Thanks John.. so basically you would sort of "certify" other RIRs based on their adherence to "principles of RFC 2050" and then go forward allowing transfers and periodically review whether each RIR still meets that requirement. That sounds fair to me. <div>
<br></div><div>----Cathy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:29 AM, John Curran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net">jcurran@arin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Nov 24, 2010, at 3:28 AM, <a href="mailto:cja@daydream.com">cja@daydream.com</a> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Who decides whether the " two<br>
> RIRs agree and exercise Internet stewardship and the values expressed in<br>
> RFC2050." ?<br>
><br>
> Who makes the process for that? What happens if they don't agree?<br>
<br>
</div>Cathy -<br>
<br>
Short of any additional guidance in the policy, I can explain how ARIN<br>
staff would implement that language. In the case of ARIN, we would<br>
maintain of a list of RIRs which we've reviewed and concur implement<br>
the principles in RFC 2050. I imagine that the other RIRs would make<br>
similar assessments & lists, and in the case of mutual alignment, then<br>
inter-RIR transfers would be possible.<br>
<br>
This actually shouldn't be too difficult, since it is common for the RIRs<br>
to reference these principles in their policy framework and further that<br>
each RIR has agreed to them as part of setting the ICANN ICP-2 global<br>
policy for recognition of an Regional Internet Registry.<br>
<br>
The language appears to be far more likely relevant if a RIR to abandon<br>
the stewardship principles in the future, as then we would not be able to<br>
participate in transfers via that entity (i.e. whether such an entity would<br>
still qualify as an RIR under such circumstances is a different question)<br>
<br>
Does this address your question?<br>
<br>
/John<br>
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John Curran<br>
President and CEO<br>
ARIN<br>
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