[Community-Discuss] Call for AFRINIC’s registry service migration to other RIRs

[Ibeanusi Elvis]

Hello community,

The idea of implementing the resource transfer policy not only gives the
resource members the right to choose but it protects them from the risk of
being entangled in the situations that the AFRINIC has found themselves in.
This transfer policy has reached a consensus and implementing it by the
board would be an efficient route to take. The internet is globally and
having this resource transfer policy makes definite sense. On the other
hand, I see no reason to initiate the emergency policy.

Best,
Elvis.

On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 2:49 Owen DeLong via Community-Discuss <
community-discuss at afrinic.net> wrote:


>

>

> On Aug 1, 2021, at 06:06 , Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:

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>

> On Sun, 1 Aug 2021, 15:43 Andrew Alston via Community-Discuss, <

> community-discuss at afrinic.net> wrote:

>

>>

>> Let those who wish to run the risks of staying with AfriNIC through this

>> situation do so

>>

> - let those who choose not to accept the risk profile transfer out -

>> problem solved.

>>

>

> https://afrinic.net/policy/archive/inbound-transfer-policy

>

> Noah

> PS: confusion of the highest order.

>

>

> Who is confused, Noah? You?

>

> That proposal (from 5 years ago) was submitted to compare/contrast and

> provide the community with

> alternatives along side a proposal that supported bidirectional transfers.

> Both policies failed back then

> and it was interesting because both failed due to the continuing conflict

> between a faction that felt

> that there was no validity to a unidirectional policy (many other RIRs

> would not engage in transfers

> to a region with a unidirectional policy) and a faction that continues to

> argue for regional

> protectionism in a global economy and a global internet.

>

> The faction that insisted on protectionism was able to kill the

> bidirectional policy and the faction

> that rejected protectionism in the interests of being able to trade

> globally and participate as equal

> citizens in the world market was able to kill the unidirectional policy.

>

> So now, 5 years later, here we are again and it seems we have consensus on

> a bidirectional

> policy that the board has yet to ratify, and, we have Andrew calling for

> the board to pass an

> emergency outbound policy to mitigate risks to members.

>

> Personally, I think the simpler and more expedient thing would be for the

> board to merely ratify

> the existing consensus RTP, but Andrew’s suggestion could also mitigate

> risks for members.

>

> The question now is whether the board will live up to its duties or once

> again create a fact

> pattern likely to be viewed unfavorably by the courts.

>

> Owen

>

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