[ICP2_review] Members driven oversight must be meaningful

[Benjamin Mutemi]

The governance draft currently offers only the ICANN audit, with a 25% or
2,000-member threshold. This is impractically high for addressing mid-level
governance issues. Communities need a mechanism that allows escalation
before a crisis.
We propose a Member-initiated compliance review: 5% of members (or 100,
whichever is fewer) may petition the NRO Executive Council to conduct a
review of the RIR’s compliance with this governance document and its
corporate obligations. The RIR must cooperate fully, and the findings must
be published. Where systemic or material failures are discovered, the NRO
EC may recommend censure of board members or suggest that the community
consider removal under the RIR’s own bylaws. This creates an intermediate
level of accountability, bridging the gap between inaction and
derecognition.
*Inter-RIR portability protects the global registry*
Inter-RIR IPv4 transfers are only partially implemented; AFRINIC has no
mechanism, and IPv6 portability does not exist anywhere. This effectively
introduces territoriality into what should be a global registry. Article
4.1 should therefore explicitly require that each RIR enable IPv4 and IPv6
portability across regions and providers, constrained only by legitimate
stewardship safeguards. Members must be allowed to transfer resources even
if they disagree with newly imposed RSA clauses. Transfers must be
transparent, timely, and non-discriminatory.
Portability ensures both operational continuity and the principle of a
single, unified global registry.
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