIC is in the process of setting up offices in four countries 
(Egypt,
>> Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa)

>Why does a NIC need offices in 4 countries? 

It's their organization, they can run it how they want to?

>RIPE seems to have _an_ 
>office in The Netherlands.  ARIN seems to have _an_ office in VA. 

APNIC and LACNIC both have offices in multiple countries, 
I believe 2 for APNIC and 3 for LACNIC.

>Who's 
>going to fund AfriNIC's 4 offices in 4 countries with >4x the overhead of 

>a single office?

It's their organization...

--Michael Dillon