[rpd] Proposal Update received: AFRINIC Number Resources Transfer Policy

[Noah]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2019, 20:18 Taiwo Oyewande, <taiwo.oyewande88 at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Hi all,

>

> This policy seems unrealistic with the amount of assignments of network

> resources which takes place daily

>


Where I work, we tend to make about 2 or 3 assignment in a whole month. Its
therefore not daily as you assume.




> In section 2.0:

> "Number resources are non-transferable and are not assignable to any other

> organization unless AFRINIC has expressly and in writing approved a request

> for transfer. AFRINIC is tasked with making prudent decisions on whether to

> approve the transfer of number resources".

>

> Assignment takes place on a regular basis between business and business,

> and business and end-user. If all of these assignments need AFRINIC's

> approval, It will be an herculean task if not impossible for AFRINIC to

> manage such massive amount of assignment.

>


Please read that very part of the policy proposal again.


For instance, if every assignment approval takes 2-3 days (maybe even way

> longer!), this means during the "pre-approval period" businesses and

> end-users will not have the resource they need for daily operations.

>


You said for instance so basically you are making assumptions.

Noah

Noah
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