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

[Andrew Alston]

This is incorrect and in line actually with what I said -


11.4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11.3 above, the Board may adopt such policies regarding the management of internet number resources where it considers that the same is necessary and urgent, having regard to the proper and responsible usage of these resources. [Amended at the 2020 AGMM]

11.5) Endorsement of the policy adopted by the Board:

  1.  Any policy adopted by the Board under the provisions of Article11.4 shall be submitted to the community for endorsement at the next public policy meeting.
  2.  In the event that such a policy submitted by the Board is not endorsed, the said policy shall not be enforced or implemented following its non-endorsement; however, any action taken in terms of the policy prior to such non-endorsement shall remain valid.

The board can pass a policy - valid till the next policy meeting - and if the community doesn’t like it they can reverse it - in the mean time those who feel the threat is to great can move in the intervening period.

The board can - and does - have the power to implement policy valid till the next of wg

Andrew

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From: Noah <noah at neo.co.tz>
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Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] Call for AFRINIC’s registry service migration to other RIRs

Hi Andrew,

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 11:30 PM Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com<mailto:Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com>> wrote:
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> It remains Andrew's personal opinion and not the consensus of 75% of the membership base.


Can I suggest as a compromise position we then test this theory by putting the question of transfers  to a member vote passed or failed by simple majority?

Seeing that policy development is a matter of the PDWG community as CPM and Bylaws section 11.3),  the majority membership dont have powers to do so and I was teasing Owen with that 75% and since the Bylaws amendment of 2020 in section 11.5) i and ii, not even the board has powers anymore to enforce any policy without the endorsement and consensus of the PDWG community.


This worked for ripe with rpki when they took it to a members vote outside of the pdp… why not here?

What worked in RIPE does not necessarily have to work here and we have shared the same sentiments with Jordi within the PDWG discussions.

Cheers
Noah
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