[ICP2_review] Comments on RIR Governance Document

[Nicholas Nugent]

Thanks for your feedback, Andrew.

A few questions/comments:

(1) You said, "In Section 2.3 there is no specific requirement that the applications and responses be made public." Section 2.3(a)(ii) requires the RIRs to "consider the Proposal and make a recommendation in favor of or against the Proposal and ... publish their recommendation and the reasons for their recommendation." Because the RIRs must publish their decision on any application, does that address your suggestion that the "responses be made public"? 

(2) Also, because the recommendations will be published, both the existence of the applications and various details about them will also presumably be published. Does that address your concern, or are you suggesting a requirement to publish the full text of each application (rather than as summarized by the published RIR decision)?

(3) Can you help me understand the difference between "publish" and "publicly publish"?

(4) Are you suggesting that any RIR's members should be able to initiate a derecognition proposal (i.e., to de-recognize another RIR)?

(5) Re: Section 4.1(g) - Yes, that appears to be a missing comma. Thanks for catching that.

(6) Re: Section 4.1(l) - Our intent was that Section 4.1(l) would be broader than handoff following de-recognition. Yes, establishing continuity procedures in advance will facilitate a complete handoff if an RIR is derecognized (Section 5.3). But there could also be situations where an RIR might experience a hardship for which it might be necessary for another entity to only *temporarily* take over providing services. That's why the section doesn't reference the handoff procedures in Section 5.3. Please let me know if you still have concerns.

Thanks,

Nick

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Hello,

Below please find my comments regarding the recently published 
Apr-14-2025 draft of the "RIR Governance Document"


In Section 2.3 there is no specific requirement that the applications 
and responses be made public.  I recommend inserting language to make 
this clear.

2.3.a.i Add "A Candidate RIR's Proposal shall be publicly published."

2.3.a.ii Modify to "shall publicly publish"

2.3.a.iv Modify to "shall publicly publish"

Regarding Nonrecognition Proposals

I would suggest adding language that allows an RIR in its bylaw or other 
governance documents which defines specific criteria for initiating a 
Derecognition proposal

For example add a

2.3.b.i.c A Derecognition action of an RIRs Members as defined in an 
RIR's governance documents.

Regarding Recognition Criteria

3.1.b uses the undefined criteria "broadly support" I would suggest 
considering more specific criteria either by referring to other more 
specific definitions or creating a definition that would support the intent.

3.1.c uses the phrase "committed to supporting" again this criteria is 
not clearly defined.

Regarding Ongoing Commitments

While I understand the desire to not burden the document with lots of 
text regarding detailed commitments, I suggest that some of the 
requirements could benefit from some additional details, specifics, or 
references to other standards.

For example

4.1.d - "good corporate governance" is an undefined term which could 
benefit from specific criteria which defines good governance or pointing 
to an governance standard or auditing standards or allow the NRO to 
define later and use the phrasing used in 4.1.k "using standard 
protocols and specifications as adopted by the NRO"

4.1.g - Is there a missing comma between "impartial publicly" , is the 
hyphen in "Community-driven" intentional how is this different from a 
space as a separator?    e.g. should this be "open, transparent, 
impartial, publicly documented and Numbering Community driven"

4.1.j - Modify to "publicly publish"

4.1.l - Should this include reference to 5.3.a Handoff successor -  
Modify to "... to enable another RIR, entity designated by the other 
RIRs, or Handoff successor to perform..."



Thanks for your consideration of these comments.

Andrew



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