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On 12 Oct 2020, at 8:30 AM, Anthony Ubah <<a href="mailto:ubah.tonyiyke@gmail.com" class="">ubah.tonyiyke@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">For the sake of better understanding, please let me clarify a few things:<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" class="">One, it would be arduous and complicated if there is a middleman fugure mediating the conversation between ARIN, AFRINIC, and us the proposal authors. I would love to explore an option of communicating directly. We are also looking
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<div dir="auto" class="">Lastly, the version sent by the Afrinic staff to the RPD list is not the latest text draft(shared in this thread), an thus we wish to discuss the newest version with the ARIN community directly.</div>
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>You indicate that you wish to discuss the proposal with the ARIN community, but you also note that you seek to “inquire about its reciprocity with ARIN” – which is a determination that
must be made by ARIN staff. </div>
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>This is likely the source of confusion, since if the topic you’d like to discuss with the ARIN community whether the proposal meets ARIN’s NRPM section 8.4 requirement ("Inter-regional
transfers of IPv4 number resources and ASNs may take place only via RIRs who agree to the transfer and share reciprocal, compatible needs-based policies.”), it’s probably more likely a discussion with ARIN staff that you seek regarding the compatibility of
the proposal. However, for sake of expediency, let’s proceed with that discussion here on the ppml list, as it’s possible that doing so may lead to related discussions on ARIN number resource policy. </div>
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>In order to get the discussion moving, I’d like to get clarity on two questions regarding your proposed policy – </div>
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<div class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>1. Does the policy impose any conditions on recipient organizations in the ARIN region receiving </b><b class="">transfers from AFRINIC-served entities?</b></div>
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<div class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>2. Does the policy impose any conditions on source organizations in the ARIN region doing transfers to AFRINIC-served entities?</b></div>
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>(These two questions are germane because when ARIN is reviewing InterRIR transfer requests, we simply apply the criteria provided in the NRPM – i.e. we do not evaluate requests against
any conditions or criteria that may be contained in other RIR policy documents...) </div>
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<div class="">Thanks!</div>
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<div class="">John Curran</div>
<div class="">President and CEO</div>
<div class="">American Registry for Internet Numbers</div>
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