Fwd: [AFRINIC-rpd] Latest version of the policy AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-03

[Bope Domilongo Christian]

Policy chair,

I am asking myself the same question what should we do now? as you can see
the community are strongly disagreed with this policy including myself.

The community need an advice and the way forward for this policy.

Best Regards

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jackson Muthili <jacksonmuthi at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AFRINIC-rpd] Latest version of the policy
AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-03
To: Andrew Alston <alston.networks at gmail.com>
Cc: rpd <rpd at afrinic.net>


Now that new version come up and clear in this last call we have more
opposition than support.

The policy go back to discuss at next Afrinic meeting?

Policy Chair please give us your expert advise.

I still oppose strongly this policy to get above this stage. Because
all community still need to understand implication.

Jack



On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Andrew Alston
<alston.networks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Please see the proposed modified version of the policy as requested by
> community consensus at the Zambian PDP Meeting.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
>
> 1) Summary of the Problem Being Addressed by this Policy Proposal
> Given that the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Africa are growing,
> and that Internet access within these Higher Education Institutions is
> critical to the educational experience of students, it is necessary to
> provide sufficient address space to these HEIs to allow them to function
> effectively.  When we consider that such institutions are constantly
> upgrading their Infrastructure and bandwidth to support technologies which
> are severely limited in environments using Network Address Translation
> (NAT), we believe that it is important that HEIs desirous of public
address
> space should have the ability to migrate away from NAT. Such migration
will
> help promote technologies such as multicast and the convergence of voice
and
> data networks, which will in turn drive down the costs within such
> institutions.
> By promoting the elimination of NATs, this proposal will also assist HEIs
in
> their migration to IPv6, and in fact, to qualify under this proposal,
> dual-stack and/or rollout of IPv6 at the qualifying institution is
> mandatory.
>
> 2) Summary of How this Proposal Addresses the Problem
> a) This proposal will simplify the allocation of address space to HEIs by
> detailing and simplifying the address justification criteria b) This
> proposal recognises HEIs as end users, and removes the confusion
previously
> seen where arguments have occurred as to the status of the applying
> institution. c) This proposal helps to reduce the dependence of HEIs on
> NATs, and is in line with AfriNIC's own policy of not promoting the usage
of
> such translation mechanisms.. d) This proposal encourages the adoption of
> IPv6 by making the rollout of IPv6 a criterion for qualification under
this
> proposal.
>
> 3) Proposal
> Higher Education Institutions qualify for IP address space from AfriNIC
> based on the sum of the number of registered students and employees on
their
> campus.
>
> 3.1) To qualify for address space, Higher Education Institutions will need
> to apply as end users and provide the following documentation:
> 3.1.1) Proof of Institution's registration/accreditation   3.1.2) Proof of
> the number of registered full time students 3.1.3) Proof of staff head
> count.
>
> 3.2) This policy applies a ratio to a head count of campus users, where
the
> number of campus users is calculated using a formula of full time
students +
> full time employees + (part time students * 0.5)
>
> 3.3)  In addition to the documentation specified in clause 3.1,
institutions
> will need to provide details of planned/current IPv6 roll-outs, including
> committed time frames for the roll-out of IPv6.
>
> 3.4) For the purposes of this policy, the roll-out of IPv6 can only be
> considered to be a true IPv6 roll-out, if IPv6 is extended to the edge of
> the network, beyond just the core/server infrastructure.
>
> 3.5) Under the policy, HEI shall be eligible to receive IPv4 resources at
a
> ratio not less than 5 IPv4 addresses per campus user, where campus user is
> defined in 3.2).
>
> 3.6) While 3.5 defines a minimum accepted ratio for which the
justification
> is clearly defined in 3.1, applications based on a ratio as high as 10:1
> shall be given due consideration and should be approved unless the
> justification for such increased ratio is believed by AfriNIC staff to be
> specious or fraudulent in nature.
>
> 3.7) While 3.5 defines a minimum ratio for which institutions shall be
> eligible, where an institution believes that it requires less space than
> defined by this ratio, a ratio of less than the
> default specified in 3.5 may be requested.
>
> 3.8) HEIs will be classified as End Users under this policy, on provision
of
> a duly authorised letter from the institution management stating that
> address space allocated will not be used outside of the campus/academic
> environment.
>
> 3.9) HEIs qualifying under this proposal will qualify for the same
academic
> discounts that are applicable to any academic institution at the time of
> application.
>
> 3.10) Since any HEI that has a large base of registered students and full
> time staff, has to, by the very nature of their function, have equipment
on
> campus, this policy dispenses for the need for a HEI to provide detailed
> proof of equipment and infrastructure.
>
>
> Revision History (For all but the first draft)
> Version 1 – Added 3.1.3 to include justification of employee count. Added
a
> new point 3.2 and 3.4, meaning that sequential numbering changed, where
the
> original 3.2 became 3.3, 3.4 became 3.5, 3.6 was a new point, meaning
> original 3.6 -> 3.8 became 3.7 -> 3.9. Added 3.2 to define the calculation
> of head count to which the address ratio calculation is applied.  Modified
> 3.5 to change the ratio from 1:3 to 1:5 as per requests from the RPD list.
> Added 3.6 to allow for allocations larger than the de-facto 1:5 ratio upon
> submission of additional documentation, while maintaining the need for
> minimal justification if the ratio applied for did not exceed the 1:5
mark.
> Version 2 - Added point 3.7 to allow for smaller applications.  Renumbered
> 3.8 -> 3.10 (from 3.7 -> 3.9). Replaced the word "academic" with the term
> "Higher Education Institutions" where appropriate to make the policy more
> consistent
>
>
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