[rpd] [Community-Discuss] Unaddressed queries by AFRINIC during AGMM

[Mike Silber]

Thanks for the important clarification Owen

Global policy is very often misunderstood and seen as a “quick fix” when it is actually the opposite.



> On 29 Jun 2021, at 09:30, Owen DeLong via RPD <rpd at afrinic.net> wrote:

> 

>> 3.	(not so simple) An organization which has multiple headquarters in multiple countries around the world and which has a significant global network

>> 	infrastructure.

>> 

>> 

>> ...it sounds as this interesting usecase 

>> requires a *global* policy [1]...i don't 

>> figure well a *regional* RIR fit to offer 

>> that kind of *global* service...i might be wrong 

>> though :-/ but still open to learn,  fortunately.

>> __

>> [1]: <https://nro.net/policy/global <https://nro.net/policy/global>>

> 

> This is a misunderstanding of what a global policy is and how the global policy process works.

> 

> Global policies don’t govern how RIRs issue address space. Global policies govern how the IANA interacts with RIRs and how

> resources are issued to RIRs from the global free pool (and/or how RIRs can return them to IANA). An example of a global

> policy would be the last 5 /8s issued 1 to each RIR.

> 

> The reality is that the norm for many years has been for such companies to choose to work with one or more of the RIRs in

> one or more of the regions where they have nexus in a manner that is convenient and functional for the company in question.

> 

> L

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