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[rpd] [IANA Oversight] Fwd: IANA Numbering Services Review Committee appointment

Mwendwa Kivuva Kivuva at transworldafrica.com
Sat Nov 7 12:39:48 UTC 2015


Thank you Alan for this.

We should also move with speed to ensure we finish the selection process on
or before the next Afrinic meeting in Congo.

I should also point out that other RIRs have already started the process of
appointing their representatives.

Regards
On Nov 6, 2015 2:17 PM, "Alan Barrett" <alan.barrett at afrinic.net> wrote:

> FYI.  Please discuss in the community-discuss list.
>
> Alan Barrett
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Alan Barrett <alan.barrett at afrinic.net>
> > Subject: [Community-Discuss] IANA Numbering Services Review Committee
> appointment
> > Date: 6 November 2015 15:15:59 +0400
> > To: community-discuss at afrinic.net
> > Reply-To: General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss at afrinic.net>
> >
> > Dear AFRINIC Community,
> >
> > As part of the ongoing IANA oversight transition, the CRISP Team
> proposed that the RIRs should set up a Review Committee to review the
> performance of the IANA Numbering Services Operator.
> >
> > See
> https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/Review-Committee-Charter_FINALclean.pdf
> for the charter of the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee.
> >
> > Note that each of the five RIRs will need to appoint three members of
> the Review Committee.  Here are some relevant sections from the Charter:
> >
> >> 4. The Review Committee will comprise 15 members, constituted by:
> >>
> >> (a)  two community appointees from each RIR region (who must not be RIR
> staff); and
> >>
> >> (b)  one RIR staff from the region (who will be a non-voting member).
> >>
> >> 5. Each RIR shall appoint its Review Committee members by a method of
> its own choosing.
> >>
> >> 6. Each RIR shall determine the term of appointment for its Review
> Committee members.
> >
> > Now we need to figure out a procedure for AFRINIC to appoint the two
> community members and one staff member.
> >
> > For the RIR staff member appointed to the Review Committee:  I propose
> that the CEO should appoint a staff member.
> >
> > For the two community appointees, the following ideas come readily to
> mind:
> >
> > A: The same two community members who are already elected to the
> NRO-NC/ASO-AC should automatically be appointed to the IANA Numbering
> Services Review Committee, in such a way that the same people always serve
> both roles.
> >
> > B: We could have another election process, almost identical to the
> election process for the community representatives on the NRO-NC/ASO-AC,
> but with separate candidates and separate votes.  (Representatives are
> elected to staggered three-year terms.)
> >
> > C: We could do something different.
> >
> > In the interests of simplicity, I suggest that we choose option A, with
> the same people automatically serving on both the NRO-NC/ASO-AC and the
> IANA Numbering Services Review Committee.
> >
> > This should be a community decision, so I invite discussion.  Note that
> any decision we make now can be changed in the future.
> >
> >
> > Alan Barrett
> > CEO, AFRINIC
> >
> >
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