[AfriNIC-rpd] Effectively dealing with IPv4 trading

[Owen DeLong]

On Feb 10, 2011, at 3:52 PM, sm+afrinic at elandsys.com wrote:

> Hi Owen,
> At 12:21 AM 2/10/2011, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> I'm not sure why, after achieving consensus at the Face to Face meeting (I believe
>> consensus on this policy was reached in Kigali) this proposal is languishing rather
>> than moving forward.
> 
> The Soft Landing proposal gained consensus at the last meeting.  It still has to go through the Last Call.
> 
OK... Thanks. I could have sworn it reached consensus in Kigali. I apologize for my
faulty memory.

>> I would encourage the AfriNIC WG Chairs and the AfriNIC board to move this policy
>> forward with all due haste in light of the events of February 3, 2011. (specifically the
>> events in Miami, not Egypt, lest anyone be confused).
> 
> The delay is mostly due to the Interim Chair waiting for some implementation issues to be resolved.
> 
I still encourage the chair and board to make this a priority before the policy is
overtaken by events.

Owen