<p dir="ltr">On 1 Oct 2016 07:11, "Alan Barrett" <<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear AFRINIC community,<br>
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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>
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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>
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<p dir="ltr">This is positive progress and indeed great news for the diverse internet community at large.</p>
<p dir="ltr">What we can all be proud of here is the entire process that was inclusive and indeed made this transition possible.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As we can all imagine now, "oversight" is community oriented and the multistakeholder bottom-up process of inclusiveness bred good governance and leadership to make this great achivement possible.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We as the AFRNIC community ought to borrow a leaf from this as we continue to develop the African Internet.</p>
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> Alan Barrett<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Noah</p>