[Icp2-review] Some suggestions on the version 2 of the RIR Governance Document

[aalain at digitalintelligence.africa]

ASO AC members and Community,

Please see below some thoughts and suggestions.

Thanks

—Adeola A. P. AINA 
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I- 

Suggestion made that in the cases above, elections and voting are replaced by selection. Selection may include "elections", but other means for appointing governing body, unless the democratic effect of the election is a requirement. 

Section 1.1  

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Member: “Member” means a legal or natural person, as applicable, that is entitled to participate in the governance of an RIR and the selection of the members of the RIR’s Governing Body”
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Old
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Member: “Member” means a legal or natural person, as applicable, that is entitled to participate in the governance of an RIR by voting for members of the RIR’s Governing Body”
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Section 4.1 (g)

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(g) Governance: The majority of an RIR’s Governing Body must be selected by the RIR’s Members, and the Governing Body must maintain effective Control over the RIR.
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Old
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(g) Governance: The majority of an RIR’s Governing Body must be elected by the RIR’s Members, and the Governing Body must maintain effective Control over the RIR.
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II- 
it may be good to treat the following elements : "the Continuity (4.1,m)", "emergency continuity (article 5)" and "the handoff 6.3(a)" , by imposing that each RIR maintain and follow continuity and transition framework including readiness to develop and implement plans for emergency continuity or transition to successor.


Rationale
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- Make the continuity requirements general and more global
- RIR services include services other than registration services (RDNS, DNSSEC, RPKI [ Members Engines, repositories]) which must follow dedicated transition plan.
- Such Continuity and transition framework can be use to replace the "derecognition" in the lifecycle of a RIR 
- The document may be titled : "Governance Document for the Recognition, Operation, and "Continuity" of Regional Internet Registries



III-

Suggestion made  that it is required that "emergency operator" or "successor" be incorporated in the RIR service region and operate from the region 


IV- 

Suggestion made that it is made explicit that Candidate RIR must adhere to the goals and the structure of the Internet Numbers Registry systems as defined in RFC7020.



Rationale
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- There are dissenting opinions in the community about the role, mandate and scope of the RIR.
- The impact criteria at 3.1(e) sounds to cover this, but it may be good to make this point very clear and explicit. 

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