<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 1, 2016, at 5:11 PM, Douglas Onyango <<a href="mailto:ondouglas@gmail.com" class="">ondouglas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">This global victory is a result of a singular vision and resolve of the Internet community.</p><p dir="ltr" class="">It demonstrates the endless boundaries and possibilities of what we can achieved when when unite around a cause for greater good.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Totally agree and this is how it must be.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Thanks Douglas.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>—Alain</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">Regards, <br class=""></p><p dir="ltr" class="">On 1 Oct 2016 07:09, "Alan Barrett" <<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" class="">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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> Dear AFRINIC community,<br class="">
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> It’s now a few minutes after midnight in Washington, DC. The IANA contract between NTIA and ICANN has expired.<br class="">
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> ICANN is now performing the IANA Numbering Services (assigning IP addresses and ASNs to RIRs, and some related tasks) in terms of a contract between the RIRs and ICANN, instead of in terms of a contract between the NTIA and ICANN. ICANN asked for permission to sub-contract the IANA Numbering Services to PTI, and the RIRs consented, so the IANA functions will actually be performed by PTI, although ICANN remains responsible.<br class="">
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> Apart from announcements and press releases, you will probably not notice much difference.<br class="">
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> Alan Barrett<br class="">
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