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

Sat Jul 1 09:15:57 UTC 2017

On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 5:48 AM, David Hilario
<d.hilario at laruscloudservice.net> wrote:
>
> 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.

Support from you perhaps?
Speak for yourself.
There has been strong support.
When you oppose it does not mean everyone else opposes.
-J

> 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-internet-number-resources-audit-by-afrinic
>
> [2]
> https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/1827-internet-number-resources-review-by-afrinic
>
> [3]
> https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/1947-internet-number-resources-review-by-afrinic
>
> [4]
> https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/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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