[AfriNIC-rpd] Outcomes of the Policy discussions at AfrINIC-11

[Mukom Akong TAMON]

On behalf of the PDP-MG,



Dear Colleagues and Members,
   During the AfriNIC-11 meeting that just ended in Dakar, Senegal, the 
following policy proposals were discussed with the associated outcomes.

- IPv6 Allocations to Non-Profit Networks (http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2009-v6-001.htm)

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The AfriNIC community agreed, through consensus, that the author of the 'IPv6 Allocations to Non-Profit Networks' policy proposal should withdraw the policy and instead work with AfriNIC staff and the AfriNIC Board for a possible solution.

In line with the AfriNIC Policy Development Process (http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-GEN-001.htm), the policy proposal is now in the 15-day last call for comments period. This  period ends on the 17th of December 2009.

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- IPv4 Soft Landing (https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2009/000667.html )

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The AfriNIC community did not reach consensus on the 'IPv4 Soft Landing' policy proposal.

The following issues were raised during the meeting:

1.       Change the reserve block  size from /16 to /12  to have a bigger space reserved;

2.       During the exhaustion phase, the allocation to LIR should be of :

*         minimum  /24;

*         maximum /23

AfriNIC can, based on the evaluation of the request, allocate the minimum or the maximum.

3.       There  was a request from Mark Elkins to change the last paragraph of the proposal as follows:

"None of these resources can be used outside of the African region"

to

"No more than 10% of these resources can be used outside of the African region - and only then to connect back to resources within the African region".

In line with the AfriNIC Policy Development Process (http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-GEN-001.htm), the policy proposal will be returned to the Resource Policy Discuss (RPD) mailinglist for further discussion.

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- Amendment to the IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to the RIRs 
Amendment: (http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2009-ASN-001.htm)
Original: (http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-ASN-001.htm)

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The AfriNIC community reached consensus (accepted) on the 'IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to the RIRs' global policy proposal.

In line with the AfriNIC Policy Development Process (http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-GEN-001.htm), the policy proposal is now in the 15-day last call for comments period. This period ends on the 17th of December 2009.


Kind Regards,
Vincent Ngundi
Chair, PDP-MG



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