[rpd] Revision History for Internet Number Resources Review by AFRINIC

Sat Jul 1 02:48:57 UTC 2017

Dear Arnaud,

Thank you for this detailed summary of the hard work put into this.

I think we need to look at the very premise if the proposal and why it
doesn't receive the needed support.

If this policy proposal was simply a proposal to formalise a regular non
intrusive review of AFRINIC members, I believe it would had been
overwhelmingly supported from day one.

Many in opposition of it have voiced a somewhat similar opinion.

As it is perceived and described in textual context as a  "forceful IPv4
resource recovery policy proposal" with subjective reasoning left to the
discretion of AFRINIC staff and primarily targeting recovery attempts from
larger organisations, it received much opposition and will continue to be
receiving this opposition.

Kind regards,
David Hilario

On Jul 1, 2017 6:22 AM, "Arnaud AMELINA" <amelnaud at gmail.com> wrote:

In order to allow our community members, and especially to those who have
not had time to thoroughly browse the policy proposal here is a little
history.

Presentation of the policy proposal in Gaborone, for information, version
1.0 sent on 18 May 2016 to the co-chairs [1]. The proposal was made after
the normal deadline for acceptance of policy proposals by the co-chairs.

After suggestions and comments from the community, a first modification and
update was made to the policy proposal, it became version 2.0 sent on 05
Aug 2016 [2].

After discussions on the RPD list, a new update was made, becoming  version
3.0 and was sent to the co-chairs on 18 Nov 2016 before the PPM [3]. The
first staff analysis, shown at the end of the proposal page [3] was
proposed a few days before the presentation of the proposal to the PPM of
29 November 2016 in Mauritius. The essence of this staff analysis is that
Afrinic does not need a policy for a job it already does. And the legal
consel did not find any major disadvantage to this proposal of policy on
the contrary he affirms that : "It is perfectly lawful , in terms of the
application of the Mauritius Civil Code , for AFRINIC to act under the said
section and reclaim resources from those members who/which fail an audit/
review exercise." and "The policy can do no more than allow AFRINIC to do
what it is already doing in a clear and transparent manner on the basis of
a community approved document".

Responses were made to the staff and legal analyzes, despite the delay of
this analysis of the staff and the legal consel. After discussion and
suggestion, there was no consensus on the proposal.

A new update has been proposed to the community to reflect the suggestions
and comments of the community, it is version 4.0 [4]  sent to the co-chairs
on 11 Apr 2017. Some time later we receive a new staff assessments
stupulating a new Understanding of the policy proposal following the latest
updates. The CEO answered Arnaud's question about wy a new staff
assessments, sayng : "Some of the changes in the analysis are due to
changes in the proposal, and some are due to changes in staff understanding
or opinion."  [5]. Even though there have been no major changes between
Versioin 3.0 and 4.0. Authors answer all staff and legal consel requests [6]

*Revision History*

*Modifications done from V1 to V2 : *

*Darft 1.0 *
Policy Name: IPv4 resources audit by AFRINIC
3.3.3 Reported: Here, members are reviewed either because: a. They have
requested the review themselves or b. There has been a community complaint
made against them that requires investigation.

*Draft 2.0 *
Policy Name: IPv4 resources review by AFRINIC
3.3.3 Reported: Here, members are reviewed either because: a. They have
requested the review themselves or b. There has been a community complaint
made against them that warrants investigation.

*Modifications done from V2 & V3 :*

*DRAFT 2.0 *

Draft Policy Name: IPv4 resources audit by AFRINIC

3.3.3 Reported: Here, members are reviewed either because:
...
b. There has been a community complaint made against them that warrants
investigation.

*DRAFT 3.0* *(submitted on **18 Nov 2016)1st Staff analyzes came on *
*26/04/2017 addressed by authors during the PPM*
Draft Policy Name: IPv4 resources review by AFRINIC

3.3.3 Reported: Here, members are reviewed either because:
b) There has been a community complaint made against them that warrants
investigation. Complaints shall be backed by evidence and AFRINIC staff
shall evaluate the facts as appropriate to conduct the review. However this
review is not applicable to a member  with the same resources portfolio on
which a full review has been completed in the preceding 24 months.

*Modifications done from V3 & V4 :*

*DRAFT 3.0*

3.4 In case of non-compliance and if evidence has been established in
accordance with the non-exhaustive list below:
 Unjustified lack of visibility of the resource on the global routing
table.
 Breach of AFRINIC policies
 Breach of the provisions of the registration service agreement or other
legal agreements between the organization holding the resource and AFRINIC
  Evidence that an organisation is no more operating and its blocks have
not been transferred.
 Unauthorized transfers of resources.

AFRNIC shall initiate the resource recovery process. AFRINIC shall attempt
to contact the organization and correct any discrepancy towards the RSA. If
the situation cannot be rectified, AFRINIC shall publish the resources to
be recovered for a period of three (3) months; during which the
organization may at any time, seek compliance. After this period, the
resource shall be recovered and therefore the records of the previous
holder of the recovered resource shall be removed from AFRINIC’s databases.Any
Internet Number Resources recovered under this policy may be
assigned/allocated under existing Allocation and Assignment Policies.

*DRAFT 4.0* *(submitted on **11 Apr 2017) 2nd Staff assessment came on *
*26/04/2017* addressed by authors on 28/April/2017 [6]
3.4 In case of non-compliance and if evidence has been established in
accordance with:
 Breach of AFRINIC policies
 Breach of the provisions of the registration service agreement or other
legal agreements between the organization holding the resource and AFRINIC

AFRNIC shall initiate the resource recovery process. AFRINIC shall attempt
to contact the organization and correct any discrepancy towards the RSA. If
the situation cannot be rectified, AFRINIC shall publish the resources to
be recovered for a period of three (3) months; during which the
organization may at any time, seek compliance. After this period, the
resource shall be recovered and therefore the records of the previous
holder of the recovered resource shall be updated in AFRINIC’s databases.
Any Internet Number Resources recovered under this policy may be
assigned/allocated under existing Allocation and Assignment Policies.

[1] https://afrinic.net/en/library/policies/archive/1741-interne
t-number-resources-audit-by-afrinic

[2] https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-p
roposals/1827-internet-number-resources-review-by-afrinic

[3] https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-p
roposals/1947-internet-number-resources-review-by-afrinic

[4] https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-p
roposals/2073-internet-number-resources-review-by-afrinic

[5] https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2017/006787.html

[6] https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2017/006889.html

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