[rpd] Fwd: update on policy Afrinic service Guide Lines policy proposal

[Karmann Olumomo]

Hi Andrew:

I am saying "resource allocation process", not policy development process.

resource allocation process is an internal process of Afrinic hostmaster
team.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Andrew Alston <
Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com> wrote:

>   Hi Karmann,
>
>  (Speaking personally and not with my board hat on).
>
>  I strongly object to the clause that says board members can have no
> involvement in the policy development process.
>
>  Keep in mind, every board member is elected from within the community.
> That means that many board members also have their own job functions which
> relate to IP addressing within their respective organisations.  I agree
> that a board member who is also involved in the PdP should NOT necessarily
> be doing it with their board hat on, but you cannot exclude the individuals
> themselves from the process.  To do so would be to ensure that any person
> who is active in policy can never run for board, else they risk being
> alienated from the policy process.  This would damage not only the PdP but
> also the potential to get quality board members who have a good
> understanding of policy and the process by which it is formulated.
>
>  Hence, I will not support any policy that states that.
>
>  *Andrew Alston*
> Group Head of IP Strategy
>
>   Sameer business Park, Block A, Mombasa Road. Nairobi, Kenya
>
> *T:* +254 205000000 -  *M*: +254 733 2222 04 - *E:*
> andrew.alston at liquidtelecom.com
>
>   From: Karmann Olumomo <karmann.olumomo at gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2014 at 8:10 AM
> To: "rpd at afrinic.net" <rpd at afrinic.net>
> Subject: [rpd] Fwd: update on policy Afrinic service Guide Lines policy
> proposal
>
>
>
>
>   HI
>
>  After taking the community feed back, I'd like to update my proposal to
> the following:
>
> 1) Summary of the Problem Being Addressed by this Policy Proposal Some
> member are experiencing extreme long wait for their additional allocation
> request to get passed, some members are experiencing none technical
> information requested from Afrinic(customer data, marketing channel etc),
> in order to improve overall service quality of Afrinic, here is the policy.
> 2) Summary of How this Proposal Addresses the Problem To improve overall
> service quality and transparency of Afrinic’s number resource services by
> documenting roles and responsibilities of AFRINIC.  3) Proposal
>
> 1.Afrinic should make decision on subsequent allocation requests based on
> Afrinic   policy, and conclude a request no longer than the 20% of the
> total period AFRNIC approves the resources for. (E.g. If Afrinic is issuing
> resources to its member to meet its 12 months needs, the longest waiting
> time for Afrinic allocation process should not be longer than 20%*12month,
> to cope with 80% utilization requirement for additional allocation). If
> Afrinic was not able to make decision on a certain request within this
> period, for each additional month beyond this period, the requesting member
> should receive percentage of the requested period of the total request
> until such decision has been made, in order to protect member from smooth
> running of its business.
>
>   2.Afrinic should publish standardized base information request for each
> typical type of resource allocation.
>
>
> 3.Afrinic should not store, request any marketing or business related
> none-technical information from its member, for example, customer data,
> marketing channel, and marketing budget.
>
>
> 4.Afrinic allocations should be solely made based on current policy, no
> other factor other than policy should infer with afrinic’s decision on
> processing allocation requests.
>
>
> 5.Afrinic board should never being involved in any form of resource
> allocation process.
>
>
> 6.For the interest of overall policy development process, other RIR staff
> as well as it's governing body personnel(advisor or board member, for
> example) should not be involve in Afrinic policy development process.
>
>
> 7.Afrinic policy working group chair election should be conducted
> independent from Afrinic board nomination committee, candidates should be
> free of any requirement.
>
>
>  The main updated point is point 5:
>
> 5.Afrinic board should never being involved in any form of resource
> allocation process.
>
>  Thanks very much and please update the proposal accordingly.
>
>
>
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