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[rpd] Draft inbound policy

Timothy Ola Akinfenwa akin.akinfenwa at uniosun.edu.ng
Fri Jun 17 16:03:44 UTC 2016


Thanks for the prompt update +Sander and ​+Moonesamy. I guess there was no
harm in asking by the way.

Cheers!

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Andrew Alston <
Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com> wrote:

> Hi Marcus,
>
>
>
> So sorry if I offended you by following what is also, aside from my
> previous emails, clearly published on the PDP process on the AfriNIC
> website.  Since you are obviously to busy with your other jobs to actually
> read the process, let me post it for you here to make it easier:
>
>
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> 6) Policy Development Process
>
> Anyone can submit a proposal. *Policy proposals are submitted to the
> Resource Policy Discussion mailing list by the author*. AfriNIC will
> provide administrative support and assist the author(s) in drafting the
> proposal, if requested. AfriNIC shall also provide relevant facts and
> statistics if requested during the discussion.
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> I put the relevant section in bold underlined italics to make it easier to
> find.
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>
> Andrew
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> *From: *"Marcus K. G. Adomey" <madomey at hotmail.com>
> *Date: *Friday, 17 June 2016 at 6:11 PM
> *To: *Evelyn Namara <evelyngeek at gmail.com>, Andrew Alston <
> Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com>
> *Cc: *rpd List <rpd at afrinic.net>
> *Subject: *RE: [rpd] Draft inbound policy
>
>
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> I wanted to ask you the same question. Are we in the usurpation process
> where the Board  and the board members are assuming, by force, Jobs which
> are supposed to be carried out by specific staff? Does it mean that you
> (Andrew) you have no job to do on the board?
>
> Please, answer these questions (EN and mine).
>
>
> Marcus
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 17:49:24 +0300
> From: evelyngeek at gmail.com
> To: Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com
> CC: rpd at afrinic.net
> Subject: Re: [rpd] Draft inbound policy
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Isn't it the job of the PDP co-chairs to post policy proposal drafts?  Or
> has it now become a function of board members as well to do so even if they
> are part of the community?
>
> EN.
>
> Hi All,
>
> The following has been submitted to policy-submission and I am also
> posting it here for discussion in the mean time.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
>
> Draft Policy Name: Inbound Transfer Policy
> Unique Identifier:
> Status: Under Discussion
> Submission Date: 17 June 2016
> Amends: N/A
>
> Author(s):
> a. Andrew Alston (andrew.alston at liquidtelecom.com)
> b. Christopher Mwangi (Christopher.mwangi at liquidtelecom.com)
>
>
> 1. Introduction:
> The AfriNIC Service Region has the lowest amount of IPv4 space of any of
> the RIR defined regions.  As such, when AfriNIC depletes its current space,
> there will still be a need for further IPv4 addresses on the continent. In
> addition to this, there may be circumstances where companies wish to use
> specific v6 resources and ASN’s unavailable on the continent.
>
> While the community has voiced concerns that enacting a transfer policy
> will result in the flow of resources off the continent, this policy
> addresses that by purely catering for inbound transfers, without allowing
> or affecting transfers flowing out of the continent to other RIR service
> regions.
>
> 2. Resources covered under this policy
> This policy covers the inbound transfer of all IP resources, including
> ASN’s, both 16bit and 32bit, IPv4 space and IPv6 space
>
> 3. Details of inbound transfer requirements
> AfriNIC shall accept all inbound transfers of all resources explicitly
> referred to in section 2
> For transfers into the region, the recipient of IP space (v4 or v6) must
> provide a plan to AfriNIC for the use of at least 50% of the transferred
> resource within the next 5 years.
> Once received, the space shall form part of the recipient’s normal
> allocations for the purpose of evaluating the size of the recipient from an
> AfriNIC membership perspective.
> Should a recipient of transferred space apply for further resources from
> AfriNIC directly, all space received via transfers shall be included in any
> evaluation done for further resource allocation by AfriNIC.
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